Contact:
Kayla Savale (kayla@dasi-solutions.com) or Laura Cominotto (lcominotto@dasi-solutions.com)
PONTIAC, MI, February 2, 2018 - DASI Solutions is elated to announce that for the first time in 22 years as a Charter Professional Channel Reseller of Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, the company has earned one of the most challenging awards given out in the SOLIDWORKS Reseller Community: Subscription Services – Elite “190” Club. Recipients of this award are those who have achieved a sum of over 190% Initial & Renewal rates of the annual maintenance.
After the recent acquisition of another Reseller in 2016, DASI Solutions rebranded its Subscription Service team to ensure that the department was built to the needs of its customers, as well as the strengths of each team member. There are currently five individuals that make up the team, each perfectly placed in positions to enhance their skills. The team reformed their processes & strengthened their focus on retention and recapture. They are highly invested in the retention of their current customers, and not just new growth. “Validating,” said Lynnette Coleman, Subscription Service Manager at DASI, when asked about her feelings after winning the award. “We see so much value in the Subscription that we offer, and we try to pass it on to our customers.
Accomplishing Elite validates that over 95% of our customers also see the added benefits of maintaining subscription service annually.”
Prior to achieving its Elite status, DASI Solutions was asked to present at the upcoming SOLIDWORKS World Convention in Los Angeles, California. This convention is attended by thousands of users, enthusiasts, resellers, and supporters within the SOLIDWORKS community, and is by far one of the most anticipated events in the engineering industry. Lynnette Coleman will be speaking during one of the many Break-Out Sessions.
She plans to showcasesome of the best practices that have contributed to their recent success, including:
- An online payment system – resulting in optimal convenience for the customer
- A rebranded Subscription team built on individual strengths
- Widespread visibility of communication with customers
To learn more about DASI Solutions or the SOLDIWORKS 3D CAD Product Suite, please visit www.dasisolutions.com.
SOLIDWORKS Reseller Increases Footprint into Kansas and Missouri PONTIAC, MI, November 29, 2017–
DASI Solutions (DASI), an original Professional Channel reseller of Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and design solutions, is expanding its reach once again, signing a contract to expand its Midwest territory to include Missouri and Kansas. The company recently expanded, in 2016, through the acquisition of San Diego based Digital Dimensions, another SOLIDWORKS reseller. This new expansion will make the company’s sales footprint now include Arizona, California, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan and Missouri, making it one of the largest SOLIDWORKS resellers in North America.
The SOLIDWORKS leadership offered this additional sales territory to DASI after seeing the team’s success and commitment to growth in both the Midwest and Western US regions.
“For me, it was an easy ‘yes’,” said David Darbyshire, Co-Owner of DASI Solutions. “You can’t turn down opportunities like this if you hope to continue to grow as a company. Building our business from the ground up in a territory with established competition will be a challenge, but we are confident that we can leverage our skilled technical team and our long history within the SOLIDWORKS community in order to succeed.”
DASI currently has over 4,500 customers in the commercial and educational communities and looks forward to expanding that with these new markets. Since 1995, the company has been serving a wide array of industries through the sale, training and support of the SOLIDWORKS suite of software – including Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Medical, Robotics and many more.
Recent additions to the SOLIDWORKS portfolio focus more on the full Design-to-Manufacturing process and include Inspection, MBD and CAM. Both economies of Kansas and Missouri rely heavily on Manufacturing, making these markets full of promise for DASI. In fact, Missouri not only has a large Advanced Manufacturing industry, but has a very diverse economy which includes many automotive suppliers, an industry with which the DASI team is very familiar thanks to the current customer base in Michigan and Arizona.
DASI Solutions will be offering local service, training and support to all states in its territory, hiring local talent to help serve the new region. Technical Support will be covered by our cross-country, highly respected HelpDesk team and will include a full twelve hours, from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Central Standard Time. DASI looks forward to introducing its award-winning technical team (including multiple SOLIDWORKS Model Mania winners) to the Engineering and Manufacturing communities of Missouri and Kansas.
Contact: Kayla Savale (kayla@dasi-solutions.com) or Laura Cominotto (lcominotto@dasi-solutions.com)
DASI Solutions holds Open House Event during National Apprenticeship Week
PONTIAC, MI, November 9, 2017 – In partnership with the US Department of Labor and hundreds of businesses nationwide, DASI Solutions will once again participate in National Apprenticeship Week by holding an Open House event for the third year in a row. The event will take place on November 14 at its Downtown Pontiac Headquarters.
During this event, DASI will showcase its Industrial Design Technician Apprenticeship Program in an effort to bring awareness to the skilled trades gap that is being left by the retiring “baby boomers”. The guests will also have the opportunity to participate in a facility tour where they will get a firsthand look at DASI’s SOLIDWORKS CAD training lab, as well as the in-house STEM Studio.
The Apprenticeship movement has gained momentum in the past few years; there are roughly 545,000 apprentices nationwide in over 1,000 different occupations. DASI’s Apprenticeship Program, which was launched in 2015, currently has 40 apprentices registered from over 20 companies. DASI has partnered with Focus: HOPE & JAMA to gain access to a portion of the federal American Apprenticeship Initiative Grant, which totaled $3 million. Utilizing this grant access on an individual company basis, DASI Solutions can offset the cost of the training for apprentices up to 50%.
The standards for the Industrial Design Apprenticeship program are held through DASI Solutions, which greatly reduces the burden to employer partners. What this means is that all of the administrative and/or clerical paperwork, documentation, record keeping and even accounting for the grant is taken care of by DASI. The need for a well-rounded, straightforward and easy-to-join apprenticeship was the one of the reasons DASI created the Industrial Design Apprenticeship program. “Employees will need to continue learning and gaining new skills throughout their careers. The Industrial Design Technician Apprenticeship Program is a mechanism to help both new hires and current employees develop today’s required skill set in Engineering Design. We are not training for just a job; we’re literally training them for a career” stated Annette Norris, Apprenticeship Manager for DASI Solutions.
To register for the National Apprenticeship Week Open House at DASI Solutions, please visit https://goo.gl/R7iMVg.
To learn more about DASI's Apprenticeship Program, visit http://dasisolutions.com/training/apprenticeship-program or contact Annette Norris at annette@dasi-solutions.com.
About DASI Solutions: Founded in 1995, DASI Solutions assists Emerging Sector companies in the implementation of 3D CAD and other collaborative technologies used in the product development process by the Designing Engineer. DASI Solutions offers sales, technical support and training for the SOLIDWORKS software product portfolio, as well as 3D Printing services for additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping.
The company, which has its headquarters in Pontiac, MI, has facilities throughout Michigan, Indiana, Arizona and California. For more information on the company, visit www.dasisolutions.com, or contact Richard or David Darbyshire, brothers and Co-Owners, at 248-333-2996.
