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Software for Home Builders: Why It Isn’t Working

Pro Builder

Software for Home Builders: Why It Isn’t Working. Software systems offer home builders real operational advantages, but several stumbling blocks continue to undermine success. The new software is clearly able to perform basic accounting functions, but the vendor says it goes way beyond that—or at least promises to.

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ERP, BIM … Are they really useful to Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

Sure, software vendors will tell you otherwise, but when you start asking about the details… workflows, datasets, KPIs, and being able to drive best practices across the disparate areas… everything simply just falls apart. Tools that claim to integrate ERP with IWMS and/or BIM… well… good luck with that.

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Why a Single-Vendor Technology Strategy Will Work Best for Your Construction Company

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Within the construction industry, we’ve seen first-hand the approach leading organisations have embarked upon; acknowledging the importance of implementing software technologies as a replacement to manual procedures with the purpose of improving competitiveness through improved business processes, employee productivity and efficiency.

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Monitoring Your Financial Position to Succeed in the Construction Industry

Viewpoint Construction Technology

And what often happens is that the lack of time to analyse the best way to make decisions or procure the right components means that project managers react as opposed to making rational decisions. When is the Right Time to Implement Construction Accounting Software? But Doesn’t Generic Accounting Software Do the Job?

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Mastering construction project management with 6 key strategies

Fieldwire

Preconstruction and procurement: Negotiate and sign contracts with subcontractors. For example, the right building software alerts you instantly when a wall lacks sufficient outlets, saving considerable time, labor and energy. Here’s another arena where the right software serves as a key project management strategy.

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

A Study of Facilities and Infrastructure Planning, Prioritization, and Assessment at Federal Security Laboratories (Revised), IDA Paper P-4916 (Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses, 2013), [link] 2 United States Court of Federal Claims, “VFA, Inc. 2014cv0173-62-0.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

Organizations that do not implement and continuously import upon a program-based approach, under which all projects a planned, procured, and executed, suffer from unclear objectives , shifting requirements , unrealistic schedule s, and reactive planning , Poor planning and poor change management impede individual project successes.