NSCA has announced that entries are now being accepted for the 10th annual Excellence in Product Innovation awards honoring manufacturers and products that have a significant impact on systems integrators.
Any manufacturer that produces products for installation by commercial integrators is eligible for this award. Industry manufacturers may nominate their own products. Winners will be announced at NSCA’s 26th annual Business & Leadership Conference on Febreuary 27-29, 2024, in Irving, TX. In addition to naming a Grand Prize Winner, one winner will be named in each of the following categories:
Ease of Customization: products that excel at interoperability and allow integrators to add value with custom solutions
New Revenue Potential: products that offer ways for integrators to add value through new offerings
Recurring Revenue Potential: solutions that make it easier for integrators to expand their managed services offerings
Retrofit-/Installer-Friendly: products that reduce installation time and secure profit margins
Technology Platform: platforms for manufacturers to build from and push the industry forward
Trailblazing Innovation: products that symbolize bold research and development to help reshape the industry
Additional considerations are made during judging about how the product impacts user experience (scalability, versatility, deployment cost, ease of use, ROI, ADA compliance, energy efficiency, etc.).
“We regularly talk to NSCA members about how integrator-customer relationships are changing,” says NSCA executive director Tom LeBlanc. “Some of the new solutions being unveiled by manufacturers are helping integrators transform the way they do business and support these new customer demands. This awards program is one way to recognize manufacturers for what they bring to the industry.”
Winners will be recognized with coverage in Integrate (NSCA’s quarterly trade publication), the Online Product Showcase on NSCA.org, and NSCA press release, an article in NSCA’s biweekly e-newsletter, social media posts, the NSCA blog, Commercial Integrator and CommercialIntegrator.com articles, and an interview-style video published by NSCA (Grand Prize Winner)
In addition, alll entries will be featured in a photo gallery on CommercialIntegrator.com, listed in NSCA’s press release announcement, featured in an issue of Integrate (NSCA’s quarterly newsletter), featured in NSCA’s biweekly e-newsletter, and included in a Commercial Integrator e-newsletter.
Entries are being accepted now through January 12, 2024. NSCA members can save $200 per entry by contacting NSCA for a coupon code. (Email [email protected] for the code.) An early-bird rate is also available through December 8, 2023, for all submissions. Members and non-members that submit their products by December 8 will save $50 per entry.
Go here to enter. Products submitted for consideration must be announced after February 1, 2023, and they must be available for sale and shipment on or before April 1, 2024.
