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derive critical KPI’s pertaining     Once the design is done, a           overnight. Taking us through
        to cost performance, schedule        customer can prepare an itemized     the journey right from before
        performance and earned value         Bill of Quantities(BoQ’s), identify   the inception of the product, the
        analysis (EVA),”reveals Sameer.      and map out the execution strategy   team with their deep expertise in
        The line item cost database          and run the entire tendering process  this domain designed the product
        has been developed as the core       online. The contracts can then be    post conducting an expansive
        engine of the platform around        seamlessly managed online on the     market research. The team met
        which all the workflows have         cloud-based solution. Additionally,   with over a hundred different real
        been automated. This proprietary     the entire billing and invoicing     estate development companies
        database has all the materials and   process is controlled from a central   and attained an extensive market
        rates embedded within, permitting    repository with all the stakeholders   feedback on the process and pain
        users to maintain a very clear view   working in real-time on the         points. The assimilated data, the
        of the estimated and actual costs    same platform. Furthermore, the      team’s industry rich experience
        of the project thereby delivering    vendor management and reverse        and state-of-the-art technologies
        more projects on time and within     auction tools in the system enable   translated into building a product
        the set budget. At the request of    any procurement team to access       that penetrates deep into the issues
        the user, the cost management        the best available prices for all    that have plagued the sector and
        module can be utilized to bring      the purchases and contracts.         addresses them all on a single
        up the specified project’s progress   BuildSupply serves as a great       integrated platform.
        reports by performing a real-        platform that keenly observes all
        time, industry standard Earned       the project expenditures involved    Founded in 2016, the company has
        Value Analysis(EVA)at any given      and increases profits by monitoring   received a tremendous response
        point in time. The detailed report   costs, material procurement and      from the industry despite being a
        displays the cost to completion      time schedules for the respective    fairly recent entrant in the market.
        and final cost, and examines         projects. “E- Tendering and          The company has worked with
        the discrepancies, if any, in the    online bidding conducted using       a gamut of reputed real estate
        schedule and budget along the        BuildSupply platform have shown      developers in India who swear by
        due course of the project. “Due      a time reduction of up to 45-        the product. One such customer
        to the increased transparency        60 days when compared to the         is one of the most renowned real
        and real-time collaboration, it      traditional approach. Also, it has   estate developers in the country.
        plugs leakages and increases         displayed a reduction in billing     The enterprise client is currently
        operational efficiency. This helps   and invoicing process by 25 to 30    managing more than 25 million
        save a substantial amount of the     days. Our reports module helps       square feet of development with
        total project time and cost, by      to generate customized real-time     over 25 Pan India projects onboard
        giving complete control over the     reports instantly,” declares an      on the BuildSupply platform. The
        process management, and hence        enthusiastic Sameer.                 organization needs uninterrupted
        significantly enhancing equity        “                                   access to analyze hundreds of
        returns,” adds Sameer. The Build     “There Are Several Real              projects
        Supply Cost Manager helps reduce     Estate Tech Companies                for acquisition or joint ventures
        the construction costs by 8 to 10    Out There Targeting                  at any given time. In fact, the
        percent; a high ROI for customers.
                                             Purchase And Distribution            client intends to increase their
        An Economic Solution within the      Of Property But Very                 development portfolio by 10
        Competitive Real Estate Market                                            million square feet per year for the
                                             Few Have Attempted                   next few years without a significant
        The cutting-edge real estate ERP     To Organize The Real                 increase in their workforce. This
        solution is equipped with not just   Estate Development And               mammoth of a task would be near
        crunching out the final numbers but                                   “   impossible without BuildSupply
        is engineered with modules to        Construction Process Itself“         and its dedicated team of

        provide a comprehensive list of      He goes on to explain that this      professionals.
        the costs involved even before the   positive growth trajectory of the    Already having gained a strong
                                             product did not come into being
        architectural design is completed.                                        foothold in this competitive


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