Construction ERP "imforce Arch®" Launches New Version with High-Precision Forecast Management
NTT DATA Business Systems and NTT DATA Biz Integral have launched a new version of the construction ERP "imforce Arch®" with enhanced cost management features.
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NTT DATA Business Systems Corporation (hereafter NTT DATA Business Systems) and NTT DATA Biz Integral Corporation (hereafter NTT DATA Biz Integral) have started offering a new version of their next-generation ERP for the construction industry, "imforce Construction Integrated Core Model (imforce Arch®)," featuring enhanced cost management capabilities.
The new version supports both work-type and budget-based cost management, assisting construction companies with multiple business lines in integrating and standardizing cost information. In addition, by adopting the latest platform of the integrated business package "Biz∫®" provided by NTT DATA Biz Integral, it not only supports the latest OS/middleware but also establishes a foundation that enhances data linkage with external systems, realizing an environment that can flexibly respond to future regulatory changes and system integrations.
These enhancements enable improved accuracy in budget-to-actual and forecast management, advanced cost control, and overall operational process efficiency, including purchasing and property management, thereby contributing to the reinforcement of management foundations and the promotion of DX in the construction industry.
Moving forward, NTT DATA Business Systems and NTT DATA Biz Integral will accelerate product enhancements to further improve user convenience and productivity through collaboration leveraging their respective strengths.
[Background]
In the construction industry, cost information is easily fragmented by department and business unit because diverse types of work and subcontractors are involved in each project, making it difficult to grasp company-wide costs promptly and to detect budget deviations early. Furthermore, many companies rely on Excel and individualized management for execution budgets and ordering information, causing data inconsistencies, personalization of work, and delayed information updates that lower the accuracy of corporate management.
These challenges are more severe for construction companies operating multiple businesses, increasing the importance of a company-wide integrated cost management foundation. Moreover, grasping cost information timely and consistently to calculate highly accurate budget-to-actual figures and final forecasts is a theme directly linked to rapid management decisions and profitability improvement. Against this backdrop, a mechanism that realizes the standardization and data integration of the cost management process is required.
[Overview]
NTT DATA Business Systems and NTT DATA Biz Integral have launched a new version of the next-generation ERP for the construction industry, "imforce Construction Integrated Core Model (imforce Arch)," with enhanced cost management features. This enhancement was implemented against the backdrop of (1) the complexity and siloing of cost management tasks in the construction industry, (2) the decline in budget accuracy due to decentralized management relying mainly on Excel, (3) delays in cost information required for management decisions, and (4) the need to solve these issues and strengthen the management foundation.
In this version, business processes in cost management, purchasing management, and property management were reviewed, and functional enhancements were made to achieve data standardization/integration, operational efficiency, and improved accuracy in budget and forecast tracking.
■ Enhancements in the Cost Management Area
- Supports both work-type and budget-based formats, realizing unified cost management rules across businesses.
- Expands version control of execution budgets, enabling early budget management and strengthened control by consistently managing everything from budget approval to ordering and sales recording.
- Enhances import/export of execution budgets, improving connectivity with external systems.
- Strengthens forecast management, realizing standardization and improved visibility of cost management, as well as enhanced controls such as preventing ordering omissions and early grasping of budget overruns through forecast approval.
- Enhances construction ledger functions, making it easier to check costs by item, work type, and contractor under unified rules, improving cost management accuracy for various construction types like building and civil engineering.
■ Enhancements in the Purchasing Management Area
- Enables issuing order instructions without modifying execution budgets, achieving efficiency in purchasing operations.
- Supports purchasing data analysis and cost reduction through expanded item code management.
- Enhances offset transaction functions, improving the management accuracy of advance payments and offsets.
■ Enhancements in Property Management and User Interface
- Reduces input workload by enabling batch import of inquiry information from SFA and Excel.
- Supports the new React-based user interface (Biz∫UI3), improving input efficiency and convenience with features like auto-completion, attachment previews, detail filters, and Excel pasting.
The new version supports both work-type and budget-based cost management, assisting construction companies with multiple business lines in integrating and standardizing cost information. In addition, by adopting the latest platform of the integrated business package "Biz∫®" provided by NTT DATA Biz Integral, it not only supports the latest OS/middleware but also establishes a foundation that enhances data linkage with external systems, realizing an environment that can flexibly respond to future regulatory changes and system integrations.
These enhancements enable improved accuracy in budget-to-actual and forecast management, advanced cost control, and overall operational process efficiency, including purchasing and property management, thereby contributing to the reinforcement of management foundations and the promotion of DX in the construction industry.
Moving forward, NTT DATA Business Systems and NTT DATA Biz Integral will accelerate product enhancements to further improve user convenience and productivity through collaboration leveraging their respective strengths.
[Background]
In the construction industry, cost information is easily fragmented by department and business unit because diverse types of work and subcontractors are involved in each project, making it difficult to grasp company-wide costs promptly and to detect budget deviations early. Furthermore, many companies rely on Excel and individualized management for execution budgets and ordering information, causing data inconsistencies, personalization of work, and delayed information updates that lower the accuracy of corporate management.
These challenges are more severe for construction companies operating multiple businesses, increasing the importance of a company-wide integrated cost management foundation. Moreover, grasping cost information timely and consistently to calculate highly accurate budget-to-actual figures and final forecasts is a theme directly linked to rapid management decisions and profitability improvement. Against this backdrop, a mechanism that realizes the standardization and data integration of the cost management process is required.
[Overview]
NTT DATA Business Systems and NTT DATA Biz Integral have launched a new version of the next-generation ERP for the construction industry, "imforce Construction Integrated Core Model (imforce Arch)," with enhanced cost management features. This enhancement was implemented against the backdrop of (1) the complexity and siloing of cost management tasks in the construction industry, (2) the decline in budget accuracy due to decentralized management relying mainly on Excel, (3) delays in cost information required for management decisions, and (4) the need to solve these issues and strengthen the management foundation.
In this version, business processes in cost management, purchasing management, and property management were reviewed, and functional enhancements were made to achieve data standardization/integration, operational efficiency, and improved accuracy in budget and forecast tracking.
■ Enhancements in the Cost Management Area
- Supports both work-type and budget-based formats, realizing unified cost management rules across businesses.
- Expands version control of execution budgets, enabling early budget management and strengthened control by consistently managing everything from budget approval to ordering and sales recording.
- Enhances import/export of execution budgets, improving connectivity with external systems.
- Strengthens forecast management, realizing standardization and improved visibility of cost management, as well as enhanced controls such as preventing ordering omissions and early grasping of budget overruns through forecast approval.
- Enhances construction ledger functions, making it easier to check costs by item, work type, and contractor under unified rules, improving cost management accuracy for various construction types like building and civil engineering.
■ Enhancements in the Purchasing Management Area
- Enables issuing order instructions without modifying execution budgets, achieving efficiency in purchasing operations.
- Supports purchasing data analysis and cost reduction through expanded item code management.
- Enhances offset transaction functions, improving the management accuracy of advance payments and offsets.
■ Enhancements in Property Management and User Interface
- Reduces input workload by enabling batch import of inquiry information from SFA and Excel.
- Supports the new React-based user interface (Biz∫UI3), improving input efficiency and convenience with features like auto-completion, attachment previews, detail filters, and Excel pasting.