Best Practices Awards

Celebrated at the Summit, the Best Practices Awards competition recognizes outstanding business processes in the custom electronics integration industry.

A panel of CE Pro editors and other industry experts will name best practices in each of the following categories:

  • Financial, Legal & Human Capital Management
  • New Technology Implementation
  • Production Management (Design & Installation)
  • Profit-Generating Strategies
  • Sales & Marketing Management

Winners will receive an award and a $500 cash prize. The winning entries will be featured in CE Pro magazine, on the Summit website and in a panel presentation at the Summit. Additional practices of merit will receive coverage in CE Pro magazine and on the Summit website as well. It’s easy to enter. Just submit the information requested in the attached document, identifying the practice category and describing the practice and the quantifiable results it has yielded in 200-400 words. The form includes details on what constitutes a quantifiable result and a list of business procedure examples to spark your thought process.

Overall benefits:

  • Stimulate business inquiries and new opportunities by earning valuable recognition from customers, suppliers and possible peer integrator allies as a company focused on excellence in operations
  • Foster a culture of accomplishment and excellence within your company
  • Contribute to the progress and professionalism of custom electronics integration industry

Please note:
Best Practices Awards submissions should be from custom electronic integration companies. Your eligibility to participate is not guaranteed.

Best Practices Awards entries do not qualify you as a hosted guest, nor suffice as an application to be hosted. To be considered as a hosted guest for the Summit, please complete the Qualification Form at www.cepro100summit.com/qualification-form.


Download the 2011 Operations Best Practices Presentation

In this session, CE Pro editor, Jason Knott, reports on design, installation, operations, financial and human resources management innovations from the CE Pro 100 Best Practices Awards as a kick-off to roundtable discussions among Summit guests. Small group discussions ensue with each table reporting highlights at the session conclusion.

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Download the 2011 Sales, Marketing & Business Models Best Practices Presentation

This session starts with the announcement of the 2011 CE Pro 100 Best Practices Awards Winners and presentations from some of the winners in the areas of sales, marketing and business model related areas. We then launch into small group roundtable discussions and reporting out to the group at large. Roundtables will be encouraged to give special focus to workshopping the idea of how to convert business models from contracting to a recurring revenue basis.

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The 2011 Best Practices Awards Winners

  • Financial, Legal & Human Capital Management: Integrated Energy Technologies, Inc.
  • New Technology Implementation: Audio Video Design
  • Production Management (Design & Installation): SoundVision
  • Profit-Generating Strategies: Liberty Bell Alarm & Home Theater
  • Sales & Marketing Management: Audio Video Intelligence

Download the 2010 Best Practices Report

Best Practices ReportThe 2010 Best Practices Report, gathering all of the best practices shared at the 2010 CE Pro 100 Integrator's Summit — including the winning entries for the Best Practices Awards and every submission — is available for download now!

The Report, sponsored by AMX, delivers the practices used by the top integrators in the country in five categories:

  • Financial, Legal & Human Capital Management
  • New Technology Implementation
  • Production Management (Design & Installation)
  • Profit-Generating Strategies
  • Sales & Marketing Management

Click here to download the report.

The 2010 Best Practice Award Winners

The winners of the 2010 Best Practices Awards were:

  • Logic Integration, Inc. for the Financial Management category
  • Audio Video Interiors for the New Technology Implementation category
  • SoundVision for the Production Management category
  • Ambleside Logic for the Profit-Generating Strategies category
  • Audio Video Interiors for the Sales and Marketing category