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2010

July Efficient Document and Process Management - Constructech

June Simplifying Operations with One Database - Constructech

March Simplifying Construction Management Through Integration - Constructech

March Software helps contractors roll processes into one system - AGC Smartbrief

January  All in One Place

2009

August  Software Implementation Best Practices - CFMA Building Profits

July  Analyzing Business Performance - Constructech Magazine

July  Tech to the Rescue - Contractor Magazine

July  Long Term Investment - Mobile Enterprise Magazine

June  Addressing BI (Business Intelligence) Complexities - Constructech Magazine

March  Spotlight on Penta Mobile - Dexterra Newsletter

March  Mobile Communications for the Big Guys - Contractor Magazine

March  Penta Releases Mobile Service Management Software

March  Penta Collaborates with Catalyst Resources to Enhance ERP Software User Interface Design

January  Penta Launches PENTA Mobile Field Service Software

January  Innovations: New Standard Data System Could be Boost for Contractors

January  How Can the Construction Firm Workforce Report from Their Job Site?

2008

December   Penta and e-Builder Make History Using agcXML Data Exchange Standard - Software Advice

December   Interoperability on Display - Constructech Magazine

August   On Purpose Profitability - CFMA Building Profits

July         Focus on Outcomes – Penta Named a Constructech Hottest Software Company for Commercial Contractors

May         What is Takes to ERP – Constructech Magazine

May         Out of the Dark - Constructech Magazine

March     The Service Contractor’s Challenge……And Opportunity – Software Advice

March     Penta wins a 2008 Constructech Top Products Award for Commercial Construction

January  A Direct Approach to ERP – Constructech Magazine

2007

September   Facts and Figures - Utility Contractor Magazine

Efficient Document and Process Management

In the construction industry, projects can be somewhat unique; meaning the procedures for keeping track of processes and documents can vary from one project to the next. This is especially true as companies begin to grow and add new services.Read the Article

Simplifying Operations with One Database

Do you still have disparate databases for various pieces of project information? These separate systems may require more time to enter data multiple times, more money to keep the system organized, and more effort to find a piece of information. Inevitably this can lead to a number of process inefficiencies.Read the Article

Simplifying Construction Management Through Integration

For construction companies like Lorneville Mechanical working on multiple projects simultaneously, it’s essential to be able to integrate various processes together so employees can access data on a specific project all from a single source, regardless of their location.Read the Article

Software helps contractors roll processes into one system

Integrating processes through a single software package can help contractors organize for the spring building season, according to this piece. Penta Technologies offers a program that rolls payroll, project management and accounting processes into one system.

All in One Place

The service and construction modules have helped the company analyze work orders and identify areas where the company could improve profitability. Read the Article

Software Implementation Best Practices

Regardless of the economic climate, implementing new enterprise software is a rare event. Our observation is that the typical contractor changes systems every 10 years or so. Therefore, changing systems presents an unusual (and perhaps even unique) opportunity to really improve how your company operates. Read the Article

Analyzing Business Performance

The business intelligence aspect of the deployment is one that continues to gain ground in the construction industry. Read the Article

Tech to the Rescue

They can review the account history and enter all the work — time, labor and expenses — done at the jobsite on the mobile device. The customer then signs on the device to approve the work completed, eliminating billing discrepancies and speeding up the billing process. Read the Article

Long Term Investment

The company needed a robust and intuitive mobile solution for crew management at job sites to replace a time-intensive paper process. Penta Technologies, a provider of enterprise software for the construction industry, worked with Intren to integrate its Penta Construction ERP software with a Mobile Field Reporting solution. Read the Article

Addressing BI (Business Intelligence) Complexities

...as companies implement business intelligence technology they start to realize that this technology--designed to reduce the complexity in managing data from multiple sources--present their own set of challenges. Read the Article

Dexterra Spotlight on Penta Mobile

Question 3: What mobile solutions are you developing with Dexterra to solve customer challenges? Penta offers mobile solutions for two of the largest segments of the construction industry. The most recently released mobile application is PENTA Mobile Field Service, which was designed for contractors managing a fleet of field service technicians such as Mechanical/HVACR contractors, electrical contractors, roofing and other facility service contractors. Read the Article

Mobile Communications for the Big Guys

The program is well suited to the needs of mechanical contractors running a union shop because it significantly reduces the time spent on daily paperwork necessary to satisfy union job site requirements, as well as daily payroll and other tasks related to management of equipment and materials at each job site, notes Penta. Penta Mobile Field Service can run on any Windows Mobile 6.0-capable mobile device. Read the Article

Penta Releases Mobile Service Management Software

PENTA Mobile Field Service software is designed for mechanical, electrical and specialty contractors. The software keeps field techs and office staff better connected during the work day. Dispatchers can view the status of jobs in real-time and send out new assignments as others are finished. Field technicians can log their time on a job, track how much inventory is left over and record customer equipment information. This information is directly tied to work orders, speeding up billing and payroll for the project. Read the Article

Penta Collaborates with Catalyst Resources to Enhance ERP Software User Interface Design

Given the general slowdown in the construction industry, the relevance of the contractor's enterprise software becomes all the more important in the current scenario. Firms will now keenly monitor their software investments and personnel performance taking the economic turbulence into account according to Smith. Penta's solution is aimed at enhancing its product suite for increasing productivity at the customers end and also to manage costs effectively. Read the Article

Penta Technologies Launches PENTA Mobile Field Service Software

PENTA Mobile Field Service software is designed to keep service management staff and service technicians connected throughout the work day. Dispatchers have real-time status visibility of all technicians, and can send prioritized assignments for work orders, jobs, or other non-billable activities, which are automatically received on the technician’s mobile device. Read the Article

Innovations: New Standard Data System Could be Boost for Contractors

AGC is offering the agcXML technology free of charge to software companies that have programs for the engineering and construction industries. Penta is incorporating the new standard into its Penta Project Management Workbench. Koenig recently demonstrated the transfer of a request for information document using the agcXML data exchange standard at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) building SMART alliance National Conference. Read the Article

How Can the Construction Firm Workforce Report from Their Job Site?

“Penta Mobile Field Reporting software helps the contractors’ field and the office teams to work in unison and more efficiently by removing costly, redundant administrative efforts from planning, scheduling, capturing, reviewing, approving and reporting on work performed in the field.” Read the Article

Penta and e-Builder Make History Using agcXML Data Exchange Standard

"The demonstration marks a significant milestone for the construction industry, as it greatly simplifies document exchange between separate construction management software systems." Read the Article

Interoperability on Display

"A workflow gets executed, sent to the appropriate person for action, and then sent back to the general contractor’s project management system. The data is moved efficiently between the two systems because they are both working within the confines of a standard form of transmitting information." Read the Article

On Purpose Profitability

"ERP: Past & Present - Over time, construction ERP systems have evolved as either 1) Third-party document management systems bolted on to construction ERP packages, or….." Read the Article

Focus on Outcomes

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What it Takes to ERP

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Out of the Dark

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The Service Contractor’s Challenge……And Opportunity

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Penta wins a 2008 Constructech Top Products Award for Commercial Construction

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A Direct Approach to ERP

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Facts and Figures

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Penta Events Calendar

Learn more about Penta Construction ERP Software in 2010 by joining us at one of the following events.

Join Penta in San Francisco this March at MCAA 2010, the Mechanical Contracting Industry's premier educational event!

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MCAA - Mechanical Contractors Association of America - March 28 - April 1

Visit us at the MCAA show in San Francisco to learn how are Mechanical and HVAC contractors are improving their business performance with PENTA Construction ERP.

Penta Technologies, Inc. Announces Solutions for the Mobile Construction Workforce

Penta Mobile is a family of solutions from Penta Technologies, Inc. designed to give employees access to the various systems and data they need while in the field...

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