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Hoffman Bros. Inc. Case Study

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Field Services
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Hoffman Bros., Inc., a leading excavation company in Michigan, was facing challenges with tracking costs in the field. The company, which employs over 100 construction professionals and operates over 100 pieces of equipment, was using a combination of manual forms and custom Excel spreadsheets for field tracking. This system had been in place for decades, making the collection and interpretation of data time-consuming and inaccurate. The company needed a new solution that would save time, reduce the potential for errors, and eliminate redundant data entry by field supervisors and accounting personnel. Read More
About Customer	Hoffman Bros. Inc. is a leading excavation company based in Battle Creek, Michigan. The company was founded by Ed and Ellis Hoffman six decades ago, starting as a small excavation business digging basements during the 1947 post-war construction boom. Today, the company has expanded its services to include road, highway, and airport construction, underground utilities, and sitework. The company employs over 100 construction professionals and owns and operates over 100 pieces of equipment. Hoffman Bros. Inc. has been a client of B2W Software since 2006 and has attended five B2W user conferences. Read More
Solution	Hoffman Bros., Inc. adopted B2W Track, a comprehensive and user-friendly software solution that brought together all the features the company needed in one package. The software was introduced to some of the company's supervisors who had no prior computer experience, and they were able to learn and start using the software with minimal training. With B2W Track, all data, including payroll information, is automatically available at the home office, keeping the company's employees on the job where they are needed. The company also uses B2W Estimate for estimating and bidding, B2W Dispatch for resource management and dispatching, and B2W Maintain for equipment maintenance and repair management. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Field Services

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Hoffman Bros., Inc., a leading excavation company in Michigan, was facing challenges with tracking costs in the field. The company, which employs over 100 construction professionals and operates over 100 pieces of equipment, was using a combination of manual forms and custom Excel spreadsheets for field tracking. This system had been in place for decades, making the collection and interpretation of data time-consuming and inaccurate. The company needed a new solution that would save time, reduce the potential for errors, and eliminate redundant data entry by field supervisors and accounting personnel.

About Customer

Hoffman Bros. Inc. is a leading excavation company based in Battle Creek, Michigan. The company was founded by Ed and Ellis Hoffman six decades ago, starting as a small excavation business digging basements during the 1947 post-war construction boom. Today, the company has expanded its services to include road, highway, and airport construction, underground utilities, and sitework. The company employs over 100 construction professionals and owns and operates over 100 pieces of equipment. Hoffman Bros. Inc. has been a client of B2W Software since 2006 and has attended five B2W user conferences.

Solution

Hoffman Bros., Inc. adopted B2W Track, a comprehensive and user-friendly software solution that brought together all the features the company needed in one package. The software was introduced to some of the company's supervisors who had no prior computer experience, and they were able to learn and start using the software with minimal training. With B2W Track, all data, including payroll information, is automatically available at the home office, keeping the company's employees on the job where they are needed. The company also uses B2W Estimate for estimating and bidding, B2W Dispatch for resource management and dispatching, and B2W Maintain for equipment maintenance and repair management.

Impact #1	B2W Track has made data collection and interpretation more efficient and accurate.
Impact #2	The software has reduced the potential for errors by eliminating redundant data entry.
Impact #3	The company's supervisors were able to learn and start using the software with minimal training.

Impact #1

B2W Track has made data collection and interpretation more efficient and accurate.

Impact #2

The software has reduced the potential for errors by eliminating redundant data entry.

Impact #3

The company's supervisors were able to learn and start using the software with minimal training.

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Hoffman Bros. Inc. Case Study

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