Aurigo and SBS Group Partner to Address the Construction Market in US with Microsoft Dynamics AX-based Solution

Aurigo Software Technologies Inc. and SBS Group have teamed up to provide a pre-built Microsoft Dynamics AX-based solution the construction industry in the U.S.-a partnership that will help Microsoft Corp. make inroads into the professional services arena.

Under the agreement, SBS will market, implement and support Aurigo BRIX 6.0, the latest version of the company's web-based construction project management and inspection system, across the Midwest and the Eastern region of the country, according to the company. 

The Microsoft-Aurigo ERP for construction offering combines Aurigo BRIX 6.0 integrated with Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Dynamics AX to automate the critical areas of finance, HRMS, CRM, inventory and material management, according to the company.

"All we do is work with owners or builders of infrastructure in the public and private sector to streamline and automate construction processes," said Kevin Koenig, Vice President of U.S. Operations for Aurigo. "We recently partnered with SBS to build out our channel in the U.S. market. SBS has a specific focus on construction so they make a perfect partner for us."

BRIX 6.0 focuses on automating traditional processes of land management, cost estimation rate analysis, sub-contract management, change orders, pay estimate generation and digital field inspections for construction houses worldwide-many of which are still paper-based.

"[BRIX's] whole goal in life is to help AX become capable of managing [these processes]," said Koenig. "Eight-five to ninety-five percent of construction companies are still using manual processes with some individual and standalone applications to help them. They're still using Excel and e-mail to share data. And they're using paper forms to do all of the project documentation that's required and ...