ControlBoard

Manpower Scheduling for Heavy Civil Contractors

Kommentare: [sensitive content hidden] set the bar for responsiveness to our requests. They are able to tell you quickly how much work something will take and the easy ones were usually done in a matter of hours!

Vorteile:

Control Board is able to configure the way the software works to produce exactly what we need out of it. Custom Programing is available but very little was needed.

Nachteile:

There are a lot of views, reports and pages. Sometimes it is tough to remember how to get to a certain report that you do not use often.

WICKMAN CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE OF WI

Kommentare: Wonderful, The guys that run the outfit are very helpful, they are straight forward "get it done" sort of guys - the way everybody in the construction industry should be!

Vorteile:

Construction Crew Scheduling is much different than construction project scheduling. Control board offers a product that really doesn't existing anywhere else in the market. It is a super powerful tool by being able to forecast labor and equipment needs you can really see your "pinch points". Self performing construction companies can only grow as big as they can manage their resources, Control Board helps to enable further growth.

Nachteile:

It took a lot of internet time to finally find the program. Most people who don't know what they are looking for, may never know about it.

From the Service Coordinator

Kommentare: It's been excellent, again wonderful customer service

Vorteile:

User Friendly, Excellent Customer Service

Nachteile:

No integration into Sage Contractor 100 program.

Glad We Tried It!

Vorteile:

We are new to ControlBoard, but so far ControlBoard has been easy to use. Everyone has been very helpful in getting it configured the way we want/ need it. We are still leaning, but so far it is going very well. The guys in the field have also found it easy for them to use.

Nachteile:

We are still fairly new to ControlBoard, but so far anything I have had any issue with they have configured to what I need, so there hasn't been anything specific that I would say I don't like.

Skeptical at first, but really quite good

Kommentare: ControlBoard finally got us out of the phone calls and Excel spreadsheet world into a one visible portal system that is the core of our scheduling. Having one inflexible system is doomed to have it's flaws, but overall, ControlBoard has allowed us to be fractionally more efficient, and has cleaned up some of the trivial tasks that only a web-based portal could.

Vorteile:

The info that the crews get is instant, and uniform, and via the expected channels. There is no lag from having to recommunicate changes in plans. The cleanliness and organization makes it easy to see both overviews and details of daily and weekly work. The ability to attach work packages has helped control engineering/installer communication. The site info and colors and customization to our customers, job names, job numbering system, and crew sizes/departments has made the experience streamlined. Excellent support from the software team through the whole process.

Nachteile:

The "applying a filter" manual step is a little clunky, and even more difficult on mobile devices. We tried to connect ControlBoard to our accounting system, but there were too many "special cases" (scheduling some prework on a job that is not open yet, for example) that made the direct connection not workable. Some of the "permissions" for different users didn't work right out of the box.

Don't judge the book by its cover...

Kommentare: The lack of technical documentation for self-guided training is more than made up for by the ever-present customer service to assist quickly with any potential issues and instruction. It has been a pleasure working with the people behind the technology as we work together to address our operational needs.

Vorteile:

Controlboard helps us with collaboration and communication - which is immensely valuable for our organization.

Nachteile:

The looks & feel of the user interface could use a facelift, but the core technology is the real value.

Essential for scheduling

Kommentare: Overall, we are very happy with ControlBoard and would recommend the software to any colleagues or peers.

Vorteile:

What we like most about ControlBoard is the ease of interface. As employees are promoted to managerial positions, we mandate they must become familiar with the program. We have not had any issues.

Nachteile:

What we liked least about ControlBoard is the set up. It takes some time to do it properly. Once configured to your company, it is very simple to use.

Easy scheduling app for Trucks and Resources

Vorteile:

Scheduling of jobs and resources is easy and eliminates the need to communicate with multiple parties each day. Changes to schedules and notes can easily be rolled out to every user and the mass text messaging option makes communicating changes and issues easy.

Nachteile:

From an operations role, when looking into the job schedule it can be bulky and the interface can be busy.

Pavement Services Control Board Use

Kommentare: Love ControlBoard and we use it daily. It is a great tool to have and to see a good overview of the job and what needs to be done. We also love the customer service and being able to adjust the program to our needs as a company.

Vorteile:

I like the functionality of ControlBoard. It allows me to see what crew is where each day and gives me the ability to keep track of where a crew was on a specific day. It is easy to get exactly what I need and all the job info quickly.

Nachteile:

Sometimes the filters make it hard to search up a job as you have to adjust the filters to see the job come up.

Man Power

Kommentare: I like that its easy to use and everything saves automatic.

Vorteile:

Easy to navigate and learn anyone with the minimum skills can use this.

Nachteile:

a lot of futures that does the same thing. makes it hard to remember were to go

Great Product

Vorteile:

ControlBoard is the only product that has been able to meet our scheduling needs. [sensitive content hidden] and the staff at ControlBoard have gone above and beyond in making adjustments and changes to fit our specific needs.

Nachteile:

The software has a lot of features which makes the learning curve a bit challenging. However, [sensitive content hidden] is a phone call away and has been very helpful.

ControlBoard Scheduling

Vorteile:

Easy to set up multiple projects. Easy to move crews/laborers around from project to project. Importing subcontractors and equipment was quick and efficient. Text to cancel crews or send a message is very convenient.

Nachteile:

Copy function can duplicate crews/workers accidently. If you have a note for a worker and extend their duration out the same note goes on for the entire duration you've assigned.

Great support with great scheduling software

Kommentare: Overall I think Controlboard can do what we need for scheduling purpose and they are very user friendly and easy to set up and learn it. Their support is great and quick to make enhancement based on what we request. They are very patience in addressing our company's needs.

Vorteile:

I love the support that we get. The company make enhancements and really listens to what we need for our company. The tool is very easy to use and it updates with our system so it works well with what we need.

Nachteile:

The back button does not bring you back to the previous page so users need to get used to it.

ControlBoard Review

Vorteile:

Ease of moving crews and subcontractors to the different projects to address the ever changing project schedules

Nachteile:

We are still just getting into ControlBoard, but do not have any cons to provide at this time.

Customized to fit our needs

Kommentare: They have communicated extremely well to meet all of our needs, and the site is very easy to navigate for daily use.

Vorteile:

They worked with us to customize the site to best fit our needs.

Nachteile:

I have no complaints at this time. It has been a very smooth transition from our former scheduler to control board

Great Product! Very powerful and extremely user friendly

Vorteile:

With ControlBoard, managing large projects, personnel and resources is made very simple and practical. The software is very powerful. [sensitive content hidden] and his team are amazingly helpful and friendly. Congistics was able to customize several features of the program to fit our needs perfectly and I couldn't ask for a more functional system.

Nachteile:

The only thing I would change or like to see as an added feature would be for the job schedule to stay exactly as it is for days past, even if the jobs are completed so I could easily scroll back and see what was done on any given day without having to change the settings to view specific allocations. For me, it works better to view the previous schedule on the calendar exactly as I set it that day.

Control Board Review

Kommentare: Solving scheduling problems and miscommunications.

Vorteile:

Ease of access, easy to make changes to the schedule, easy to inform the crew of the schedule and changes.

Nachteile:

Attachments are sometimes difficult to use. We haven't figured out mobile access to forms yet.

Yearly Review

Kommentare: User friendly

Vorteile:

Schedule, capacity and utilizationFormat and ability to present during meetings

Nachteile:

I’d like dates to carry down from allocations to scheduling

Great Product!

Kommentare: Very good experience and support

Vorteile:

Very simple to use and PC functionality is very user friendly

Nachteile:

Web app is functional but kind of clunky

Very helpful staff

Kommentare: We use this to help schedule our crews and equipment. It gives everyone at our company the ability to view the schedule in an easy format.

Vorteile:

We use this software for our scheduling. It is easy to see every crew and resource and job on the same menu which really helps us put together schedules for the next few weeks.

Nachteile:

There are sometimes small glitches but the team at control board always helps us quickly resolve them. A few of the old feature in the server version were removed like the ease of typing descriptions in the job view were removed but some new ones that made moving crews around easier were added.

Best on the market

Vorteile:

The Congistics team are always available and willing to help customize the platform to specific requests.

Nachteile:

There is really nothing bad to say. If there are features that don't work in the most ideal way, the support team will help fix it or reconfigure it to your needs.

Tracking and Scheduling Jobs and Employees with ControlBoard

Kommentare: Overall the experience with ControlBoard has been great. We get excellent support when needed and it meets all of our scheduling needs.

Vorteile:

ControlBoard made it easy to import jobs from Sage 100 Contractor and assign employees to work on those jobs.

Nachteile:

Unfortunately, Nothing comes to mind. Everything works great.

ControlBoard Adjility

Kommentare: Overall, ControlBoard is everything we hoped it would be and more. We find it extremely useful in our everyday life, and can't wait to see what they come up with next.

Vorteile:

This system is very friendly visually and functionality. We are able to schedule our work and access all our files from everywhere. The support staff is excellent and patient when I have a question or trying to add a new section into our routine. There is so much potential in this software that we were able to slowly add more and more functions as we grow.

Nachteile:

There are functions that are still being developed that we would like now and just like anyone else, when we want something we want it yesterday. Unfortunately, no one can develop that fast and we are impatient.

Great product for the event industry

Kommentare: The software allows us to look at all of our resources and plan project weeks and even months in advance. It gives us great visibility to all our needs from machines to labor.

Vorteile:

The best part about the software is the fact that it is web based and very user friendly. We use it on every device from phones to desk tops seamlessly. The integration is very simple and takes very little time.

Nachteile:

I don't have anything negative to say. We are a very demanding company and and asked for a lot of customization which was all taken care without any issues.

ControlBoard is Good

Vorteile:

The software is very easy to use after a short training. We had a non-existent scheduling workflow that this software helped shape.

Nachteile:

End-user customizable reports or display views would be very handy.