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3 Advantages of Operating in the Cloud

Exploring the software essentials that push profits & productivity

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Angela Bloomer focuses on delivering cloud construction software and helps to ensure contractors achieve greater profitability in their businesses. She has over 20 years of experience in construction software development, manages the software release cycle of Acumatica’s cloud construction software, and is responsible for the overall roadmap, prioritization of features, leading the product management team and working with global software development teams.

ANGELA BLOOMER Director of Product Management, Construction Division Acumatica

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the face

• f the workplace—probably forever.

How can the cloud give you a competitive advantage, connect your office, field teams and customers, and increase productivity and profits?

The New World We Live In

• Today’s hypercompetitive digital economy is causing

dramatic transformations in every industry.

The New World We Live In

• Today’s hypercompetitive digital economy is causing

dramatic transformations in every industry.

• While all organizations are making it their top priority to

keep their people safe and healthy, they are also feeling tremendous pressure to work faster and more efficiently.

The New World We Live In

• Today’s hypercompetitive digital economy is causing

dramatic transformations in every industry.

• While all organizations are making it their top priority to

keep their people safe and healthy, they are also feeling tremendous pressure to work faster and more efficiently.

• Offices are empty, virtual teams are the new norm, and
• rganizations are scrambling to figure out how they can

execute and deliver with a 100% remote workforce.

The New World We Live In

• Today’s hypercompetitive digital economy is causing

dramatic transformations in every industry.

• While all organizations are making it their top priority to

keep their people safe and healthy, they are also feeling tremendous pressure to work faster and more efficiently.

• Offices are empty, virtual teams are the new norm, and
• rganizations are scrambling to figure out how they can

execute and deliver with a 100% remote workforce.

• These changing working conditions mean that employees

and customers, working from home or remotely, must have access to not only the software they use every day, but also each other.

What Advantages Does the Cloud Provide?

What Advantages Does the Cloud Provide? The cloud can connect everyone, so management, field operations and the back office have a single source

• f the truth and complete visibility

into customers and your business.

Cloud Advantage No. 1: COLLABORATE

Integrate your teams and streamline workflows

Remote Connectivity

Remote Connectivity

• Born-in-the-cloud software makes data available to you and

your core team anytime, anywhere—in the office, remotely or

• n-site for a project.

Remote Connectivity

• Born-in-the-cloud software makes data available to you and

your core team anytime, anywhere—in the office, remotely or

• n-site for a project.
• It provides the flexibility to work from where you need to—

easily transition to work from home—and focus on important things, such as eliminating unnecessary costs and delays, and keeping the project moving.

Remote Connectivity

• Born-in-the-cloud software makes data available to you and

your core team anytime, anywhere—in the office, remotely or

• n-site for a project.
• It provides the flexibility to work from where you need to—

easily transition to work from home—and focus on important things, such as eliminating unnecessary costs and delays, and keeping the project moving.

• Make decisions more effectively and easily capture and track

activities—including employee time, expenses and change

• rders—from one central area.

Maintaining Business Continuity

Streamline Workflows

Streamline Workflows

Example 1: Expense Claims Cut down on administrative overhead and help avoid the frustration of another manual process.

Streamline Workflows

Example 1: Expense Claims Cut down on administrative overhead and help avoid the frustration of another manual process. Example 2: Project Issues Issues arise on the jobsite multiple times a day. Keep your project stakeholders up to speed with the impact these issues are having on the project.

Streamline Workflows

Example 1: Expense Claims Cut down on administrative overhead and help avoid the frustration of another manual process. Example 2: Project Issues Issues arise on the jobsite multiple times a day. Keep your project stakeholders up to speed with the impact these issues are having on the project. Example 3: Transaction Approvals Finance team updates project transactions and with alerts, notifies the project team.

Project Issue Workflow Example

Cloud Advantage No. 2: CONNECT

Get real-time insights

Current Situation

Current Situation

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and

does it allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

Current Situation

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and

does it allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require

double entry?

Current Situation

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and

does it allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require

double entry?

• Does it automate, control and streamline your accounting

and back-office processes?

Current Situation

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and

does it allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require

double entry?

• Does it automate, control and streamline your accounting

and back-office processes?

• Can your field team members access your system from

any device, anytime, anywhere?

At-A-Glance Dashboard for Controllers

At-a-Glance Dashboard for Project Managers

Inquiries and Reports with Drilldown

Cloud Benefits

Cloud Benefits

• Use a single source of the truth to access job costing, project

management, contracts and more.

Cloud Benefits

• Use a single source of the truth to access job costing, project

management, contracts and more.

• Increase collaboration, connection and communication across

your teams.

Cloud Benefits

• Use a single source of the truth to access job costing, project

management, contracts and more.

• Increase collaboration, connection and communication across

your teams.

• Help your project managers avoid redundant steps and errors.

Cloud Benefits

• Use a single source of the truth to access job costing, project

management, contracts and more.

• Increase collaboration, connection and communication across

your teams.

• Help your project managers avoid redundant steps and errors.
• Manage projects by exception and see issues before they escalate.

Cloud Benefits

• Use a single source of the truth to access job costing, project

management, contracts and more.

• Increase collaboration, connection and communication across

your teams.

• Help your project managers avoid redundant steps and errors.
• Manage projects by exception and see issues before they escalate.
• Reduce risk, increase productivity, and improve customer

satisfaction.

Cloud Benefits

• Use a single source of the truth to access job costing, project

management, contracts and more.

• Increase collaboration, connection and communication across

your teams.

• Help your project managers avoid redundant steps and errors.
• Manage projects by exception and see issues before they escalate.
• Reduce risk, increase productivity, and improve customer

satisfaction. With cloud software, you can make decisions more effectively and easily capture and track all activities—including employee time, expenses, and change orders—from one central area.

Cloud Advantage No. 3: COMMUNICATE

Establish tighter project controls

Manage by Exception

Manage by Exception

• The key to greater project control is to be able to manage

projects by exception and see issues before they escalate.

Manage by Exception

• The key to greater project control is to be able to manage

projects by exception and see issues before they escalate.

• When your office staff can see issues as soon as they

are identified in the field, projects can move along without delays.

Manage by Exception

• The key to greater project control is to be able to manage

projects by exception and see issues before they escalate.

• When your office staff can see issues as soon as they

are identified in the field, projects can move along without delays.

• Project alerts can keep team members informed of what

they need to do next, minimize downtime, eliminate unnecessary costs and delays, and keep the project moving.

Push Notification

Streamline Communications with Email

Automated Scheduling

Ask Yourself These Questions

Ask Yourself These Questions

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and does it

allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

Ask Yourself These Questions

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and does it

allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require double entry?

Ask Yourself These Questions

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and does it

allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require double entry?
• Does it automate, control and streamline your accounting and

back-office processes?

Ask Yourself These Questions

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and does it

allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require double entry?
• Does it automate, control and streamline your accounting and

back-office processes?

• Can your field team members access your system from any

device, anytime, anywhere?

Ask Yourself These Questions

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and does it

allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require double entry?
• Does it automate, control and streamline your accounting and

back-office processes?

• Can your field team members access your system from any

device, anytime, anywhere?

• Is your current system based on a scalable platform with open

APIs for seamless integration?

Ask Yourself These Questions

• Is the software you’re currently using easy to learn, and does it

allow everyone in your organization to see the same data at the same time?

• Do you have disconnected systems that require double entry?
• Does it automate, control and streamline your accounting and

back-office processes?

• Can your field team members access your system from any

device, anytime, anywhere?

• Is your current system based on a scalable platform with open

APIs for seamless integration?

• How easy is it to connect to third-party applications?

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