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The fact
One of the common misconceptions when it comes to Business ERP is that …
one size fits all!
In truth, buyers mainly value ERP moguls such as SAP, Oracle, even Infor, MS Dynamics and SAGE for their established track record in IT installations. In addition, these vendors rely on an extensive network of local support partners. They all offer a range of tools starting from finance, to procurement, to manufacturing all the way to enterprise performance management. However, these ERP systems have a long time-to-market period, because they require extensive customization to fit specific business types and logic.
In industries such as manufacturing, energy, banking, transportation, hospitality and government, IT governance and industry trends are aligned and mostly globalized. So, in these industries, these ERP prevail. Still, preferences vary with the size of the business and its internal IT transformation roadmap. Companies therefore select different ERP for different flavors.
How about Construction?
There are, however, industries, such as: Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) where processes and business interactions are so unique that … One-Size-Does-Not-Fit-All and where systems such as SAP or ORACLE are: ‘an elephant in the room’. Moreover, the initial investment in money, IT infrastructure and people is always a drawback to switching to anything different. As a result, the most common solution is to add business-specific functionality via separate applications as add-ons.
Over the last 20 years, we have witnessed hundreds of cases of unsuccessful ERP implementations. In these cases, Accounting and IT mainly made the ERP decision, rather than the key business players.
This is a great mistake! After all, IT, Purchasing, HR and Accounting are not primary business functions. Therefore, companies should not treat them as such, unless the business itself is of that nature. Key decision-makers should be users that are managing the day-to-day works.
In short, Engineering and Construction need software that ‘understands’ Bidding, Planning, Designing, Materials Procurement, Machinery Monitoring, Site Labor Management and Project Execution. It must also ‘speak’ the exact language of all stakeholders, simply and effectively.
That is exactly what DANAOS Projects, ProjectView ERP is!
Engineering and construction professionals designed and built this system from the ground up to meet the specific needs of their daily work. It is fully supported in Middle East, SE Europe and Africa and endorsed by the No. 1 Construction Company in the world: VINCI.
ProjectView ERP is a Cost Control and Construction Management Solution, seamlessly integrated with Oracle Primavera. It provides a holistic, 360-degree view of Cost-Time-Resources because it compares the Budgeted vs Actual Progress of Works. It also bridges Site Personnel and Office users. The only system where Accounting and Construction speak under the same terms and where collaboration and knowledge diffusion is the underlying layer for all daily works.
ProjectVIEW ERP is:
→ A Construction-Specific ERP supported by certified construction managers, planners and engineering economists (English and Arab speakers) that can setup, train and deliver ProjectView ERP within 5 to 7 months.
→ A system that maps your company’s departmental users and roles with specific modules such as:
- Tendering/Bidding
- Quantity Take Off (measuring PDFs, Drawings and Pictures)
- Budgeting
- Materials Procurement
- Machinery Management
- Labor Productivity
- Subcontractors
- Costing (Direct and Indirect)
- Quality and HSE record keeping
- Primavera Scheduling
- Site Control
- Projects Performance Management
→ A system that uses databanks and e-tendering for materials’ cost comparison and enhanced transparency, suggesting the ‘best’ supplier and avoiding local cartel situations
→ A system that has an AI module for bidding optimization, using advanced analytics and big data algorithms, per region, per market and per type of project
→ A system that benchmarks your budgeted costs and schedule and compares real-time progress of works and exploitation of resources.
→ A system that associates qualitative (record keeping) and quantitative (cost centered) attributes to each deliverable. As a result, it expedites the Payment Certificate procedures and fine-tunes the payments to suppliers and subcontractors (cash flow).
