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Scheduling & Dispatching: A Guide to the Benefits of Specialized Software

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4 Real-time Insight Construction companies typically bring key operations team members together to assess project requirements and plan resources for the upcoming one-week or two-week period. That's an expensive meeting, when salaries and lost productivity are factored in. The problem is, the schedule they produce on whiteboards and spreadsheets is usually outdated soon after they leave the room. Sometimes it's outdated before they leave the room. Change orders, equipment breakdowns, personnel issues, weather, material delays and dozens of other unplanned factors constantly intervene. With a centralized software solution, the schedule is a live document and a single source of truth that is always up to date. Employees access it from anywhere. Depending on their roles and credentials, they can make resource requests or assign resources in real time, and those changes are visible immediately across the enterprise. Contractors can schedule more effectively while also minimizing the frequency, duration and cost of those resource planning sessions. Changes to the construction schedule need to be made and viewed where the action is. An effective software solution empowers users (with appropriate permission) to create needs, modify assignments, generate moves and resolve conflicts even when they are on the move. MOBILE CAPABILITIES ARE ESSENTIAL

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