In order to ensure that the organisation is working efficiently and that gross margins are maintained Managing Director, Wayne Jenkins is keen to ensure that his organisation is making use of the latest technology in order maintain his company’s competitive position in the market. “Our current systems and procedures are very good and have served us well for a long number of years, but we recognise that with an increasingly distributed organisation, more competition and ever increasing regulations that we must move with the times. We had been looking for something for over 2 years but everything that we looked at fell short of our requirements. The internet and mobile phones have transformed the way people interact and communicate with each other. We need to recognise that we must embrace these new technologies to both manage our business and improve the service that we provide to our customers. The key for us is to be able to continue to do what we know works best for us but utilising the latest technology” says Mr Jenkins.

“Diamonds have a deep understanding of construction company requirements and have developed a system that not only meets our requirements but is easy to use".
Charles Hipwell (Project Manager)

Diamonds Construction Management Solution is a suite of Cloud based software applications for small to medium businesses in the construction industry. The key strength of the solution is in its ability to integrate, people, business processes, data and work activities within a single environment. Diamonds Construction Management Solution will provide 16M with the key software applications to enable people to improve their performance in their day to day jobs. The technology to automate 16M’s best practice business processes. A collaboration system that will enable 16M to integrate their customers, suppliers and business partners with the relevant parts of their business processes. And a full documentary audit trail with real time exception reporting to ensure compliance with their best practice processes. “A few years ago I got an IPHONE which was a surprise to many. If you had said to me that I would be using it to manage my business 2 years later even I would never have believed you.” states Mr Jenkins. “Using Cloud based technology means that I can be available to my team and customers wherever I am whilst at the same time being in control of my business".

16M will be rolling out Diamonds Construction Management Solution in early December 2011 2011 “We will be rolling out the whole solution in phases so that we can make sure that we fully understand each application and minimise the risk of anything falling between the cracks” says Mr Jenkins. “Everyone is very keen to get the new system going and we look forward to reaping the benefits".