HRK brings its financial data together in Kaivo and tracks margins and purchases in reports built for its own needs.
Background
In construction companies, project data is usually scattered across many systems: accounting, invoicing, machine usage records and shift data. The systems’ built-in reports rarely match what the company needs, so putting together the full picture takes manual work.
Solution
HRK started working with Kaivo (formerly QuickBI). Kaivo brings HRK’s financial data from Procountor into a data warehouse that Kaivo maintains. On top of that data, reports on margins and purchases have been tailored to HRK’s needs. Reports can be built with any tool, such as Power BI or Tableau, because the data sits in the company’s own warehouse.
At HRK, we bring financial data from Procountor into [Kaivo] and report on things like margins and purchases. Our tailored reports are used by regional managers, branch managers and top management, among others. Thanks to them, everyone has been able to manage their own work and area of responsibility better than before. In the near future, we also need to bring payroll and HR data from the Mepco system into our reporting.
Results
- Tailored reports are used by regional managers, branch managers and top management.
- The reports are tailored to HRK’s needs.
Next steps
HRK’s next goal is to bring payroll and HR data from the Mepco system into its reporting as well. Kaivo already has a ready-made Mepco connector.
Other construction customers
Besides HRK, construction companies such as Saumalaakso, Umacon, Anfra and Jalon Group have used Kaivo. They have brought data like payroll records, machine operating hours, invoicing data and inventory transactions into their reporting. This lets them compare project profitability against their bid estimates and react to changes faster.
Saumalaakso built a tool for tracking project profitability, with figures pulled together from different data sets. Following these reports has helped improve operational efficiency and direct resources where they matter.
Umacon has tracked schedule adherence and the cost of delays, as well as deviations and audits. Up-to-date information has helped minimize delays and keep projects on track.