We all know that technology is changing the way we do business on a personal scale. When we want to go shopping, we can do it from the comfort of our own homes, or we can even do it on the go using our smartphones and tablets.
While the retail world has certainly seen a shift towards technology, the business world (especially on the industrial and manual labor side) has also been able to take great advantage of the things technology in the 21st century is able to offer.
3D Printing
3D Printing might seem like something out of a weird science fiction story to some. Yet, the technology is literally allowing people to create whatever they want out of a number of materials. The technology is changing verticals, such as the construction market, because companies are able to create different kinds of piping or even tools that help with the construction right there on site.
The tech is still relatively new, when talking about the gadgets and tech world that encompasses the industrial and manual labor worlds, but there are more uses popping up all the time, as companies continue to use the printers as often as possible.
The one oddity about this tech is that it is moving into the consumer technology sector almost as quickly as it did into the business world. 3D Printer companies are putting out smaller and more portable 3D printers in a hope that they become something people can’t live without along the same lines as their laptop computers. While the larger and more expensive 3D printers are still predominantly found in laboratories and on job sites, there are new mobile printers that cost a little more than a high end laptop and can fit on a coffee table with room to spare.
Drafting And Architecture Software
While 3D printers have more to do with putting materials together after plans have been entered, architecture and drafting tools have made the construction world quite a bit easier these days. What once was done with a compass, a pad of paper and an seemingly endless supply of pencils is now done on desktop and laptop computers as well as mobile devices.
Those in the construction industry can draft and store plans when they are building a home or business center. While programs that use PCs are still more popular than those being used on mobile devices such as the iPad, simply because of the accuracy of measurement, the technology is moving towards mobile platforms at a breakneck pace.
Collaboration Technology
Collaboration technology in the business world is sort of a catchall for solutions that allow for a number of different functions. The key to Collaboration solutions such as WebRTC is that the technology makes it easy to create but it also makes it easy to share what is created with people around the glob.
The best solutions will include functions like the ability to put together a database of contacts, customers and the team working on a specific project and arrange it all in a neat little package. Cloud based management tools for the construction industry fit into this category as well.
Some firms will offer demos of the newest technology that allow people to assess a particular solution. This allows them to work with the solution for a while and see if that particular collaboration tool might be what they are looking for in their construction related business. Learn more about the cloud-based construction software by checking out the Procore demo page.
The better the collaboration software a company uses the more features will be contained inside a neat little box. Schedules, emails and email tracking as well as meeting notes and even hours worked by team members can all be looked up quickly and easily and modified by anyone who has total access to the solution. This saves time and energy and allows companies to carry out business across the globe, without needing to relocate each and every key member of a team whenever a new project gets underway.
