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feeds, and no dashboards available to view them in a meaningful and unified way. So, Pivotal Resource Group acted as a general contractor by bringing in technology specialists whom they worked with to get the data identified, isolated and flowing toward a to-bedetermined VGM tool. Yet, for a time, Chris was still stuck on how to integrate it and present it. He then turned to a tool called Business Process Management, which is software that can map, integrate and link disparate databases through a highly configurable drag-and-drop processmapping tool. Business Process Management not only maps the process, but in the background it automatically writes the “C#” code required for these databases to talk to one another and to do such things as send alerts, stipulate a sub’s payment requirements, push information and metrics to the VGM portal, and just about any other critical path activity. Chris worked with top outside professional services people to set up Business Process Management to grab the metrics and feed his VGM dashboard. Using VGM, Chris and the leadership at Anderson Homes can “walk around the restaurant” to view critical metrics that determine the health Using VGM, Chris and the leadership at Anderson Homes can ‘walk around the restaurant’ to view critical metrics that determine the health and status of the departments on a minute-by-minute basis. and status of the departments on a minute-by-minute basis. And it looks as though Anderson’s sales numbers in this tough market have proved him out. “The best part of this story,” said Stark, “is that we are only 15 to 25 percent of the way into the implementation. There is substantially more upside here, and we’re going find every bit of it for Anderson.” HG Tom Gebes is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on software technology and home building. He is the founder and president of BuilderMT. Contact him at Tom.Gebes@BuilderMT.com. www.Housinggiants.com 7.10.08.Housing giants 19 http://www.IncendioTechnology.com http://www.buildermt.com/management.html http://www.housinggiants.com

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