A GUIDE FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
5 SIGNS IT ’S TIME TO UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE SOLUTION
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SOLUTIONS ARE SILOED ACROSS DEPARTMENTS
In 2022, 43% of construction organizations reported having a siloed digital strategy. In these organizations, various departments create or acquire their own software solutions. As a result, different teams often adopt competing solutions to accomplish similar tasks; Scheduling may prefer Solution A for document management while Estimating likes Solution B, and so on. These environments are often vestigial policies from a pre-digitized era. Organizations lack a clear digital strategy, so each team is free to define their own.
Siloed strategies can work well for their dedicated team but can create a mountain of unnecessary chaos across the organization. By siloing their software solutions, organizations create pockets of competing policies and processes that struggle to communicate across departments. Teams generate piles of data but hoard those riches internally. Competing tools rarely integrate, slowing any organization’s ability to apply learnings and create more profound insights into potential trends and opportunities.
It’s almost impossible to develop an analytics program without those deeper data pools, which impacts estimating, visibility, schedule, and cost. Not to mention, siloed solutions often set up organizations to pay for similar functionalities across multiple providers.
Siloed software can also create unnecessary resentment across departments. Teams nationalize their operating processes and expect other groups to bend to their rhythms rather than each division working from the same handbook.
43% of construction organizations reported having a siloed digital strategy
An integrated software strategy is critical for the digital growth of any organization. You wouldn’t ask line builders, excavators, and ironworkers to independently draft their designs and deliver their services based on those separate illustrations. Nor should you expect an aligned digital strategy to arise from siloed departments.
An integrated software strategy consolidates every department and every solution under a single banner. Whether it’s estimates, contract management, or accounting, an integrated software strategy connects each solution so that every tool and team works from a greater network of data and analytics. Tools work better by informing each other rather than sitting stagnant in their own perimeters.
Integrated software strategies demand foresight and planning but can completely revolutionize how organizations approach work in the future.
An integrated software strategy consolidates every department and every solution under a single banner.