CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
1 March 2005
Implementation Investments
Retail Leaders Boost Margins With Autodesk Project Collaboration Platform
Autodesk Inc. announced that retailer organizations worldwide including PETCO, Woolworths, Ltd., Australia, and Westwood Contractors, a national general contractor that works with leading retail brands have made Autodesk® Buzzsaw® project management service their primary platform for the construction of new stores and renovation of existing ones. Autodesk Buzzsaw helps design teams standardize processes and collaborate in near real time as they create, manage and share thousands of drawings and related project documents. By streamlining coordination and cutting costs from conventional forms of communication, teams are more likely to complete projects on or ahead of budget and schedule-a tremendous advantage in a fiercely competitive sector.
Autodesk Buzzsaw helps address key challenges associated with retail construction, streamlining information management processes by centralizing all design and project documents in one secure, online location. Autodesk Buzzsaw also offers retail industry-specific templates, including updated dashboards, forms, logs and reports. As a result, retailers significantly curb project costs such as printing and shipping expenses, and reduce revenue loss associated with delays to store openings.
"Using Autodesk Buzzsaw, we are able to virtually eliminate paper from our review process and complete reviews and approvals faster, trimming approximately $10,000 per year in related costs," said Craig Brown, Store Designer, PETCO. "Since turning to Autodesk Buzzsaw, we have significantly reduced version control errors during construction and store execution-the entire team always has access to the latest information, and we have an activity log to make sure they're using it."
"More than 100,000 Autodesk Buzzsaw customers are taking advantage of improved coordination and increased accountability, to do more with less," said Amar Hanspal, vice president, Autodesk Collaboration Services. "Retailers can't afford for project management issues to derail expansion plans that are based on complex and sophisticated operational models. Autodesk Buzzsaw helps eliminate that risk and save time and money, pure and simple."
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