BuilderMT Opens "Trade Portal," Offering Real-Time, Single-Source, Web-Based Data Sharing Between Builders, Subs, & Allied Trading Partners.BuilderMT's Web Portal See portal. Allows a Builder's Workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. to Be Shared With Any Trade, Allowing Sharing of Purchase Orders, Schedules, Alerts, and Payments LAKEWOOD Lakewood. 1 City (1990 pop. 73,557), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Long Beach; inc. 1954. Nearby are extensive aerospace, high-technology, and electronic industries. 2 City (1990 pop. , Colo. -- BuilderMTCothe nation's leading provider of production management software for residential homebuildersCotoday announced it has launched a web-based service, Trade Portal, that allows a builder to share real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. workflow data with his subs and allied trading partners. Trade Portal allows a builder to maintain a single database of all his schedule, workflow management, and transactions, yet allows subs to access that workflow, and view detailed information about purchase orders, work orders, schedules, warranty, and payment status through any web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . BuilderMT serves many of the nation's largest and most sophisticated builders, many of whom want to extend the extreme control they have over their operations with BuilderMT to their subcontracts and allied trading partners. Trade Portal allows that real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. sharing, yet maintains the integrity and control of the builder's data. What's more, Trade Portal costs the trade user less than the price of a cup of coffee each month to use. BuilderMT has taken the unusual step of charging only one dollar ($1.00) per month per user for the first six months; users are not bound by any contract. Trade Portal is a new, integrated part of BuilderMT's Workflow Management suite, a software tool that has won more awards and earned more sales than all it competitors combined. Trade Portal is a natural extension of BuilderMT's award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" solution. As with every component of BuilderMT's Workflow Management suite, Trade Portal drives efficiency and profitability by streamlining -and offering direct access toCoworkflow processes, while increasing visibility of project critical data and improving communications through wired and wireless tools. Trade Portal integrates communications across multiple workflow modules, including scheduling (wired and wireless), purchase orders, document management, reports and the general accounting system. With Trade Portal, each sub or allied trading partner has a unique web site that accesses a record of their activity with their builder clients. A customizable "dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. " showcases any builder updates or events that affect the sub or trading partner, while also offering a portal for best-practice sharing, company news, and events. Every Trade Portal uniquely provides secure viewing screens that offer critical data for individual trade partners, such as approved, issued, or cancelled purchase orders and event schedules that can be viewed by projected, schedule, or completion dates. Schedule notifications can be automatically triggered through the Trade Portal's scheduling tool and delivered to any individual web portal or redirected by the builder or sub to an email box or wireless device. "We know that the most effective and profitable construction companies create an environment of dynamic and real-time communication exchanges with all of their trade partners," said Tom Gebes, president of BuilderMT. "BuilderMT's Trade Portal simplifies this best-practice and makes it available to every building company by seamlessly integrating the communication process and critical data flow outside of the four walls of their company. Because BuilderMT has enabled work flow management for hundreds of companies, we saw the power in broadly extending the universe of communication through a complete, but inexpensively in·ex·pen·sive adj. Not high in price; cheap. in  ex·pen sive·ly adv. priced Trade Portal. It is a powerful tool that helps to remove the communication clutter and disorganization disorganization /dis·or·gan·iza·tion/ (-or?gan-i-za´shun) the process of destruction of any organic tissue; any profound change in the tissues of an organ or structure which causes the loss of most or all of its proper characters. that hinders the future of so many home builders." About BuilderMT For large and medium-size homebuilders in the $250 billion homebuilding industry, BuilderMT provides highly customizable building process management software that works in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with Sage Timberline timberline, elevation above which trees cannot grow. Its location is influenced by the various factors that determine temperature, including latitude, prevailing wind directions, and exposure to sunlight. Office accounting and estimating software, systems used by one in four of the Builder 100. BuilderMT has been purchased by over 640 corporations and 4,000 individuals that manage over 280,000 housing starts annually, more than 20% of the new home market. BuilderMT is widely recognized as a leader in process-driven, best-building practices for builders, as well as customer service, warranty applications, on-line training, and innovative wireless applications. Since its inception in 1999, BuilderMT has maintained its status as a debt-free, highly profitable company that invests its profits back into infrastructure and software development. To learn more, visit www.BuilderMT.com, or call (888) 757-1991. Recent Awards for BuilderMT * ConstrucTech Hottest Company of the Year 2006 * ConstrucTech Vision Awards for 2006 - Graham Hart Home Builder * ConstrucTech Vision Awards for 2006 overall Team Award - Generation Homes * Home Builder Executive Magazine 2006 Award for Scheduling Software * Home Builder Executive Magazine 2006 Builder Technology Innovation Award * Tom Gebes, President of BuilderMT, Ernest and Young Entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. of the Year Finalists for 2006 * ConstrucTech Vision Awards for 2005 - Delcor Homes * ConstrucTech Hottest Technology of the Year 2005 * TecHomeBuilder High Impact Products of the Year 2004 |
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