• House critical project information in a safe place for duration of its development.

• Efficiently sharing and managing project information from one site to another and from site to corporate office.

• Managing government work data to ensure contractual regulations are met.

Construction Industry Trends By monitoring industry trends, OSP can anticipate future data storage needs of construction industry. Currently, OSP team is reviewing impact of these trends on data storage:

• Decreasing dependence on outside providers to complete projects.

• Anticipating and controlling change to build a competitive advantage.

• Increasing pressure from US government to construct “green” buildings.

• Meeting demands of a dynamic regulatory environment.

• Increased concerns about structural vulnerability and security; liability a firm must consider.

• Anticipation of a $250 to $350 billion highway-spending bill in 2006, which will serve as a large influence in 2006 machine purchases.

• The biggest trend to expect in first quarter is for machine deliveries to be down from first quarter of 2004.

• Rental companies have continued to add machines to fleets – driving rental rates down in some areas.

• The growth generated by residential housing development, in excess of 2 million permits, is beginning to translate into growth in non-residential construction market.

• The price of steel has increased from $350 per ton in January 2004 to about $1200 per ton in first quarter of 2005.

• Tightening insurance and surety industries.

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•Compliance Reporting. Microsoft Great Plains, being SQL application allows you to deploy such tools as Crystal Reports to create healthcare-specific reports for your clients, contractors, state and federal regulation authorities. In Crystal Reports you can create report with data from Microsoft Great Plains and Patient tracking system., even if last one if not SQL Server based. Crystal Report can work with heterogeneous queries and stored procedures

•Patient Invoices Lookup. If patient calls you and questions bill – you should have quick lookup from your CRM to Great Plains invoices for this customer. Some Hospitals offer internet bills lookup for their clients. This might become required feature in following three or five years. You can implement this web-lookups via web publishing from Microsoft Great Plains database.

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