A monthly newsletter about document management, digital print technology and printing.

Key Feature Upgrade Makes Bidding More Effective

January 2010

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We all know that more people are competing for fewer projects these days, so making sure your process is as efficient, fast and effective is critical.

Late last year we upgraded our Sub-Hub bid communication tool with tools that turbocharge productivity, make last minute changes easy and fast to implement, and create more ways for your bid or bid management efforts to pay off.

Three new features are attracting the most attention as more and more contractors sign-up for the service.

  1. Self-publishing – Create your own projects and upload documents directly from your computer; no outside intervention, document indexing, or handling is necessary.
  2. Total flexibility in document format – TIFF, PDF, DWF and more; flexible document formats allow you to use almost any take-off tool and costing application; it also makes simple exchanges, RFI’s or other collaborative activities involving marked up documents easy, fast and efficient.
  3. Upload/Downloads – Posting documents to your project, or downloading drawings for review and bidding is fast, clean, and simple.

Sub-Hub allows anyone to send or receive bid notifications from a private address book via email or fax, and share documents in an easy-to-use and effective online application. You can visit the Sub-Hub website here. To find out more about how you can use Sub-Hub, or for a demonstration, contact your local sales exec or request information here.

October/November 2009

November 2009

The past 30 days have seen the introduction or update of three of our technology products, the addition of a new sister company in Shanghai, China, and the acquisition of a BIM technology services company by our corporate parent, ARC.

To get more details, click on the links below:

Finally, we’re not the only ones moving and shaking these days. For those of you keeping track of the digital printing market, Canon announced their intention to purchase Océ in the near future, and Océ appears to be embracing the offer. We’ll let you know more about the deal as we learn about it ourselves.

Sub-Hub Makes Bid Communication Even Easier With New Upgrade

November 2009

If you’re looking for ways to cut down the amount of time and hassle of bid communications – taking a process that can take days down to just minutes — you owe it to yourself to take a good hard look at the upgraded version of our online bid communication and document management tool, Sub-Hub.

Sub-Hub is a simple and elegant web-based application that allows anyone to send bid notifications from a private address book via email or fax. Once the ITB’s have been sent out, Sub-Hub collects, organizes and tracks responses from subcontractors, and you can decide to distribute paper bid sets from your offices, have your local repro shop handle the distribution, or use digital plans for downloading, digital takeoffs, and more.

Recent upgrades add functionality to the bidding process and the application itself, including the ability to create your own projects without any intervention from a hosting reprographer. “Having the ability to create and upload our own project documents, especially addenda, is a huge time saver,” said Monte Griffin , Estimator for Wells Construction, Inc.

Customers have also been fans of being able to quickly upload their own digital plans, specifications, addenda and other documents, and having greater flexibility in filtering contact records for selecting bidders.

The Sub-Hub Team posted a quick primer video on YouTube and new release notes on sub-hub.com to help you get familiar with the new features and functionality.

Sub-Hub v2 Video

Click on the screen shot to go to YouTube to watch!

There are also new features that allow users to publish, un-publish, and republish projects as project workflows change, and even track a sub’s willingness to bid. In addition, customers can now choose from three different levels of access for different roles in their company, and control who can see or manage what parts of their project.

Check out the video for more detail on the new upgrade to Sub-Hub, and then start bidding faster, better, and win more jobs!

If you have questions or need assistance on an existing account you can get in touch with your local rep, or you can contact us here.

Sub-Hub Webinars – Every Wednesday

May 2009

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Join one of our free 45-minute webinars to learn about the best practices you should implement in your bidding process with the online and fax-based bidding tool, Sub-Hub. Explore the huge process improvements in time, accuracy and organization online bid communication services can bring to your business in this competitive and fast-paced environment.

Drop in and find out…

  • How to bid more jobs in less time and get more bidders on bid day
  • How to manage your database of contacts more accurately and efficiently
  • How to enhance your competitive position with better communication

Webinars will be offered every Wednesday at 9am Pacific/10am Mountain/11am Central/12pm Eastern through May.
Click HERE to register.