Housing Giants - November 10, 2008 - (Page 16) Tech You can listen to this article by clicking below. drop tool to do that at very low cost. If you still think I’m a hammer looking for a nail, don’t take my word for the efficacy of technology that automates processes. Check out eWeek.com’s story about this exploding business process management software category. The article says, in part, “Business Process Management is an alternative that can be leveraged to develop applications faster and cheaper than traditional methods.” Eastwood Homes took that business process management alternative. And that approach has bought the company a whole new level of convenience and control over its operations, even for noncomputer-specialist users. The resulting efficiencies? Nothing short of stunning. Eastwood Homes allowed 80 employees to eliminate two to three hours per week in manual duties, yielding up 240 hours per week in savings, to say nothing of the time saved through cost-avoidance of custom coding, which the business process management software has made obsolete. “That two to three hours per employee each week is time these folks can be using to focus on what we hired them to do,” says Justin Myers, the vice president of operations for Eastwood Homes. “That’s time they can be selling houses or managing the building process to further reduce cycle time.” The cumulative results so far are dramatic: At 240 hours per week saved across all operations, that’s 12,480 hours, or 312 work weeks, of six full-time equivalents saved each year because of technology. Am I just a hammer looking for a nail? Apparently not. 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. 16 HOUSING GIANTS.11.10.08 www.HOUSINGGIANTS.cOm http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/How-to-Remain-Competitive-Build-Buy-or-BPM/ http://www.eWeek.com http://www.buildermt.com http://www.housinggiants.com
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