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C.S. McCrossan Inc. Case Study

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Procurement
Use Cases	Construction Management Predictive Maintenance
Services	System Integration Training
Challenge	Before purchasing B2W Estimate in 1999, C.S. McCrossan was using spreadsheets for estimating and bidding, and a lot of estimators were doing bids by hand. The company knew that a standardized system was needed to get everyone on the same page. The company had previously used StreetSmarts reports, printed and filled out by project managers, with paper time cards to manage their field tracking needs. This process had its share of problems, from the risk of costly errors to the lack of timely data reported. Read More
About Customer	C.S. McCrossan Inc., a diversified heavy highway contractor with locations in New Mexico, Arizona and Minnesota, performs over one hundred million dollars in airport, structural and heavy highway work every year. With a workload of this volume, it is no surprise that C.S. McCrossan has a large number of estimators. The company has been a client of B2W Software since 1999 and has attended nine B2W User Conferences. Read More
Solution	C.S. McCrossan decided that B2W Estimate was the best solution for their company after evaluating several software providers. The company was so pleased with their investment that when the time came to evaluate field tracking solutions, they knew that B2W Software was the provider to go to. C.S. McCrossan purchased B2W Track in 2008, and has seen a significant return on their investment. The company has taken advantage of task templates and bid items, which has cut down their estimating time significantly. All of their estimators approach bids in a similar and standardized fashion, which has made them more efficient and productive. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Procurement

Use Cases

Construction Management

Predictive Maintenance

Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

Before purchasing B2W Estimate in 1999, C.S. McCrossan was using spreadsheets for estimating and bidding, and a lot of estimators were doing bids by hand. The company knew that a standardized system was needed to get everyone on the same page. The company had previously used StreetSmarts reports, printed and filled out by project managers, with paper time cards to manage their field tracking needs. This process had its share of problems, from the risk of costly errors to the lack of timely data reported.

About Customer

C.S. McCrossan Inc., a diversified heavy highway contractor with locations in New Mexico, Arizona and Minnesota, performs over one hundred million dollars in airport, structural and heavy highway work every year. With a workload of this volume, it is no surprise that C.S. McCrossan has a large number of estimators. The company has been a client of B2W Software since 1999 and has attended nine B2W User Conferences.

Solution

C.S. McCrossan decided that B2W Estimate was the best solution for their company after evaluating several software providers. The company was so pleased with their investment that when the time came to evaluate field tracking solutions, they knew that B2W Software was the provider to go to. C.S. McCrossan purchased B2W Track in 2008, and has seen a significant return on their investment. The company has taken advantage of task templates and bid items, which has cut down their estimating time significantly. All of their estimators approach bids in a similar and standardized fashion, which has made them more efficient and productive.

Impact #1	B2W Estimate has virtually eliminated mistakes, and the control over markups based on work categories has provided a safety net for analyzing and dealing with risk.
Impact #2	B2W Track created efficiencies that allow the company to enter their actual labor and production quantities on a daily basis. Having this information daily allows the company to make management decisions in a much timelier manner than their previous weekly data summaries allowed.

Impact #1

B2W Estimate has virtually eliminated mistakes, and the control over markups based on work categories has provided a safety net for analyzing and dealing with risk.

Impact #2

B2W Track created efficiencies that allow the company to enter their actual labor and production quantities on a daily basis. Having this information daily allows the company to make management decisions in a much timelier manner than their previous weekly data summaries allowed.

Benefit #1	2% improvement in labor costs since the company started managing their reporting on a daily basis with B2W Track.

Benefit #1

2% improvement in labor costs since the company started managing their reporting on a daily basis with B2W Track.

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C.S. McCrossan Inc. Case Study

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