公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- B2W Estimate
技术栈
- Estimating Software
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
适用行业
- 建筑与基础设施
- 石油和天然气
适用功能
- 离散制造
用例
- 预测性维护
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
关于客户
The DDS Companies is a construction and engineering firm based in West Henrietta, New York. The company specializes in pipeline construction, heavy civil and road construction, and utility engineering. Since its establishment, the company has grown significantly in size and scope of services, expanding its geographic coverage and increasing its utilization of B2W Estimate features. The company's founder, Sean Donohoe, had been using his own privately developed spreadsheets to prepare bids before deciding to implement B2W Estimate.
挑战
The DDS Companies had been a long-time client of B2W Software, utilizing Estimate to ensure their bids are accurate and efficient. However, as the company grew in size, scope of construction and engineering services, geographic coverage, and utilization of B2W Estimate features, the need to simplify the process of preparing bids became more pressing. The company's founder, Sean Donohoe, had been using his own privately developed spreadsheets to prepare bids, but this method was becoming increasingly cumbersome and inefficient.
解决方案
The DDS Companies decided to implement B2W Estimate, a software designed to simplify the process of preparing bids. The software was chosen over other estimating software packages, including HeavyBid and WinEst, due to its ease of use and understanding of the nuances around estimating and bidding on pipeline construction jobs. The software provides flexible, powerful, and unified applications for estimating and operations, making it an ideal solution for pipeline contractors. The implementation of B2W Estimate has allowed The DDS Companies to bid successfully on projects, even just weeks after the software was implemented.
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