I appreciated RB’s comments on my last post. Since the many documents needed on a jobsite tend to be digital anyway, why can’t we take the next step and just look at them on our mobile devises? Carol’s Construction Technology Blog addresses this issue and reports some huge productivity gains. She mostly discusses using the invoice approval and accounts payable system as a fully digital (that is to say, paperless) process. Apparently, dual computer monitors make the process much easier for accounting staff.

I’m going to challenge myself to learn how I could move my own job costing and invoice approval to a digital process. As I think about it, I believe I could save substantial time and aggravation, if I go through the work to make the change.

The joists in my garage that now strain under the weight of more paper files would probably appreciate the change.

Now’s the time to be evaluating these type options. But make sure not to just digitize an inefficient paper process. Think about what information really makes you smarter. Focus on the things that really help you and your co-workers to better build your projects. Let’s make changes that up our game. Remember, modern project management requires us to do more, better, faster and for less. It’s your chosen profession.