Creating Value

KNOWLEDGE RELAY HELPS A CONSTRUCTION LEADER INTEGRATE

ITS DATA MIGRATION AND OPERATIONAL REPORTING CAPABILITIES

Extending the value of a major upgrade

For any large enterprise, software upgrades are a major undertaking, involving complex
inter-dependencies and unforeseen challenges. A Global Construction Company an
industry leader in engineering, construction and project management recently overcame these barriers in upgrading its core project management system, Primavera P6, by
concurrently implementing the Knowledge Relay Suite.
In doing so, the Global Construction Company gained powerful new data migration and
reporting capabilities that improved not only its project management efcacy, but its operational business intelligence. For the rst time, it can now quickly move data between
systems, easily create robust real-time reports and dashboards, and automate the distribution of information. The solution helps them to make better, more timely decisions
based on inputs from multiple sources.

In addition to being
able to easily gather
the information needed
from numerous sources
to generate high-impact
reports and dashboards,
Knowledge Relay is allowing us to run our business
at a higher velocity.
Manager of Central Scheduling
A Global Construction Company

Stretched to the breaking point

The Global Construction Companys upgrade from its client-based project management application, Primavera Project Planner (P3), to Primavera P6 Enterprise edition, was
catalyzed by a contract to build a major nuclear facility. This large, complex government
assignment required enterprise-class project management capabilities and the ability to
synchronize cost, schedule, and historical data from several sources.
Throughout our industry, the upgrade path to the new version of Primavera P6 was
known to be rocky, at best, said the Global Construction Companys manager of Central
Scheduling. But we knew that the nuclear facility project would require data migration
and visualization on an enterprise level that we could not accomplish readily.
In addition, he continued, we were worried about our ability to get P6 to accept data
from the other required sources, which ranged from internally developed legacy applications, Deltek Cobra, Deltek wInsight and a procurement application. Archived and
legacy nancial data also had to be imported, validated, and synchronized.
Easy connectivity and high productivity
We were impressed with Knowledge Relays claim that the Knowledge Relay Suite can
connect with, and accept data from, more than 250 different data source types, right out
of the box, the Central Scheduling manager says. We were even more impressed when
we saw that it really works.
Knowledge Relays visual environment makes it easy for anyone to assemble data from
a wide variety of sources and create highly informative reports, all without creating a
greater burden on already stressed IT resources. He adds, Quite simply, we knew that
choosing Knowledge Relay would help our technical staff work more efciently, too.

The Knowledge Relay Suite simplies the complex upgrade of

an enterprise project management system.
The Global Construction Company
has automated its processes, and
can migrate, validate, and synchronize data between systems.
Robust reporting and dashboards
allow the Global Construction
Company to make better,
faster decisions.
Knowledge Relay enables
additional productivity gains,
including personnel efciencies
and faster project completion.

Enhanced reporting expedites payment

After reviewing proposals from other vendors that ran into
multiple millions of dollars, with implementation times of up
to 24 months, the Global Construction Company chose the
Knowledge Relay Suite.
The Knowledge Relay operational business intelligence solution
was deployed in less than four months, creating a real-time
information atmosphere that gives us instant insight into all
project and nancial information, the Central Scheduling
manager says. It provides an iterative system that automatically
updates itself, creating reports and dashboards that can be easily distributed across the organization via email or a web portal.
With the Knowledge Relay Suite, the Global Construction
Company can also create real-time Earned Value reports on
demand, for the rst time. The company presents Earned
Value reports to the federal government to validate its invoices, signicantly expediting payment.
Additional business benets
The Central Scheduling manager is condent that Knowledge
Relay is helping the Global Construction Company improve
its business beyond data movement and reporting. Every
change order on public projects requires government approval,
which with the old system took several weeks. Now, between
the synchronizing and updating of data between systems and
the clarity of the Knowledge Relay reports, our staff can better
visualize and gauge the impact of any change, he explains.
The Central Scheduling manager concludes, In addition to
being able to easily gather the information needed from numerous sources to generate high-impact reports and dashboards,
Knowledge Relay is allowing us to run our business at a higher
velocity. These benets underscore the exceptional value weve
received by implementing the Knowledge Relay Suite.

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