Customer Stories

RESULT By implementing Vista, HHI has effectively met its goal of tearing down departmental walls and streamlining processes throughout the organization. Mike Radke, HHI's Director of Pre-Construction, said there is now significantly more insight and account- ability into the individual projects the company man- ages. Those projects range in scope from $10 sales to multi-million-dollar projects. The seamless integration between departments allows for data to flow in real time—to the people that need to see it when they need to see it. One of the key areas where HHI realized improvement was with its project management processes. The data flowing efficiently across all departments means there are fewer project delays. Projects get built quicker, with more oversight. And, as Megan Gruning, HHI's Assistant Treasurer, noted: "When we were with Sage, accounting had all of the information and we would have to send out reports to project management or to managers." Now, project managers can see job costs in real time, they can approve all AP invoices related to their proj- ects themselves, and they can spot early warnings if something about a project is off track so that they can correct it before it goes off the rails. "Accounting was really a bottleneck to our workflow before," Betlach said. "Now our project managers can cut POs in the middle of the night or on the weekend, and get into the accounting information they need, where previously they had to wait for accounting to do those processes. Viewpoint has been a partner in helping us grow and expand, and is responsive to us making changes and adapting quickly because, for us, that's something that happens all the time. Ken Villone, Supervisor of Project Management- Midwest Division, Haldeman-Homme, Inc.Inc.

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