ERP | CRM | BI Solutions for Specialty Contractors
SIS Construct 365 ERP | CRM | BI solutions support all enterprise commercial construction specialties including sub-contracted mechanical, heavy civil, utilities, and HVAC. SIS solutions are built for all of the 16 commercial construction specialties.
What Specialty Contracting Means at SIS
Large-scale specialty contracting has been the SIS core market for 25 years. We understand construction doesn’t always mean building buildings. At SIS, commercial construction means building and maintaining anything.
What all specialty contractors have in common are projects that have a definitive start and end. SIS Construct 365 for Specialty Contractors is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365. Our solutions are developed with an understanding there are three factors driving highly specialized contracting projects:
1) An objective that can be managed while the project is executing
2) Inputs that are primarily resource cost, where resources can be equipment such as trench diggers and rollers or highly specialized craftsmen and laborers
3) A project schedule that above all, must be delivered on time and under budget
The Technology Need
Most specialty contractors want to maximize organizational efficiency but may not have the software tools to make their organization truly efficient. Many are faced with multiple siloes of information and nonintegrated solutions which makes efficiency almost impossible. Without streamlined solutions and modern analytical tools, most companies are not getting the most from their production toward the bottom line.
Implementing a comprehensive specialty contractor project management and project accounting solution from SIS delivers agility and more profitability to your business. You will have the needed tools to effectively manage the entire lifecycle of a given project including labor, subcontracts, material cost, and equipment. Our ERP | CRM | BI, built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and SIS Construct 365, comprehensive project accounting and project management solutions, fully integrate into every aspect of your organization and can handle every stage of the project, while delivering mobility to the field.
The Functionality
With SIS ERP | CRM | BI solutions, specialty contractors are equipped with robust functionality. All solutions are fully integrated and all impact profitability by reducing estimation risk and margin fade on complex projects. Our solutions help you quote, contract, manage, budget, invoice, deliver, and close your projects with seamless integration to:
- Project Accounting
- Field Service Management
- Project Management
- Integrated Time Tracking
- Billing
- Union Payroll
- Subcontract Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Reporting
Specialty Contractors We Serve
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing
Roofing
Painting
Flooring
Fire & Safety
Landscaping
Geotechnical
Cabinets
Framing
Drywall
The Microsoft Dynamics Technology
At SIS, we deliver business solutions to specialty contractors powered by Microsoft Dynamics and SIS Construct 365 construction modules, developed by SIS. Using Microsoft Dynamics 365 as the ERP business solution, Dynamics CRM as the sales solution, and Power Platform as the analytics solution, we provide truly comprehensive construction software for specialized midsize to enterprise project and service-driven organizations.
SIS has invested and focused on working with solutions for specialty contractors for over 25 years. We are the go-to partner for construction in the Microsoft Dynamics ERP channel. With SIS solutions, specialty contractors can effectively manage their projects, achieve better results, and can grow their businesses with the assistance of these enterprise-class project accounting and project planning software solutions.
SIS Specialty Contractor Solution Set
Project Accounting – ERP
Provides accurate project cost management, which includes consolidated enterprise-class financials with integrated payroll, budgeting, time and material billing, schedule of values billing, and more, all included in Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Key benefits include easy-to-forecast job cost, project risk mitigation, clear visibility of margin gain/fade, accurate project variance, EAC project updates, and visibility to the impact of each project on the overall performance.
Project Management
Provides project lifecycle, execution and change management, with a secure portal for resource and task management. Also provides collaboration, including workflow and document management with version history and tracking.
Allows you to manage all key activities of a project including streamlining project management tasks with Smart-Forms, and automatic updates to log files such as submittals and RFIs. Microsoft SharePoint is the backbone of the document repository.
Reporting is made simple via integration with Microsoft Excel and quick exporting of all log files to an Excel file.
Reporting & Analytics
Improved ability to manage budget and forecast, and proactively manage production and risk with reports, industry-based dashboards, and robust business intelligence using the Microsoft Power Platform.
Business Development – CRM
Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM identifies, manages, and tracks prospect and client opportunities from source to close. Manages sales relationships and marketing.
Field Service
Boosts field technicians’ productivity and customer satisfaction, on service calls and work orders, with complete mobile field service and access to customer history, equipment, inventory, purchasing, and more. Construct 365 Advanced Field Service provides full support for Davis Bacon requirements on Work Orders and Agreements and certified payroll reporting as well as integration with LCP Tracker.
Customer onboarding benefits include enhanced process for setting up new customers, a structured process for converting prospects and leads into a customer, accounting controls for payment terms, credit limits, and key customer master data. Customer address types allow the delineation of billing and worksites.
Labor Management – With Payroll Integrations
Manages and calculates Union Payroll gross pay information. The Advanced Labor solution also handles prevailing wage jobs while efficiently delivering certified payroll reporting.
When coupled with SIS Construct 365 – Field Operations automated mobile time entry (including specific crew management functionality) that feeds payroll (Union and Wage Scale) and job cost. The solution eliminates the need for the HR and Payroll department to maintain union information separately or manually calculate Union deductions and fringe benefits. Advanced Labor solution is built to feed third-party payroll service providers.
Equipment & Materials Management
Maintains equipment in the field and ties it to job cost and asset management. Allows the management of complex inventory and supply chain needs such as products, procurement, purchasing, subcontracts, and fabrication.
From Our Industry to Your Industry
Why Working with SIS Matters to Your Business
SIS helps specialty contractors manage each stage of the delivery and service life cycle. We do this with industry-specific project management, project accounting, job costing, business intelligence, and CRM software built on Microsoft Dynamics 365. We help our clients manage cost and risk and deliver their unique value to their customers with proven software and 25 years of industry experience.
The SIS solution is based on the world-class Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP platform which is the most complete and integrated solution in the specialty contractor marketplace today, focusing on mobility, ease of use, and integration. The fully integrated business application environment.
