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Platform updates

New Landing Page

This month, BCX is launching a new landing page that lets users “choose their own adventure,” so to speak. From the landing page, users can quickly navigate to any area of the application or set any area of the BCX…

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Industry

Recession-proof Your Contracting Business

By Jessica Kirby The past two decades have seen huge changes in the construction industry, the most important of which include tighter deadlines, shorter lead times, and supply chain delays. As inflation, the global…

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Platform updates

Shipping + Delivery Time Windows

Coordinating delivery time on site is a challenge for any mechanical contractor. With the implementation of delivery windows, the manufacturing facility can view and sort their production tickets/spools by the requested…

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Industry

Three Construction Budget Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

By Jessica Kirby The construction budget is arguably the most important component of the project—stick to it, and the company earns revenue; fumble it, and the project may not even complete. Good budgeting means solid…

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Platform updates

How to Analyze Construction Data

When faced with a big ‘ole pile of information there are only two options: cringe and run for the hills or dive right in to a more productive and cost-effective future for your business. If you choose door number two,…

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Platform updates

New Feature: Delivery Windows

Enabling delivery windows allows forepersons to pick the time range they want their order to arrive on site or be ready for pick up. Production and Delivery Calendars can be filtered by time windows to help with…

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Platform updates

New Feature: Order Stretching

Every manufacturer in the speciality trades will get orders that are too large to complete in one day. With BCX’s new Order Stretching feature you can stretch the orders across multiple days or weeks, and the system…

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Platform updates

New Feature: Uploading and Tracing

BCX is implementing a new Blueprint/Plan Upload feature. This will allow users to take 2D plans and trace over top of them in 3D with the BCX assembly user interface. With auto-scaling and fill features it’s extremely…

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Platform updates

Choosing Business Tech

Implementing new technology is always a game-changer—for the better when it is done correctly, and for the dark side if done hastily or with too little consideration. Here's how to get it right. By / Jessica Kirby…

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Platform updates

Cloning a Row in Timecard

Individuals or crews working the same shifts on the same work order week to week can now clone or copy their timecard rows to save time and reduce the risk of re-entry error. For those working the same hours on…

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Platform updates

How to Streamline Group Decisions

By / Jessica Kirby Even at the best of times, decision by committee can lead to productivity lags and increased costs. The tendency to pass off the final say eventually culminates in a swirling mass of confusion and…

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