CONSTRUCTION DX
Construction DX and Construction Industry System Development
On a construction site, craftspeople, general contractors, manufacturers, and trading companies all exchange materials and information. At wesionaryTEAM, developers with construction site experience have shaped everything from ordering to crew assignment and progress-based billing into tools that work on site. In some cases, a system built for internal use grew into a service offered to other construction companies.
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CONSULTATIONS
Common Requests in System Development for Construction Companies
Construction DX is not only about drones and 3D models. For many companies, the biggest gains come from the office work and site communication around ordering and order management, crew arrangements, and billing. Here are the requests we hear most often, along with how we approach them.
On-Site Communication
Material orders are scattered across LINE, phone, and fax
Our Approach
Many parties are involved: craftspeople, general contractors, manufacturers, trading companies, and shipping companies. When each person orders in a different way, errors in part numbers and quantities and mix-ups over deliveries to the site become an everyday occurrence.
For Di-ORDER, an ordering and order management system, we put orders into one standard format and built a way to place orders from the site by smartphone. According to the service website, ordering effort has dropped by 65% and ordering mistakes by 92%.
Communication and documents with craftspeople rely on personal channels
Our Approach
When site chats, photos, documents, and completion reports are scattered across personal channels, the company has no record of them, and every check adds more phone calls.
We built a craftsperson app that lets craftspeople handle communication, photos, documents, and completion reports for their assigned sites on a smartphone. AI automatically sorts the photos and documents that arrive into categories such as construction photos, daily reports, and inspections.
Administration and Management
For each site, we cannot see cost and gross profit right away
Our Approach
When estimates, billing, and costs are managed in separate spreadsheets, it takes time to see the profit on each site, and decisions lag behind.
In the core business system for a construction company, we set it up so that entering just the quantity for each room automatically totals the site’s estimate, billing, costs, and gross profit. Everything from ordering and order management to profit and loss is connected in one set of data.
Off-the-shelf products for the construction industry do not fit our own workflow
Our Approach
Off-the-shelf services for the construction industry are convenient, but when your type of work or way of doing business differs, manual work remains outside the system.
Di-ORDER was co-developed with an interior finishing company, and it grew beyond internal use into a service that is also offered to other construction companies. According to the service website, 22 companies have adopted it.
STRENGTHS
How We Can Help with System Development for the Construction Industry
Team members who know construction sites handle the development and shape everything from ordering and order management to core business operations into something that gets used on site.
Developed by People with Construction Site Experience
Our team includes members with 10 years of experience on construction sites, and they handle the entire development, from the ordering and order management system to the core business system. Because they know in what situations craftspeople place orders and where mix-ups occur, we can design screens and workflows that get used on site.
CasesOrdering for Construction SitesCore Business System for a Construction Company
One Set of Data from Ordering to Profit and Loss
We connect ordering and order management, delivery schedules, crew assignment, estimates, progress-based billing, deposits and withdrawals, expenses, payroll, and profit and loss in one set of data. We also support integration with e-commerce stores and with invoice and payment services.
AI That Gets Used on Site
We build in features such as an AI assistant that looks things up when you talk to it (for example, “Show me last week’s orders”), reading of PDF delivery schedules and bank passbooks, and automatic sorting of site photos. When AI cannot be used, the system switches to regular processing, so work does not stop.
CasesOrdering for Construction SitesCore Business System for a Construction Company
Long-Term Co-Creation
Starting with an ordering and order management system, we have expanded our support over many years to a craftsperson app, an e-commerce store, and a core business system for the whole company. We work alongside you not as client and vendor, but as partners building the same business.
CasesOrdering for Construction SitesCore Business System for a Construction Company
SCOPE
Operations We Can Cover with Systems for the Construction Industry
We connect office and site operations in one set of data. You can also start with just the operations you need.
Material Ordering
Ordering in a standard format, ordering from a smartphone, and management of order status.
Delivery Schedules
Sharing delivery plans and changes, and reading PDF delivery schedule sheets.
Crew Arrangements
Craftsperson information and crew assignment, and management of who is in charge of each site.
Craftsperson App
Site communication, photos, documents, and completion reports on a smartphone.
Estimates and Progress-Based Billing
Estimates from quantities, billing based on progress, and issuing invoices.
Costs and Profit and Loss
Automatic totaling of cost and gross profit for each site, and of profit and loss for the whole company.
Deposits, Withdrawals, Payroll, and Expenses
Reading of bank passbooks and importing after confirmation, and management of payroll and expenses.
Building Materials E-commerce
E-commerce stores for building materials, and integration with accounting and payment services.
HOW TO CHOOSE
Choosing Between Off-the-Shelf Services for the Construction Industry and Custom Development
Off-the-shelf services are enough for many kinds of work. Custom development suits situations like these.
| Situation | Suitable Approach |
|---|---|
| Standard construction management or ordering and order management, where you can adapt to an off-the-shelf service’s procedures | Off-the-shelf service for construction |
| Your type of work or way of doing business is distinctive, and manual work remains outside the system | Custom development |
| Ordering and order management, billing, payroll, and more are in separate tools, so the same data is entered twice | Developing a core business system that unifies operations |
| You want to offer the system you use to other construction companies as well | Development designed to be offered externally |
| You want to keep using an off-the-shelf service and fill in only what is missing | Development of only the integrations and missing parts |
We compare the options, including cost and timeline, and recommend the one that fits.
FLOW
Our Process for System Development in Construction
Team members who know construction sites listen to how your work flows and put systems in place step by step, starting where the impact is greatest.
Listen to the Flow of Site and Office Work
In the words used on site, we lay out who orders, communicates, and records what, and in which situations.
Knowing the site’s language and how the work flows is the foundation of a system that gets used
Build the Highest-Impact Operations First
We build first the operations with the most mix-ups and mistakes, such as standardizing orders, and start using them on site.
Expand to the People Involved
We widen the circle of users step by step, for example through a craftsperson app and integration with business partners.
Toward a Company-Wide Core System
We connect billing, deposits and withdrawals, payroll, and profit and loss, and grow it into a core business system that supports the operations of the whole company.
There is a case that started with an ordering and order management system and expanded over many years into a core business system
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About System Development for Construction
Here are the questions we are asked most often before a consultation. Please feel free to ask about anything not covered here.
Will people who understand construction sites do the development?
Yes. Our team includes members with 10 years of experience on construction sites, and they handle the entire development, from the ordering and order management system to the core business system.
Case Study: Di-ORDER, an Ordering System for Construction Sites
Can a small or mid-sized construction company also commission work from you?
Yes. In one case, we worked with an interior finishing company, starting with an ordering and order management system and expanding step by step to a craftsperson app and a core business system. You do not need to build everything at once.
Will our craftspeople and business partners use it too?
We design the system to reduce the effort of the people who use it: orders can be placed from the site by smartphone, and a craftsperson app lets craftspeople handle communication and documents for their assigned sites on a smartphone.
Which is better: custom development, or an off-the-shelf construction management app or ordering and order management service?
If your operations are standard and you can adapt to the steps of an off-the-shelf service, the off-the-shelf service is faster to start with. If your type of work or way of doing business is distinctive, or you want to bring several operations together, custom development is a better fit.
Can the system we use in-house also be offered to other construction companies?
Yes, it can. Di-ORDER grew from a system built for internal use into a service offered to other construction companies. According to the service website, 22 companies have adopted it.
Can we consult you even if we are not in the construction industry?
Yes. We start by sorting out the operations and design a system that fits each company’s workflow.
How is the cost determined?
The cost varies greatly with the number of operations to be unified, the range of users such as craftspeople and business partners, whether a smartphone app is included, and the number of services to integrate. Before preparing an estimate, we sort these out together with you.
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AI Adoption
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