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Construction companies will not limit their investment into information technologies this year, 25% of them, in fact, is planning to increase their investment even at the time of economic recession

23rd April 2009 – The Czech building materials producers consider the investment into information technologies beneficial and they will not limit it even during the current economic situation; 65% of the companies approached is planning to maintain the level of investment into IT for the foreseeable future, and 25% considers even augmenting those expenses. Lowering the investment has only been anticipated by 10% of the approached companies. This data was concluded based upon a quick survey carried out by the CCV Information systems amongst fifty construction companies participating at the fair IBF and were presented today in the frame of the fair's conference programme. Amongst the most preferred measures of the companies against the recession is the limiting of running costs and more efficient use of information and deepening of customer relations.

Acquired results suggest improvement in the investment confidence on the market:

Whereas similar surveys from the beginning of the year show deep investment scepticism, current inquiry depicts improved perception of the contemporary situation. Such a change in opinion can be assigned to positive incentives appearing in the construction sector in the last few weeks, from the declaration of public commissions to the grants project "Zelená úsporám" (Green to savings) worth 25 billion CZK, which was commenced by the minister Bursík himself, here at the fair, similarly to the new incentive for the use of financial means from the Operational programme Living environment, which is amongst other things concerned with the investment into energy savings in the buildings of the public sector and that are worth 6 billion CZK.

The question concerning the type of precautions taken by companies in the time of construction recession was most commonly answered by the representatives of construction companies in the following manner: lowering of running costs (73%), better use of analysis and information (68%), deepening of customer relations (61%)  and expansion to new markets or into the market niche of their competition (42%).Only 22% of the companies have quoted lowering of investment expenses amongst the most important measures to be taken to deal with the recession. Therefore the will to continue investing into information technologies is fully in line with the findings of the survey. "The majority of companies is planning to maintain the same rate of investment into IT this year, 25% of them even plans to increase those expenses,“ clarified the situation manager for strategic marketing from CCV Information system Petr Ondrášek. "In addition, the increase of foreseen investment, using some kind of the EU funding is considered by 50% of the companies, whilst 5% of them is already involved in the process of receiving them."

IT providers have to "speak intelligibly"

Slight majority of the respondents believes that IT providers do not listen correctly to the customer and cannot clearly explain the offered solutions, i.e. speak in a manner intelligible for the customer. "Only those who not only provide a high-quality solution but also prove to be experienced in the domain and competence of its implementation can be successful,“ said Petr Ondrášek.

CCV Information systems provides retail and production construction companies reliable information systems, which support clients networks management with comprehensive and customized contract conditions, automated commission acceptance and other business documentation. "The close interconnectedness between ERP and customers' systems is very important as it allows for better predictability of demand, production, stock and cash-flow management," said Dalibor Damborský, executive director of CCV Information systems. "This interconnectedness between information systems and suppliers is particularly appreciated by the trading networks of building material wholesalers and retailers. It allows them to manage the trading network more efficiently, optimize the activity of branch offices in the given location specifically in the domain of price making and stock level. In this economically instable era, flexibility, fast reaction and expansion become the absolutely indispensable features of a business. Our systems provide the customers with substantial support in those domains."

Customized solutions are the most popular ones in the construction sector

According to the opinion of construction companies, it is still valid that information system should predominantly stimulate resource savings and better overview to the company. Customized solutions are the current trend. The ever increasing importance of investment into the expenses of human labour in the IT domain and implementation in line with organization's requirements confirm, according to the its executive director Dalibor Damborsky, the experience of CCV Information systems.

From the point of view of functionality of the system, the results of the inquiry unambiguous: customers want above all an easily-navigable application (60%). In the company's information system, respondents would most like to improve or newly-implement commission management, distributions and stock levels. This requirement was quoted by 24% of those approached as a priority. The other three most preferred solutions are customer relations management (21%), management analysis and reporting (20%) and last but not least the importance of electronic data interchange of business documentation (11%).

"Almost a hundred of our clients from the construction and furniture segment of the economy is using our comprehensive solution for electronic data interchange or electronic invoicing, which is the typical successful software solution of the modern era, which easily brings about the immediate expense savings,“ said Petr Ondrášek. On the Czech construction market (according to the data assembled by Czech Statistical Office) electronic invoicing is used by 7% of all companies, solution for electronic data interchange (EDI) in the format EDIFACT by 2,1% and EDI solution based on the XML format is used by 8,9%. Those numbers are almost exclusively a half lower than the average of all twenty-seven member countries of the European Union.

On the IBF fair 53 presented companies answered the quick survey of CCV

The quick mobile survey of CCV Information systems during the first days of the International Building Fair (IBF) approached around fifty chosen participants. Respondents were always people with influence in the decision-making process of the company as to whether or not to purchase a new information system. Their answers to the questions were immediately noted into PDA computers connected to the server, and thus it was possible to continuously evaluate the current results of the survey and to present its findings within a half an hour of the end of the survey at the accompanying programme of the fair.

About CCV Information systems

CCV Information systems is a genuine Czech softwarehouse. It belongs to the important players on the domestic scene in the domain of information systems. It has been active on the market since 1992. Its headquarters can be found in Brno (CCV Business Solutions) and its branch offices in Brno (CCV eGovernment division) and in Opava (CCV eBusiness division).

We provide comprehensive consignments in the development, consultancy and implementation of business information systems (Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP systems), its supplementary solutions (Warehouse Management System) and other software applications for certain business sectors. We specialize in solutions for the provision of electronic data interchange (EDI Orion® solution), which ensures paperless circulation of business documentation. We also develop specialized internet solutions (registries, portals) for state administration.

CCV Information systems holds the certificate of the quality system ISO 9001:2001, is the partner of Microsoft Corporation with the title Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and the proud bearer of the partnership title Oracle Valued Member Partner.

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