Tuscaloosa, AL, March 31, 2006—Floor covering industry software provider RFMS, Inc., announced the addition of Measure Simple to its suite of software products.
Measure Simple expects to make takeoff estimating easy, accurate and more affordable.
Measure Simple was released at Surfaces 2006. This product was designed so every person involved in selling and estimating floor covering can use and afford this tool. It costs $299. In addition to Measure Simple, RFMS also has released the next versions of Measure Desktop, Professional and Commercial.
Measure Simple and the other Measure editions (Desktop, Professional and Commercial) create estimates for all types of flooring jobs faster, with greater accuracy and less waste.
With this software, the user draws room layouts and chooses materials. RFMS Measure calculates the exact amount of materials needed and the cost. The user can quickly present various material and installation choices to your customer. It streamlines the steps in creating estimates, guiding even beginners through what can be a very complicated process.
Measure Desktop, Professional, and Commercial offer a variety of advanced drawing features that provide the most seasoned estimating professional everything needed.
New features include the ability to use pre-built tile patterns that can be dropped into a room. Grout calculations can be easily assigned to tile based on size, thickness and the desired grout spacing. Ability to design countertops, backsplashes and tub surrounds has been made easy. By adding the surface and the edges, a 3D visual is offered while at same time providing the calculations needed for each area, even down to the tile count.
B2B E-Commerce software has been a primary focus of RFMS for the past several years. This product promises to permit, at the click of a button, dealers, independents, members of buying groups, mill alliance dealers, commercial oriented, builder oriented and dealers specializing in apartment management to receive product catalogs/pricing information, invoices, shipping notices, and send purchase orders to vendors.
Presently, RFMS has hundreds of dealers using this technology to keep their selling prices and gross margins updated when a supplier price change goes into effect. Product records contain dealer-specific pricing and all color level information for carpet, wood, laminate, ceramic tile--any product that is contained in the dealer's price agreement.
Add to that the ability to get invoices electronically that automatically tie back to purchase orders sent earlier using B2B, the savings become obvious. The RFMS B2B module is not just a data file download, but rather a full software package; there's no need to use multiple programs.
