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Is your construction workforce ready for mobile technologies?Barbara NelsonBUS-124
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Prepare your workforce for mobile technology
Start with whyWhy notWhy now
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?Why#SageSummit
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Top priorities in 2014 to go mobile
Access to customer
and job info
Share drawings, schedule, photos, docs
Job cost and project reports
Daily field reporting
Time capture and
approval
Source: 2014 Sage Construction and Real Estate Technology Trends Survey
50% 49% 40% 36% 30%
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What problems are you trying to
solve?
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DiscussionProject files at the jobsite
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?Why not
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We tried that.
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It’s not secure.
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We don’t have time.
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It’s too expensive.
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I don’t know anything about it.
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It’s too hard.
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Labor is one of the largest components of a construction job.
And yet, it is one of the weakest links in job management.
Leslie ShinerThe Shiner Group
DiscussionCollecting time
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Why mobilize
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Cloud services make “going mobile” more affordable
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97% 87%
GCs SubsSource: 2012 McGraw-Hill Survey
Your peers are using mobile devices on the jobsite
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“ 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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We have cut weeks off the time it takes us to close out a project.
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Increase customer service
Increase collaboration
Decrease payroll administration
Photo by Benoit Rochon
Decrease profit erosion
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
Create an actionable mobile strategy
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Document your business goals
Current Situation Vision
Roadmap Success Metrics
Business Goals
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Identify requirements by role
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Focus on key areas
• Email• Project files
• Reports• Labor collection• Team collaboration
How are you doing it now?
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Mobile device considerations
Mobile security policy
Yes31%
No49%
Don't know20%
Source: 2014 Sage Construction and Real Estate Technology Trends Survey
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If you don’t have one, you NEED one!
Mobile security policySet ground
rules
Involve employees
Provide a list of approved
technologies Develop a security plan
Publish a policy
Enforce security policies
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GoalsPeople
Requirements
Solutions
TrainingChange
Metrics
Success
Prepare for change
• People• Goals• Requirements• Process• Training
DiscussionMobile strategy
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Practical tools
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Sage-Job-Ready.com
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Job Ready e-book: Mobilizing
Sage-Job-Ready.com
or searchSage Mobilizing
in iPad app store
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Job Ready e-book: Four Tech Trends
Sage-Job-Ready.com
or searchSage IT
in iPad app store
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Job Ready Guide
Take Control of Labor Costs
Strategic IT planning templatesSage-Job-Ready.com
Basic Annual IT Strategic Plan
Cloud-Based Mobile Technology
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Mobilize your company
1. Share photos, documents, and drawings2. Investigate time collection solutions3. Download Job Ready tools4. Refine your mobile strategy
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Session code: BUS-124Session title: Is your construction workforce ready for mobile technologies?
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