The Construction Industry will be at SAPPHIRE NOW 2016
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View ArticleHow to Attract and Retain Skilled Construction Workers
By Luke Marson It’s no secret that the construction industry is facing an unprecedented shortage of skilled workers. The industry’s worker exodus during the financial crisis of the 2000s and retiring...
View ArticleConstruction Lifecycle Management – a necessary business strategy
I recently wrote and published, on an AEC related business Blog, a white paper named "Construction Lifecycle Management – a necessary business strategy" focused on adopting new thinking and business...
View ArticleRun Financials Add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA 1.0 with EC&O
Do you plan to run the Financials Add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA 1.0 together with SAP ERP system on the same system? The Financials Add-on can be combined with a subset of...
View ArticleHow to do Collaboration and Invoicing with Subcontractors
SAP helps companies to procure services with optimizing the collaboration between involved business partners and the invoicing with specific requirements like advance payment, stage payment, cumulative...
View ArticleMills runs SAP ETM!
We did it! As I mentioned before ( MILLS Runs SAP... And it's about to run ETM!), we were about to go live in SAP ETM solution. Aaaaand It's done! After many efforts and a lot of hard work of our...
View ArticleIn this people-centric business, who's with you for the long haul?
I'm always impressed to see the plaques recognizing 25, 30, and sometimes 50-year employees of construction firms. People are the core of a construction company, and their collective experience and...
View ArticleHow SAP Innovations helps Engineering, Construction, and Operation Companies
SAP is helping Engineering, Constructions and Operations Sector to manage the challenging business environment. The sector is passing through dynamic changes such as:- 70% of the world’s growing...
View ArticleZachry Construction, B4 Consulting, & SAP Host Microforum at SAPPHIRE NOW 2014
At this year's SAPPHIRE NOW, I had the honor of hosting a microforum alongside Ranjeet Gadhoke from Zachry Construction and Juan Moore from B4 Consulting. The session was titled Growing and Optimizing...
View ArticleIntelligent Data at the Mall: How Mall Owners and Retailers Are Using Data to...
The biggest challenge facing the retail mall owner isn’t found within the mall’s physical corridors, retail spaces, or food courts. It isn’t occupancy rates, aging facilities, or security. Instead, for...
View ArticleENR FutureTech Wrap-Up
My colleague, Aasawari Kakade, and I attended the ENR FutureTech West conference in San Francisco last week. It was a great opportunity to hear from industry experts and thought leaders, and network...
View ArticleSAP Commercial Project Management Generally Available
SAP Commercial Project Management, a new application extending SAP Business Suite with project-management specif capabilities, is now generally available.Read the official announcement on SAP...
View Article“Project Cost is the matter of Market and Revenue is the matter of Reality”...
Recently I got the opportunity to present our SAP solutions to a big civil contractor in Dubai. I was having a discussion around project management with its CEO. He was giving the insight about Dubai...
View ArticleSAPPOV: The Three Bridges Project Managers Must be Able to Cross
Engineering, construction and operations projects face growing complexity and shrinking margins. Project management makes all the difference. When projects involve tens or hundreds of millions of...
View ArticleCH2M Hill Runs SAP
Did you know global engineering & infrastructure firm CH2M Hill runs SAP for financial planning & consolidation? You can hear all about it first-hand from their employees here. What tools are...
View ArticleStep aside Crystal Ball – Predictive Analytics Steals the Show at ENR FutureTech
Last week, I attended the ENR FutureTech East conference in New York City. It was a great event and the most relevant FutureTech yet to the SAP solution portfolio. In fact, the agenda might as well...
View ArticleMills runs SAP ETM!
We did it! As I mentioned before ( MILLS Runs SAP... And it's about to run ETM!), we were about to go live in SAP ETM solution. Aaaaand It's done! After many efforts and a lot of hard work of our...
View ArticleDay & Zimmermann Runs Sybase ASE
Here's a great article from ASUG about one of our EC&O Executive Advisory Committee members, Day & Zimmermann, and their migration from Oracle to Sybase ASE. They are always doing great things...
View ArticleMILLS Runs SAP... And it's about to run ETM!
It's almost there... Mills is the market leader in providing specialized engineering services in Brazil. With more than 40 units spread across 13 States in the country, it has the largest geographical...
View ArticleCloud computing, jet engines, and the construction company that feeds inmates
I've spent the last 3 days at our headquarters in Newtown Square, PA, participating in our Executive Advisory Council meetings. It's been great to talk with executives from our top EC&O customers...
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