Why Construction Companies are implementing the ERP for their Business?

Construction industry has developed leaps & bounds throughout the last two decades. The industry that mainly focuses in constructing real estates and infrastructure has altered the world's earth-line and skyline; merit to the supplies and the tastes of today's high creative generation. In-order to convene the ever growing demands and to stay further on with the competition, plenty of money is being invested in automate their process and implementing ERP solutions; but do they get the ROI?

Why Construction Companies are implementing the ERP for their business?

The processes inside construction industry are unstructured along with intricate. Different exterior people prevent streamlining your processes.

As a result, delay time increase and this perpetually impact the project delivery. Secondly, considering the Indian native demographic, a good management is needed at tasks acquiring accomplished at several sites. In realistic phrases this is not quite feasible.

Therefore dependency & trust on human personnel in very high. Unfortunately, trust becomes taken advantage of by simply people because of their personal curiosity; which impacts the cost in addition to the quality of the particular projects.

As a result of higher addiction with manual operations, the communication flow among the project sites and the head office isn't sleek. Often information isn't readily available & would have to be collated from sites; which once again might be manipulated.

This loss in appropriate info or acquiring unfinished info doesn't help the organization in taking decision for the appropriate time; which has a cascading outcome on the project cost, time-frame and quality.

Availability of skilled workers is another challenging mission & to retain them is more demanding. With challenges on one hand, industry business houses are stimulating themselves in executing with the great projects. From residential & commercial projects, the situation is moving to development of IT parks, superb townships, shopping malls, sky scrapper buildings. Additional progressive companies in the construction and capital development space have realized that the true path to success is an integrated, only construction industry specific solution that has the ability and the power to provide access to information when executives need it. Our product Cims ERP satisfies all the requirement listed below.

1. Should provide to the needs of this corresponding industry.
2. Should have typical built in process for this construction industry 
3. Must alert the users instantly on a particular event 
4. It must be a user friendly for users to make use of the system 
5. Minimal customization; Fast implementation 
6. Should be highly secured; data confidentiality is the major importance 
7. Good team support for appropriate support to the users 
8. Should get frequent upgrades with latest features 
9. Should be cost effective for the value received

The nature of this business means that every second delayed on a project affects the basement, and decisions need to be made rapidly with the most accurate information on hand. The bigger project and with several locations across a region, the more powerful the solution needed to way in the financial information and provide project controls to make sure the successful project.

Top 6 Indian ventures among world's most innovative infrastructure projects

Delhi Metro, Yamuna-expressway and Tata Power's Mundra ultra mega power project in Gujarat are among the six ventures that have figured in the list of world's most innovative, impactful infrastructure projects prepared by international accounting firm KPMG. The other three projects in the KPMG's Infrastructure 100: World Markets report are Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), Interceptor Sewage System and Narmada Canal Solar project. These projects were evaluated on the basis of their scale, feasibility, complexity, innovation and impact on society, KPMG said.

"Each country has its own approach to developing and funding infrastructure, yet all share the universal challenge of creating the right conditions to attract investment so desperately needed," James Stewart, KPMG's Chairman of Global Infrastructure said. Opened in 2012, the 165-kilometer, six-lane Yamuna Expressway is India's longest motorway, connecting the capital New Delhi with Agra and creating a corridor for economic growth, the report said.

1. Delhi Metro

By dramatically reducing the travel time between these two historic cities, the $1.9 billion project will have a lasting impact on villagers, tourists, traders and working professionals and should expand trade. The expressway also has symbolic value by showcasing the country’s ability to develop world-class infrastructure. Ten years after its first line opened, the $2.3 billion Delhi Metro continues to expand, setting a shining example of how to carry out an effective public works programme. Taking heed of the problems experienced by the Kolkata Metro – which was badly delayed and 12 times over budget – the development team utilised innovative procurement and strong project and contract management techniques, it said.

2. Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

The $4.4 billion Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project is a major, coal-fired thermal power plant serving the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab. A 25-year concession has led what is a landmark PPP for the Indian energy sector, the report said. Narmada canal solar another innovative initiative in the state of Gujarat conserves water and generates energy.

3. Narmada Canal Solar project

The $17.9 million Narmada Canal Solar project will place a solar photovoltaic grid over the top of a 5.5 km section of the canal, preventing water from evaporating and producing renewable power, the KPMG report said. In a form of PPP, Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited will build the plant and maintain it for 25 years, it said. Traditional financial services and IT centres may soon be looking over their shoulders at the Gujarat International Finance Tec City (GIFT) in India.

4. Gujarat International Finance Tec-City

The $20 billion mega-project combines connectivity, infrastructure and transportation with sustainable and environmentally sensitive growth. India's $323 million Interceptor Sewage System is designed to divert sewage to treatment plants, enabling the river water to be used for horticulture and cleaning purposes, the report said. Stewart, in the report, also said that private capital continues to play a critical role, but investors need economic and political stability before committing. Consistency and sustainability are key in setting policy, the right regulatory environment and establishing a steady deal flow through project pipelines.

5. Yamuna Expressway 

"India’s infrastructure has been a roller coaster ride. While in the past few years have seen a decline in interest around the infrastructure sector, the new government is taking a number of measures to revive investment. "We believe this could lead to a re-rating of Indian infrastructure," Arvind Mahajan, Head Government and Infrastructure, KPMG in India said.

6. Interceptor Sewage System

The report looks at infrastructure based on the dynamics of four key markets: mature international markets like Canada, Australia, UK, economic powerhouses including the US and BRIC countries, smaller established markets like Chile, Sweden, New Zealand, Korea and emerging markets. The panel of independent industry experts evaluated over 400 diverse and compelling projects to ultimately select the final 100.

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Top 10 longest National Highways in India

Roads - Top 10 longest national highways in India.

Indian road network has a very wide range of trap, from the corner of rural villages to the highrise building of metro cities. These road’s play a very important role to develop the infrastructure of a country and help to boost the economy as well. Indian national highways connect every major city of India from north to south to east to west, there are major road projects going on called as Golden Quadrilateral highways and many small along with.

National Highway 7

National Highway 7 is renamed as National Highway 44, The 2,369 km long road is the longest National Highway of India and one of the major road network between south and north India. The National Highway 44 cross 6 Indian states and connects major Indian cities like Varanasi,Nagpur, Hyderabad,Bangalore and Madurai. Some of the part of NH7 or NH44 is selected as North-South Corridor and Golden Quadrilateral highway projects.
Length: 2,369 km (From Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
Route: Varanasi => Jabalpur => Nagpur => Hyderabad => Bangalore => Madurai => Kanyakumari

National Highway 6

The second national highway of Indian NH 6 is the major project of National Highway network of India. National Highway 6 run through the west to east corner of India via 6 states and many cities and towns.

Length: 1,949 km (From Hajira to Kolkata)

Route: Hajira => Surat => Dhule => Nagpur => Raipur => Sambalpur => Kolkata

National Highway 5

The east coast highway NH5 run through the coastal region of India and connects Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Its one of the major highways in India, originates at the Junction of NH 6 near Cuttack.

Length: 1,533 km (From Cuttack to Chennai)

Route: Bhubaneswar => Visakhapatnam => Vijayawada => Nellore => Chennai

National Highway 15

The NH 15 is one of the major highway of northwestern India,connects Samakhiali of Gujarat to Pathankot in Punjab via Rajasthan. National Highway 15 is the 1,526 km long road network and connect major citis such as Amritsar, Jaisalmer and run of kutch.

Length: 1,526 km (From Pathankot to Samakhiali)

Route: Pathankot => Amritsar => Bhatinda => Bikaner => Jaisalmer => Kutch => Samakhiali

National Highway 2

The Delhi-Kolkata Road is known as National Highway 2, one of the most busiest road network in India. Most of the part of National Highway 2 is constitutes on Grand Trunk Road, the Asia’s oldest and longest major road. National Highway 2 is consist of Belghoria Expressway, Durgapur Expressway,Kanpur Over-Bridge and Allahabad Bypass Expressway.

Length: 1,465 km (From Delhi to Dankuni)

Route: Faridabad => Mathura => Agra => Allahabad => Varanasi => Mughalsarai => Aurangabad => Dhanbad => Durgapur => Kolkata 

National Highway 8

National Highway 8 is the first project to got complete of the Golden Quadrilateral project. The 1,428 km long highway connects Indian capital Delhi to commercial and entertainment capital of India, Mumbai. Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway or NE1 are the part of NH8, its known as Western Express Highway in mumbai. Important cities on the highway are pink city Jaipur, capital city Gandhinagar and Silvassa, capital of Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Length: 1,428 km (From Delhi to Mumbai)

Route: Delhi => Gurgaon => Jaipur => Udaipur => Gandhinagar => Ahmedabad => Vadodara => Surat => Silvassa => Mumbai

National Highway 17

The National Highway 17 is now referred as NH 66 is the most beautiful highway in India connect Panvel to Kochi through western coast of India and parallel to western ghats mountain ranges and Arabian sea. National Highway 17 passes through high hills, dense forests, long rivers and also touch shores of Arabian sea at Maravanthe. Maravanthe is the only place where NH 66 runs between the river and Arabian sea.

Length: 1,269 km (Panvel to Kochi)

Route: Panvel => Panaji => Ankola => Maravanthe => Mangalore => Kozhikode => Ernakulam => Kochi

National Highway 4

National Highway 4 also known as Pune-Bangalore road is the major part of Golden Quadrilateral project to connect two capital city of Mumbai to Chennai. NH 4 passes through some of the very populous Indian cities Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai. The NH 4 is supplemented by the first expressway of India,the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and triangle of National Highways NH7, NH46.

Length: 1,235 km (Thane to Chennai)

Route: Mumbai => Pune => Kolhapur => Hubli => Bangalore => Kozhikode => Vellore => Chennai

National Highway 3

The National Highway 3 or NH3 is popularly known as AB road or Agra to Bombay Highway that runs through the four states of India and connect Agra in Uttar Pradesh to the city of Mumbai. AB road is one of the most busiest road and the major section of North-South corridor project at between Agra and Gwalior.

Length: 1,161 km (Agra to Mumbai)

Route: Agra => Gwalior => Indore => Dhule => Nashik => Mumbai

National Highway 31

The National Highway 31 is originate from the Junction of NH2 in Jharkhand state and travel through East-West Corridor of North-East India. NH 31 road network highway provides gateway to the North East states of India. National Highway 31 is one of the most danger and toughest highway in India.

Length: 1,125 km (From Barhi to Guwahati)

Route: Barhi => Jhumri Tilaiya => Bakhtiarpur => Begusarai => Dalkhola => Siliguri => Kokrajhar => Guwahati

According to your opinion, Which one is the best among these long and beautiful highways of India ? Have you travel on any one of these ? Share your journey.

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