This document describes PWIMS, a public works information management system created by SoftTech Engineers Pvt. Ltd. PWIMS integrates various functional areas like budgeting, tendering, project management, and asset maintenance. It addresses challenges with manual processes by automating workflows and ensuring compliance. Key clients like MIDC observed improvements in estimating, sanctioning, and reporting after implementing PWIMS. The system aims to provide strategic and operational intelligence for public works organizations.
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Plan
Budget
Prepare
Estimate
Manage Work
Orders
Manage
Tenders
Manage
Billing
Manage
Projects
Maintain
Assets
Core Processes
Public Works Process Framework
PLAN MAINTAINAPPROVE PROCURE MONITOR
Manage Finance &
Compliance
Manage HR &
Administration
Manage External
Communication
Support Processes
Manage Approvals
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Challenges in Works Management
Planning &
Budgeting
•Manual preparation of
budget estimates
•Consolidation of
budget requirements
from different offices is
time consuming with
chances of omission
•Low accuracy of
budgeted amount in
the absence of detailed
estimate
•Little or no automation
of business rules and
workflows leads to
bottlenecks during
approval stage
Estimate
preparation
•Tracking of DSR item
rates in estimates with
approved DSR rates is
challenging in manual
Process
•Latest SORs and
updated circulars may
not be readily available
to all offices resulting
in rework and delays
•Rate Analysis of Non
DSR items may not be
available across the
organization resulting
in duplication of efforts
and inconsistency in
results.
Tender
management
•Manual Preparation of
DTP is a time
consuming process
•Maintaining
consistency of data in
tender documents is
tedious in case of
revisions
•Lack of transparency,
visibility and
traceability of tenders
•Inadequate capture
and qualification of
contractor data
•Subjectivity in bid
comparison and
evaluation of tenders
Work Order
management
•Lack of standard
formats and check list
of Work order and
agreements
•Little or no traceability
of terms and conditions
specified in work order
and agreement.
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Challenges in Works Management
Project Management
•Lack of visibility of physical and
financial status of the project
across levels
•Preparation of data for meetings
with higher officials time
consuming.
•At times there are no ways to
verify the authenticity of data
•Engineers lose many hours in
data preparation hence very
little time is left with them for
quality control at site
Billing Management
•Preparation of Abstracts from
MBs manually are error prone
and time consuming
•Difficult to handle Part and
Reduced rates in manual
process. Chances of omissions
are high.
•Difficult to track and recover
advances and reconcile material
advances
•Inadequate checks of terms and
conditions in Work order and
agreements while preparing bills
•Management of security and
other deposits is difficult
•Escalation statements
preparation is tedious and time
consuming
Manage Assets
•In the absence of a systematic
inventory of Roads, Buildings
and Bridge cards difficult to plan
periodic and preventive
maintenance schedules
•No visibility and analytics on
maintenance schedules and
cycle
•No analysis on up gradation v/s
maintenance cost to arrive at
objective decision
•Complaints Redressal System is
ineffective in the absence of
proper asset controls
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PWIMS
The trusted solution for Works organizations
MIS
analytics
Core
modules
Support
modules
Standard
reports
Custom
reports
Dashboards Scorecards
Budget estimate &
Management
Pre Tendering
Tendering
Post Tendering
Asset maintenance &
management
Content & document
Management
Geographical Information system
Finance & accounts
Management
HR & establishment
Management
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Breakdown of PWIMS core modules
Public Works Information Management System
Pre
Tendering
Tendering
Post
Tendering
Schedule of
Rates
Rate
Analysis
Preliminary
Estimation
Budgeting
Asset
Inventory
Work
Scheduling
Maintenance
Scheduling
Statutory
Registers
Maintenance
Grants
Management
Cash & Bank
Book
Expenditure
Monitoring
Office Asset
Information
Court Case
Monitoring
Response to
Queries
Personnel
Info –
Service
Books
Works
Management
Budget &
Estimate
Management
Asset Inventory
& Maintenance
Management
Finance &
Accounts
Management
HR &
Establishment
Management
MIS REPORT MIS REPORT MIS REPORT MIS REPORT MIS REPORT
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Breakdown of Works Management
Pre Tendering
Proposal Approval
Administrative Approval
Technical Sanctions
Detailed Estimate
Preparation of DTP
MIS Reports
Tendering
Registration of
Contractors
Tendering :
e-Tendering & Offline
MIS Reports
Post Tendering
Contract Management
Project Monitoring
Quality Control
Measurement Books
RA Bills & Final Bills
MIS Reports
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Key observations at MIDC
Budget Year /
Modules
2012-13
Estimate Prepared 1350
Technical Sanction 750
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), an esteemed client of SoftTech
implemented PWIMS. The client supplied the following observations
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Summary
Integrates all functional areas of Works
Management
Leverages “trusted” data
Maps the business rules and workflows to
roles and processes
Provides strategic and operational intelligence
Ensures compliance
Ensures traceability
Aligns “physical” and “financial” progress of
projects
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