Skyline Construction and Housing, a Bangalore-based construction company with more than 60 successfully completed projects, adding up to over four million square feet in industrial, commercial and residential space has grown to be one of the most trusted builders in Karnataka. Recognised by KOAPA, Skyline is also an ISO 9001 certified conglomerate. Skyline caters to the ever-growing demand for commercial and residential spaces across South India. With operations in United States and Dubai, they also have an international presence.
Businesses across different verticals have been using technology extensively to streamline their processes and the Builder community is also catching up with that trend. Skyline stands as a testimonial to the effective use of technology, having deployed Quadra Builder Suite (ERP) for its business automisation.
Quadra strong in plan management
Skyline's customer base was growing rapidly and hence manual processes could no long be used to provide efficient service. With an aim to achieve certification, the company was also aware of the need to maintain compliance standards. Hence, the company decided to opt for an ERP solution that could streamline and automate their business process.
The Quadra Builder Suite, which provided a strong planning module turned out to be the best fit for the company.
Haresh Kumar, VP Technical, Skyline, said, “In our Industry if planning is good everything else is taken care. The most important mantra of successes in construction is planning. If one can do smart planning and then implement the plan well, then the result is going to be very productive. When we decided to deploy an ERP we knew exactly what we wanted. We met a lot of solution providers but Quadra offered various tools to manage planning for us just as we were looking for. It’s an end-to-end solution. It covers all our departments and has made work much easier and organied.”
Time efficiency improved
The Quadra ERP has offered Skyline access to all the required departments integration into the software. From estimation and costing, sub contractors' billing, purchase and inventory management, sales enquiry management, unit sales/client management, payrolls and personal administration, financial accounting, site management, user administration, to MIS (Management Information System), Quadra has helped Skyline save time and thus money.
"The work that used to happen in 6 months before now happens in 10 minutes. That’s the kind of time efficiency that Quadra has offered us. We did not even spend too much time learning the working of the solution, as the team from Quadra was very helpful," added Haresh.
Quadra is the only solution Skyline uses for all its processes. The company finds it easy and meaningful to function with one solution that packages all the required features, as it is easier to learn and work on and also manage.
According to B. J. Jobi, CTO, Quadra, “Quadra packages all the modules required by a construction company from the time of planning to implementation to handing of the keys to the customer. Thus our customers will not need another solution for their business. Skyline is one of our valuable customers. They did not need too much of customisation as they found it fit for their process. Time to time requirement of upgrades and changes are done after discussions.”
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