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“No one is going to be fired for going to the cloud”

A group of the world’s largest suppliers of on-premises and cloud software, including Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Oracle, and Intel, have all seen significant downturn in on-premises investments and an accelerated pursuit of cloud solutions. So, what does that all mean for your built environment business and why is it so important to act now?

What is Kanban and why should built environment designers care?

Is it the latest dance of long-legged showgirls? Is it something to do with cancel-culture, or new ways with ancient grains, AR, and coffee brewing? No. No it is not. Read our 2-minute overview about what Kanban actually is, why it’s so popular, and why your AEC business and you should care.

Kanban? Yes, you can-can, with Synergy’s October 2020 release

Sure, it sounds a little like a K-pop dance that’s trending on TikTok, but Kanban is the culmination of our journey towards task management mastery for AEC project businesses. So, it’s even cooler than the TikTok thing. Read about the Synergy Kanban release and what it does for your AEC business.

Synergy product update — October 2020 — Kanban, Sage 50cloud Accounting, Visual Survey Pro

This month we’re super excited to officially launch our Kanban board which gives you greater visibility into projects at a task level and improves collaboration. We’re also introducing our new integration with Sage 50cloud Accounting and connect with Visual Survey Pro.

Alexander Symonds manages more than 140 field-working staff and thousands of projects with one platform

Find out how Alexander Symonds uses Synergy and Fieldbook to manage more than 140 field-working staff and thousands of projects with one platform. Those kids really know what they’re doin’!

Winning numbers — WGA uses Synergy cloud platform to direct 450+ staff across 9 offices in 2 countries

WGA aren’t mucking around with their engineering and project management. They’re winning awards. They’re running offices in Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Whyalla and New Zealand. They’re over 450+ staff strong. So, when we were lucky enough to steal a few minutes with WGA director Cameron Jackson, we were all over it, like they are on engineering.

How the cloud will lift your built environment business out of lockdown

Now the questions are, ‘What happens when we come out of covid? How will my business operate? What will the built environment industry look like?’ These are the characteristics your team will need to survive whatever those answers are.

Synergy product update — September 2020 — Preview team builder, Kanban board

In this release, you can preview team builder and the Kanban board. We’ve also made updates to the workflow in the work breakdown, and invoices.

Introducing the Synergy and Mail Manager integration

Learn about the integration between Synergy and Mail Manager and how these platforms work together to help solve project management and project information challenges.

Power Business Intelligence (BI) — turning data into business insights

Join Deidre for this 15-minute webinar where she will take you through Power BI.

Managing outcomes, not hours — the beautiful view of to-dos in Synergy’s August release

How Synergy’s August to-dos update will help you manage your built environment design staff’s outcomes, not their hours — so you can adapt and ascend in the ‘new world of work’.

Synergy product update — August 2020 — To-dos

Our August 2020 release is all about helping you manage your to-dos — track the smaller day-to-day activities that are so vital to the completion of a project but are often overlooked or forgotten. We’ve also introduced a new method for reassigning WIP and made an update to resource planning.

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