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Software can streamline an asphalt paving contractor ’ s business .
According to Jared Hislop , co-founder / owner of Bitumio , Garden City , Utah , software should focus on three areas : “ Winning more business , streamlining operations , and improving customer experience . “ When we break this down , the most important way to achieve this is by automating the mundane tasks in each of these areas that suck up time or get dropped altogether . Having a robust system that is intuitive and easy to use is critical to simplifying a company ’ s everyday business . All aspects of a company ’ s business should benefit from software . All areas of a business are interconnected . A won proposal turns into a job . That job needs to be scheduled . The schedule needs to go to a crew who needs to know what was included in the proposal . The job needs to be tracked and job costed to better inform your proposals . All of these areas are interconnected and should all benefit one another .”
Software certainly helps facilitate communication .
“ Software facilitates better communication by streamlining what the overall project entails once its built ,” Aldaco said .
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