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GUEST ARTICLE TECHZONE Lals Enterprise Management
The Complete Cost &

Software
Services

Trusted partner for Project
Solution
Management & Cost Control

5 Steps to Implementing YOUR

Construction Software

Lalu Varghese, Having researched the massive benefits to the functions and capabilities to manage,
Director & CEO, be gained from employing an end to end, track and report on these processes so make
Lals Software Services fully integrated Construction Software solution sure your goals and strategy are clearly
(Authorised Distributor - RIB and having selected your business partner to defined at the outset before embarking on
CCS) in India, is a civil provide it, there are 5 key steps to ensuring the implementation of your software solution.
engineer with over 40 years you begin to reap the benefits as smoothly Pull Together an Implementation Team
of experience in construction and quickly as possible. Change in any Implementing software that is going to have
estimation and cost control organisation can be met with resistance from a significant impact on your organisation is
across GCC and South Africa. the ‘old guard’, it is only natural to have an not to be taken lightly. Appoint stakeholders
Lalu shares his insights on the element of fear regarding the unknown so plan from each of your departments to be involved
5 Steps to implementing your ahead and follow these simple guidelines. in the implementation. These need to be
construction software. Goal setting and Strategy individuals with the commercial experience
It is incumbent on any serious business to understand how each segment will be
owner or operator to have specific goals impacted and will need to allocate an
and milestones to achieve in order to set out appropriate amount of time to the project.
and reach commercial targets. The strategic Having input from key figures throughout
elements of how to get there and the tactical the process from initial contract tendering,
actions that break this down further should be estimation, finance, project management,
aligned to reaching those goals and will be a sales, finance (and every other department)
pivotal part of the processes and procedures will ease the transition and ensure potential
that are put in place for the departments and issues are addressed and thought through at
teams to be able to deliver. Construction the early stages rather than firefighting after
software is specifically designed to provide the event.

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