2. Customers are concerned about:
Profit margin 30%
11%
Process 11%
11%
18%
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20%
30%
26%
45%
41%
New customers
Cost of materials
Profit margin erosion
Increased competition
Government regulations
Labor shortage
Employee retention
Process inefficiency
Source: 2014 Sage Construction and Real Estate Survey
Any
others?
3. #InspireTour
Customers say,
Accounting systems are fine, but we need more
. . . visibility and alerts to key project
metrics, and we need it throughout the project.
We need this information in the office, in the
trailer, on the job, and with the customer, at
their office or wherever.
4. Stuff happens in construction.
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I need to respond quickly
and keep things moving.
We travel more than
ever to find work.
I can’t be constrained by being in
the office to get things done.
5. Worker mobility meets construction technology
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67%
report remotely
from the field
54%
manage projects
remotely
Source: Constructech
8. #InspireTour
Sharing of
drawings,
schedules,
photos, and
documents
Access to
customer
and job
information
Access to
job cost and
project reports
Entry of daily
field reports
Time capture
and approval
50% 49% 40%
Source: 2014 Sage Construction and Real Estate Survey
36% 30%
Mobile devices
9. Steps to make productivity changes
1. Identify who uses mobile
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devices
2. Ask what your workers
use
3. Identify your most
important concerns
4. Create a mini-project plan
10. A 3.0 percent increase in the cost of labor can translate
to a 1.2 percent increase in the cost of a project.
Jones Lang LaSalle “Construction Outlook” Fall 2013
Productivity issues can add up quickly.
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11. Inefficient business processes account for 30 to 80
percent of the productivity gap within the United
States, depending on the sector.
The greatest opportunity to increase productivity is to
redesign processes and implement best-practice lean
operations.
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McKinsey Global Institute
12. How do we manage the needed improvements?
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Project communications
Team collaboration
Changes, delays, accidents
Reporting
Performance monitoring
Manual
processes
Office to field
connections
13. Sage customers: top planned 2014 actions
39% 29% 26% 26% 24%
Cut
expenses
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Hire more
employees
Invest more
in new
technology
Invest more
in sales and
marketing
Automate
manual
processes
Source: 2014 Sage Construction and Real Estate Survey
14. Manual process = lower productivity
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Paper
time
sheets?
Excel?
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Access
centralized data
Touch data once:
use several times
Streamline data
collection
Tax Executives Institute
From manual to automated:
• Up to a 50% reduction off total compliance time
• Up to 90% off data collection and manipulation time
16. Office and field disconnect =
lower productivity
• Time—payroll submissions
Paper time sheets
Spreadsheet reports
• Project documents
Office, binder, dispersed
• Project reports
Delayed access
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18. Office to field connectivity
Sage Construction Anywhere
Sage financial and
operations
software
Home Office Project Site
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Sage
Construction
Anywhere
26. #InspireTour
The monthly cost for our
use of Sage Construction
Anywhere is minimal—in
fact I don’t know how Sage
can offer this much for such
a low cost. I could say it
truly paid for itself in two or
three days.
27. #InspireTour
We processed our third payroll
using Sage Construction
Anywhere this week. [The
payroll administrator] had
everything to me to check
around 11:00. She was free
to help me with accounts
payable all afternoon. It was
so awesome.
29. Does this sound familiar?
We could have
avoided doing this
twice if the team had
been working with
the latest information.
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30. Does this sound familiar?
We don’t get always
get information on
what is happening at
the job site soon
enough. And it can
impact profit margin.
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31. #InspireTour
Project files
Anytime, anywhere
• One place for latest documents,
drawings, and photos
•Made for construction companies
•Mobile app, tablet, laptop
34. #InspireTour
It’s invaluable when
you’re on a piece of
equipment. To be able to
look down at your iPad
and be able to see every
aspect of the job in your
hand without having to go
to the office and dig
through stacks of prints.
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Project reports
• Make solid
decisions and act
faster with
anytime,
anywhere access
• Control who
receives which
reports, inside and
outside your
company
36. With Sage Construction Anywhere . . .
• Higher productivity
On-the-spot responses
Smoother project experience
Streamlined processes
Visibility into better decisions
• Increased bottom line
• Increased customer satisfaction
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