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Spotlight on MeasureSquare: Cody Ripley of Performance Surfaces
In our inaugural Spotlight on MeasureSquare series, we spoke to Robert Tipping, veteran MeasureSquare user and founder of Checkmeasures. As our series continues, we’re pleased to welcome Cody Ripley of Performance Surfaces. Cody’s a relatively new user of MeasureSquare, but has already distinguished himself through the caliber of his work and his thoughtful and educational engagement on our community...
Thinking like Bezos: Retail flooring stores have another emerging challenge after big boxes
Big Box stores like Home Depot/Lowes and specialty flooring stores currently sell flooring to home owners using old school methods: advertise to attract home owners to their stores, sell them the products, and then send a field rep to measure the floors, communicate the estimate to homeowners, sell the job, order the product(s), and schedule...
Measure Flooring With Correct Information Disclosure, a $2MM Lesson Learned
In 2015, there was a litigation against a national flooring operations that resulted in $2 MM settlement and a new disclosure guideline for flooring measurement. The case was established based on the fact that most consumers are not aware that flooring products ordered are more than SF installed on net floor area covered, but installation...
MS 2017 Transition: Setting Up An Account In The Cloud
As you all know, we recently announced the official release of the Measure Square 2017 desktop edition with some steps for upgrading from previous versions. One of the main features of this new version is the universal access and use of the Measure Square Cloud. In order to be able to access the software and...
Hands-on Deployment Made Easy for Estimators and Sales Reps Alike
It’s summertime, meaning busy season is upon us in the flooring industry. There are a great deal of bids to win, and making time for training new estimators and sales reps on our program may seem like a daunting task. The MeasureSquare video tutorials, while extremely helpful, don’t seem like enough for someone starting from...
Learning Measure Square From the Ground Up: A New Hire’s Perspective
One of the biggest challenges a new customer can face is learning how to navigate MeasureSquare. While some of our customers have worked with floor estimating software, others are completely new to the technology world. Keep in mind that our trainers work tirelessly to make sure that every customer gets their needs met and are...
Product Highlights: New Roll Goods Features in Measure Square 8
As many of you know from firsthand experience, laying out roll goods in large areas can cause issues with seam layout or positioning. To help get the layout your large space needs, the newest version of MeasureSquare now incorporates the Stagger Cut option. In order to make use of this feature, simply right click on the...
Product Updates: Five Reasons to Upgrade to Measure Square 8
For the past year, we have been pushing our customers to move to our latest and greatest version of the MeasureSquare desktop software. We know that the process hasn’t been seamless, and change is always difficult, so we thought we’d share some of the best reasons to move forward with new things. #5. Cloud Based...
Product Highlights: Project List Updates in Measure Square 8
In the newest version of MeasureSquare 8, we have rolled out several major feature improvements that will streamline your measure estimating processes. In this first post–which is part of a series–we will discuss the Project Item creation function. We have brought a new approach to the Project List that will allow you to quickly use...
A Trainer’s Perspective From The Field: Key Factors to Successful Software Deployment
In an era where technology and software are becoming more and more prevalent, deploying software solution is a challenging process. Onsite training is still the most effective approach to deployment, especially for large multi-location operations with a large number of users with different software background. Deployment planning and preparation is the key Building a strong...