Compass®

Compass is a digital dashboard tool designed to save busy construction executives and project managers more of their most precious resource - time. Compass offers financial and operational data, at a glance.

Digital dashboards save time by consolidating key information from single or multiple sources onto a single screen. Information can be accessed from back office systems, real-time data collection systems at construction sites, or via Web services from many different sources.

Compass offers both a high-level overview and the ability to drill down into any item if further explanations are needed. It eliminates the need to delve deeply into the system to get answers to routine questions. This real-time operational snapshot will enable managers to make decisions quickly and with confidence.

Incorporated into Compass are a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) specific to construction. Developed in conjunction with FMI Corporation, Microsoft, and industry experts, KPIs are the critical elements that have been mastered by the most successful contractors.

Compass brings together measures such as cash, schedule variance, margin variance, committed costs, and backlog, and makes them available at a glance along with trending and future projections.

Some of the features include:

• Real-time Key Performance Indicators for Construction
• Instant red light / green light display
• Automatic alerts on areas that need attention
• Visibility of projects, schedules and profit
• Easy to read graphical format

Compass is in beta phase and will be made available in 2006.