DEXTER + CHANEY OFFERS WHITE PAPER, ‘3 OF THE BIGGEST BLUNDERS IN SPORTS HISTORY (AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT)’

Uses famous pro-sports examples to address three critical workplace errors

 SEATTLE, September 8, 2010:  What do professional sports teams and construction companies have in common? 

 Plenty, according to Dexter + Chaney (www.dexterchaney.com), developer of Spectrum® Construction Software.  Dexter + Chaney has developed a white paper, “3 of the Biggest Blunders in Sports History (and Construction Management),” designed to help construction companies avoid the workplace maladies that have led to historic mistakes in the sports world.   

 The cause of those famous slip-ups—bad information, communication breakdowns and poor teamwork——can have devastating consequences for the bottom line of a typical construction company.  To learn from those teams’ mistakes, obtain the white paper by visiting the Dexter + Chaney booth (#819) at the NECA Show, clicking here or by contacting Dexter + Chaney at www.dexterchaney.com, info@dexterchaney.com, 800-875-1400.

 “Construction companies share a lot in common with sports teams,” said John Chaney, Dexter + Chaney co-founder and president.  “When things go wrong, it’s usually not for lack of good intentions or professional experience.  It’s often because information isn’t available, communication isn’t fast or accurate, or team members disregard teamwork and forget that success often depends on factors beyond the level of an individual or team.”                 

 Dexter + Chaney has reached into the annals of sports history to find examples of the consequences when professional basketball, baseball and football players and teams drop the ball—literally and figuratively.  “We’re certain that construction executives will enjoy the stories, which are well-known to many sports fans,” said Chaney.  “In the process, they can learn how to avoid the same types of blunders in their businesses.”  

 Chaney declined to reveal the famous sports stories to anyone who doesn’t obtain the white paper.   “If I did that, I’d be a ‘goat’ around the office,” Chaney explained.  “That’s a hint.” 

  

About Dexter + Chaney

More than 1,000 construction companies throughout the United States use Dexter + Chaney’s Spectrum® Construction Software.  Contractors who use Spectrum report they have improved profitability and have grown their businesses more than 300 percent without adding financial staff.

 Spectrum is built on the best available technology.  That includes the Microsoft SQL Server database, Microsoft Server operating system and a software development framework that uses the best software development tools available.  Those tools include Crystal Reports, Java, Microsoft.net and Northgate Information Solutions’ PRO-IV Rapid Application Development Framework.

 

Dexter + Chaney designed the business processes in Spectrum using PRO-IV.  That enables the company to respond quickly to customer needs and thus rank as the technology leader among construction ERP (enterprise resource planning) software developers.  For example, Spectrum in 1999 was the first construction management software program to offer integrated document imaging;  today, Dexter + Chaney has more customers using its Document Imaging capability than any other construction ERP software company. 

 For more information about Dexter + Chaney or Spectrum, contact Brad Mathews, Vice President of Marketing, Dexter + Chaney, 9700 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-2347; phone:  800-875-1400 or 206-364-1400; fax:  206-367-9613; e-mail:  info@dexterchaney.com; http://www.dexterchaney.com.

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