2,000+
Daily Users
600,000+
In-App Data
50
Sub-Administrators
Choosing a powerful and easy-to-use platform, independently building information systems, continuously meeting business needs, and enhancing user experience. Planning enterprise and project data, building master data; fully leveraging data value through reports and BI tools to serve enterprise management decisions. Business departments focus on business needs and IT project management, while the information center handles overall IT planning, understands business, and controls the conversion of core business requirements into solutions.
— IT Director
In the dynamic world of large-scale engineering and construction, efficiency, precision, and seamless data flow are not just aspirations—they are necessities. A prominent subsidiary of the globally renowned company Group serves as a testament to this truth. Specializing in a vast array of projects from hydropower and water conservancy to civil engineering, wind and solar power, and municipal infrastructure, the Institute has consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation. However, even industry leaders face operational hurdles that can impede growth and decision-making. This is the story of how the Institute leveraged Jodoo’s no-code platform to overcome critical challenges, streamline operations, and set new benchmarks for project management excellence.
The Challenge: Navigating a Labyrinth of Data and Processes
As the Institute continued its rapid expansion and digital transformation journey, several key challenges emerged, threatening to slow down progress and obscure critical insights:
- Data Collection and Analysis Deficiencies: Site data entry was often inconsistent, non-standardized, and cumbersome, rendering collected data difficult to analyze and diminishing its value for strategic decision-making.
- Fragmented Project Management: Traditional progress tracking focused narrowly on output value, lacking integration with comprehensive annual and monthly plans or detailed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS). This disconnect made it nearly impossible to compare planned versus actual progress effectively.
- Overwhelmed IT Department: The sheer volume of data collection and OA (Office Automation) approval requests from various departments and subsidiaries stretched the IT department thin, hindering their ability to respond swiftly to evolving business needs.
- Isolated Data Silos: Disparate systems, inconsistent data standards, and delayed data entry from project sites created pervasive data silos, preventing a holistic, global view of project performance and impeding comprehensive data analysis.
These challenges underscored an urgent need for a flexible, user-friendly platform that could unify data, standardize processes, and empower business units without overburdening IT resources. After a thorough evaluation, the Institute identified Jodoo as the ideal partner to build a robust, integrated system tailored to their complex operational demands.
The Jodoo Solution: Empowering Agile Operations and Data-Driven Decisions
The Institute’s selection of Jodoo marked a pivotal step towards a more agile, efficient, and data-driven operational model. Jodoo’s no-code platform provided the flexibility and power needed to address the Institute’s multifaceted challenges, enabling business units to independently build and manage applications while ensuring IT oversight and strategic alignment. This collaborative approach fostered an environment of continuous improvement and rapid response to business demands.
Key Improvements and Highlights:
Jodoo’s implementation brought about transformative changes across the Institute’s operations, delivering tangible benefits and significant improvements in key areas:
Streamlined Site Data Entry and Enhanced Project Management
One of the most critical improvements was the simplification and standardization of site data entry. By Jodoo, the Institute developed eight core modules, including contract management, progress management, and quality management. These modules introduced standardized forms and workflows, ensuring that data collected from project sites was accurate, consistent, and immediately usable for analysis. This not only reduced the burden on site personnel but also significantly improved the overall quality and reliability of project data.
Through seamless integration with existing business systems, Jodoo enabled real-time data synchronization, providing a robust foundation for advanced data analysis tools. This integration ensured that decision-makers had access to the most current and accurate information, leading to more informed and timely project adjustments.
Achieving Closed-Loop Management for Progress and Quality
Jodoo facilitated the creation of comprehensive closed-loop management systems for both project progress and quality control. For progress management, the entire workflow—from Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) planning to daily reporting and final acceptance—was integrated into a cohesive, mobile-friendly system. This allowed site teams to update project progress in real-time, drastically improving data freshness and reducing reporting pressure. The ability to compare planned versus actual progress enabled immediate identification and correction of deviations, ensuring projects stayed on track. Furthermore, detailed project expense registration provided a solid data foundation for accurate cost accounting.
Similarly, quality management transitioned to a closed-loop system encompassing planning, inspection, rectification, and acceptance. By pre-importing quality inspection libraries, the Institute standardized checks and reduced reliance on individual experience, enhancing overall quality consistency. A dual closed-loop monitoring system tracked both plan execution rates and problem closure rates, ensuring accountability and continuous improvement in safety and quality inspections.
Empowering Business Units with Agile Application Development
Jodoo’s no-code capabilities empowered functional departments to become self-sufficient in developing applications, significantly alleviating the strain on the central IT department. This “IT department builds the platform, business units build the applications” model fostered an agile development environment, allowing for rapid response to specific departmental needs, such as comprehensive office automation (OA), epidemic reporting, leave and promotion applications, and financial management tools like invoice deduplication.
This decentralized development approach not only accelerated the deployment of tailored solutions but also promoted a culture of digital innovation across the organization. The transition from paper-based and Excel-driven processes to digital workflows resulted in substantial efficiency gains and a truly paperless office environment.
Integrated Operations Cockpit: The Nerve Center for Digital Decision-Making
Beyond individual applications, the Institute leveraged Jodoo data in conjunction with its existing business systems to construct a sophisticated Integrated Operations Cockpit. Utilizing Kafka real-time synchronization technology, project data is continuously fed into an enterprise data center, creating a rich repository for data accumulation, analysis, and mining. This structured data forms the basis for complex, multi-dimensional analytical models and dynamic dashboards, providing a holistic view of operations and empowering strategic digital decision-making.
The Impact: Quantifiable Success
The implementation of Jodoo has yielded impressive results, demonstrating a clear return on investment and a significant enhancement in operational capabilities:
- System Core Users: 2000+
- In-App Data: 600,000+
- Sub-Administrators: 50
- Usage Duration: 3 years
- Data Factories: 72
- Processes/Forms: 1500+
- Aggregated Tables: 93
- Automations: 106
These metrics underscore Jodoo’s role in enabling the Institute to manage complex projects with unprecedented efficiency and insight. By reducing the burden of site data entry and standardizing execution processes, Jodoo has truly solved critical project management challenges, leading to a substantial increase in overall project management efficiency.
Conclusion: A Blueprint for Future Success
The Institute’s journey with Jodoo exemplifies how a strategic partnership and the adoption of a flexible no-code platform can revolutionize project management in the construction industry. By addressing critical pain points related to data collection, project tracking, and IT resource allocation, Jodoo has empowered the Institute to achieve new levels of operational efficiency, data visibility, and agile development. This success story provides a compelling blueprint for other large-scale engineering and construction firms seeking to navigate the complexities of digital transformation and build a more connected, intelligent, and productive future.
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