Telecommunications
SIS Construct 365 solutions, purpose-built for Microsoft Dynamics 365, provides Telecommunications Construction Contractors with the software solutions needed for the wired and wireless communications infrastructure industry. Our focus is maximum productivity combined with project profitability.
SIS Telecom Construction Overview
SIS Construct 365 is designed for Telecom Construction Contractors with capital project initiatives that enable them to take advantage of the modern capabilities of ERP. These include job costing, core financials, HR, union and certified payroll, project, and document management, as well as Microsoft Power BI data and analytics. The SIS Construct 365 solution is seamlessly developed within Microsoft’s flagship ERP, Dynamics 365 in the Azure cloud.
At SIS, we know that Telecom Contractors must execute infrastructure projects that allow operators and providers to improve and diversify. We understand that the telecom market must accurately bid on projects. SIS Construct 365 Project Cost Management (PCM) supports all end-to-end construction business processes from business development, request for quotation bidding, and preconstruction. In addition, this includes project management through execution, project close-out, and budgeting by pay/bid items.
Key SIS Telecom Construction Functionality
SIS Construct 365 is a full end-to-end ERP | CRM | BI solution built for Microsoft Dynamics 365. These bullets highlight key functionality for Telecom built into our solution set:
- Financial Management/Project Accounting
- Contract/Bid Management
- Resource/Project Forecasting & Scheduling
- Advanced Field Service
- Inventory/Asset Management
- Project Management
- HR/Union & Certified Payroll
The SIS Microsoft Dynamics Story
At SIS, we deliver business solutions to Telecom Construction Contractors powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 and SIS Construct 365 modules. 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 construction contractors for over 25 years. We are the go-to partner for construction in the Microsoft Dynamics ERP channel. With SIS solutions, Telecom Construction Contractors can effectively manage their projects, achieve better results, manage risk, and can grow their businesses with the assistance of these enterprise-class project accounting and project planning software solutions.
The SIS Project-Based Solution Process
Fully Integrated from Quote to Close
SIS Construct 365 Telecom Contractor Solution Set Built for Microsoft Dynamics 365
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 Telecom Construction 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 construction marketplace today, focusing on mobility, ease of use, and integration. The fully integrated business application environment.