Identify state-of-the-art applications in construction. Identify state-of-the-art applications in construction

Identify state-of-the-art applications in construction.

• Identify state-of-the-art applications in construction.

• Study best practices and business models from related industries and find opportunities.

• Identify barriers and challenges.

• Make recommendations on how companies can apply e-commerce successfully to become competitive.

Synthesize available information on e-commerce relevant to the construction industry.

• Synthesize available information on e-commerce relevant to the construction industry.

• Conduct a multi-page written survey of members.

• Perform several dozen structured, onsite interviews with owners, designers, contractors and suppliers from different regions in the U.S.

• Perform four to six case studies on e-commerce efforts in the construction industry.

The models being used with the most frequency are:

• The models being used with the most frequency are:

• e-mail communication
• Basic, supplier-focused e- procurement for catalog items
• Buyer/supplier integration using common e-procurement package
• Marketplaces hosted by third party

Many don’t know where to start, not sure of issues to consider.

• Many don’t know where to start, not sure of issues to consider.

• Owners leading implementation of e-procurement models; greatest success occurring with MRO, commodity-type items.

• Some companies have made equity investments in private, third-party e-business exchanges.

Deployment Strategy and Metrics

• Deployment Strategy and Metrics

• e-Procurement of Catalog-Type Items

• Reverse Auctions

• Private Third-Party Exchanges

Learn how to leverage this power without penalty.

• Learn how to leverage this power without penalty.

• Meet the people who implemented the e-commerce systems of Shell and Air Products.

Winfried Ender Hilti Corporation, Moderator

• Winfried Ender Hilti Corporation, Moderator

• Dolores Englett Shell Global Solutions

• Joseph L. Hilgar Air Products and Chemicals

• William McCauley Shell Oil Company

• Jeffrey S. Russell University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Raj Veeramani University of Wisconsin-Madison

• John G. Voeller Black & Veatch

Grays Peak II

• Grays Peak II

• 2:45 - 3:45

• 4:00 - 5:00