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Why Construction Companies Outgrow the Software They Started With

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  A construction company can have plenty of software and still spend a surprising amount of time moving information between systems. The estimator works in one system. Project managers use another one . Accounting has its own platform. Field teams submit reports through a mobile app. Schedules live somewhere else. And somewhere in the middle, everyone usually depends on an Excel file. Each system may work well on its own. The trouble starts when information has to move  between them. A change order gets approved, but accounting doesn't see it until someone sends an update. A project manager needs the latest cost information, so someone exports a report. A new project is won, and the team manually enters customer and contract information into another application. This is often when construction companies realize they don't necessarily need more software . They need software that works better together. When Off-the-Shelf Software Stops Fitting Off-the-shelf construction softw...

Why Enterprise Integrations Become Harder to Manage as Businesses Grow

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  Introduction Most companies don't wake up one morning with an integration problem. It usually starts with a simple request. Sales need the CRM to send customer information to finance. Operations need orders from the ERP. HR adds a new payroll system. Then another application is introduced for reporting, customer support, or a new business unit. Each connection makes sense when it is created. A few years later, IT may be looking after dozens of connections between systems that were never designed to work together. One application update breaks another workflow. A failed data sync goes unnoticed. Someone maintains a spreadsheet because two systems still don't share the same information. The business has grown. Technology has grown with it. The connections between those systems have become a problem. Growth Adds More Systems Than Most Businesses Expect As companies expand, their technology landscape usually expands with them. When a company grows , it may use a CRM for ...

6 Tips to Maximize ROI - Enterprise Information Management

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  Growing businesses face an abundance of data. That data poses a host of challenges, but if you can overcome them, you’ll unlock valuable insights that can help you continue scaling up. To address the complexities that ever-growing data sets bring, most organizations turn to an Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solution. We’ve explored how enterprise information management solutions fit within an Enterprise Collaboration Program, and we’ve taken a deep dive into choosing enterprise information management software. Now, let’s go through some best practices to help you make the most of your investment in EIM, so you receive the full benefits of your powerful new solution. #1 Think Beyond IT During Implementation With EIM rapidly becoming a standard addition to IT infrastructure, far too many teams are approaching it as “just another software project.” Like other software implementations, EIM solutions tend to have highly technical requirements, but failing to acknowledge and p...