The construction industry is facing major international challenges. It is experiencing a perceptible decline in the investment of public construction in the developed markets. Demographic change is leading to a shortage of skilled craftsmen and engineers, globalization and increasing competition from Asian suppliers put pressure on prices. At the same time, demographic change and associated global trends such as urbanization also offer great opportunities for the construction industry if it can take advantage of the relevant issues of the future, such as sustainable construction and rising demand in developing and emerging countries. It is essential to expand the traditional core areas of design and construction with elements such as financing, marketing and service. It will also be decisive how cooperation between material suppliers, planners, architects and investors can be supported with intelligent concepts and solutions. The progressive digitization in all areas of life is both the driver of these challenges and the key to their solution: It accelerates business processes, revolutionizes the market and unleashes creative possibilities.
For quite some time, modern business processes have been supported by an abundance of digital tools: From telecommunications, daily office processes, financial management, customer relations, warehouse management and logistics through to strategic business decisions, there is no area that does not benefit from highly specialised software solutions. It is essential that all these solutions are optimally aligned to work in concert, creating added value through the intelligent provision and processing of information. COSMO CONSULT provides intelligent software solutions to digitally support all aspects of your business. Our complete construction software solutions are based on state-of-the-art technology from Microsoft. This enables you to benefit from the following advantages:
All the functionalities are based on the proven business solutions Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (formerly AX and Axapta) and Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) in combination with professional customer relationship management (CRM) from Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales / Marketing / Customer Service / Field Service and the Microsoft SharePoint collaboration and document management system. The systems together form a fully integrated, comprehensive and sustainable digital ecosystem for your business. With the modern Business Intelligence tools Microsoft Power BI and QlikView, you can stay on top of things even in the age of big data.
The construction industry value chain with its complex planning and processes offers considerable opportunity for innovation. Digital tools can promote more efficiency in all areas of the business by linking planning and implementation. They optimise the use of capital and production methods, clearing the way for innovative products and service concepts while also providing a solid base of information for strategic business decisions. COSMO CONSULT offers a comprehensive portfolio of fully integrated industry solutions for the construction industry, in particular make-to-order and project-based manufacturing, which support all construction and subcontracting business processes from individuell piece production via detailed capacity and resource planning through to fully integrated project management, and integrate these processes into the commercial, sales and strategic business workflow. Our production data acquisition and time recording solution manages not just all the important staff time information, but also times and quantities for your production orders and machines. Mobile data acquisition allows logistics processes to be directly networked with the business logic of your ERP system. And our EDI solution tool offers you electronic data exchange with your customers, suppliers, carriers and architects using all standard formats.
As our everyday lives and day-to-day business becomes increasingly digitised, the important thing is not just to participate in this digitalisation but, above all, to help shape it. The change taking place affects the way we use software tools and, in particular, alters and expands the perception of the entire company, which is “going digital”. For COSMO CONSULT, the digital enterprise is no longer only a vision: We already provide networked solutions for all areas of your business, including the infrastructure for modern Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things concepts on the digital construction site. You can benefit from a cohesive overview of all relevant business processes — from the customer enquiry and design, commercial and technical project handling, assembly planning, implementation and object tracking through to settlement and final costing.
Today, companies usually have a wide range of information systems, but often lack integrated information management. A key problem is isolation: The various systems operate separately and without direct reference to the work context in which they are used. However, to keep up with advances in digital transformation, a modern working environment must not only provide the relevant information for important decisions, but also actively and directly support tasks and workflows — whether in the office or on the move. COSMO CONSULT provides solutions for the digital workplace that support teamwork at your company and provide personal productivity tools to simplify process automation and promote collective knowledge on an organisation-wide basis. This turns the workplace into the hub of your digital enterprise, providing every individual member of staff with optimum support for their respective tasks.
The digitalisation of business is in full swing. However, the casual acceptance of the use of modern business solutions today still often contradicts the effort required to provide them. The cloud is a well-established, simple, reliable and secure concept that enables companies to advance their digitalisation without having to think about infrastructure, hardware, servers and database systems. Depending on requirements, COSMO CONSULT's digital solution portfolio can be outsourced partially or fully using Microsoft cloud technologies. This frees up valuable business resources, saves the cost of implementing, servicing, maintaining and operating your company IT system, and lets you focus on the development of your core business.
COSMO CONSULT has many years of experience with digital solutions for the construction industry. Our products are based on clear procedures, detailed knowledge of the business processes in different industries and excellent product expertise. Our experts will be happy to advise you about the unique possibilities that will result from the use of modern software technologies. Get in touch with us to discuss your requirements. We look forward to discussing how your company can join the digital era.
