In this How a Construction Operations Solution Can End Your Spreadsheet Habit Datasheet, employees regularly find themselves juggling between separate spreadsheets with disconnected and inaccurate data that requires time consuming processes to keep updated. The inefficiency, inaccuracy, and backwardness of depending solely on spreadsheets can cause the operations of a construction company to grind to a halt. A modern construction operations solution can seamlessly integrate data between your departments ensuring accurate data that can be collected and distributed through automated processes. Many also provide in depth analytic capabilities to help you better understand your company’s operations and to guide high-level strategic decision making.

The transition away from spreadsheet dependance can be a difficult process that affects departments differently. The years of built-up experience and familiarity with spreadsheets form a bond that not everyone will enthusiastically want to break. In large organizations there are few statements that impede positive change more than “we have always done things this way”.

A modern fully featured construction operations solution, like Sage ToolOps, can ease this transition by providing palpable improvements across multiple departments. These improvements include providing higher data quality, automating away timeconsuming administrative tasks, improving companywide efficiency with systemized tasks, and helping to transition team members to new technology with robust support and educational resources. For a modern construction company trying to improve their operations a transition away from spreadsheet dependence is one of the easiest ways to vastly improve your company’s operational efficiency, communication.