It can be tricky to find the right application for businesses in the construction sector. UK construction businesses are on the lookout for a project management tool which helps companies collaborate, evaluate, customise, schedule and automate processes. It needs to reassure employees that their work tasks are completed efficiently without hiccups and it has the important task of supporting project managers. Microsoft SharePoint is the answer to their queries.
Here are my top 5 reasons why Microsoft SharePoint alone can improve collaboration and efficiency within the construction industry:-
- Keep staff informed and up-to-date on all the latest project news, announcements within the industry as well as health and safety procedures and policies with a mobile responsive SharePoint Intranet, no matter where they are working
- Drive "one source of the truth" data management across all your data and documents so everyone is seeing and collaborating on the latest versions of documents. Don't rely on Outlook and Emails as your document management system
- Establish and maintain correct permissions and security structure with single sign on, multi-factor authentication and a secure permissions structure to your content. There are also many built in M365 tools for applying data security around GDPR, reporting, retention policies, advanced security with restrictions for onward sharing of content to ensure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
- Process driven project management - Establishing the correct and efficient processes for your projects and your business as a whole is the most effective way to improve quality, time management and cut costs within the business. The options for business process management within the Microsoft platform are endless and the functionality as well as the speed of application delivery is impressive. This on it's own is worth a dedicated conversation.
- Reporting and continuous improvement - Do you ever sit back and wonder how the business is doing? Why are sales down, or up? What is the cost of employees, office space, contractors....the list goes on. With SharePoint and the extended Microsoft platform to include PowerBI and SQL Server, reporting, dashboarding, business intelligence and data warehousing can provide a one-stop-shop for all the business reporting needs.
There are of course many other reasons why I advocate SharePoint the the Microsoft suite of products for the construction industry, and many other industries. If you would like to read more on this subject, please check out our latest blog post on this subject on our website.
