Prefabrication for healthcare construction is booming. On&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/trends/bon-secours-mercy-health-takes-prefabrication-to-the-next-level/" target="_blank">recent hospital projects</a>&nbsp;25% of the critical components including the vast majority of the exterior walls were prefabricated. The reliance on prefabrication in healthcare construction has allowed builders to drastically reduce construction timelines and costs with some projects seeing an&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/trends/bon-secours-mercy-health-takes-prefabrication-to-the-next-level/" target="_blank">81% improvement in manpower utilization</a>&nbsp;once full production of prefabricated building components begins at the factory. This has led many specialty contractors and builders to aggressively increase their investment in prefabrication and offsite construction methods on healthcare projects.&nbsp;







<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/" target="_blank">Offsight</a>&nbsp;customer&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.easleyandrivers.com/" target="_blank">Easley &amp; Rivers</a>, is a specialty contractor leading this trend. They’re utilizing the&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://https//www.bdcnetwork.com/blog/onsite-prefabrication-healthcare-construction-its-more-process-its-partnership" target="_blank">method of on-site prefabrication</a>&nbsp;on a major healthcare project and they’ve paired this innovative approach with&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/production" target="_blank">Offsight’s technology</a>&nbsp;to set themselves up for success. Like traditional prefabrication, on-site prefabrication leverages a factory and manufacturing based approach to assembling crucial building components. Unlike traditional prefabrication however the factory is usually a temporary structure or warehouse built in close proximity to the jobsite to reduce shipment and logistics costs. 







The on-site prefabrication method&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.bdcnetwork.com/blog/onsite-prefabrication-healthcare-construction-its-more-process-its-partnership" target="_blank">is a strong fit for healthcare projects of a large scale.</a>



In this Live From the Floor case study we review how Easley &amp; Rivers leverages&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.offsight.com/" target="_blank">Offsight</a>&nbsp;for all phases of their prefab project lifecycle and workflow from early prototyping, to full on-site factory production, shipment, delivery and finally jobsite installation.&nbsp;







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Managing Prototyping With Offsight</h3>



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For managing the prototyping process Easley &amp; Rivers turned to Offsight’s&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/production" target="_blank">Production &amp; Quality Tracking</a>&nbsp;feature set. This feature set allows Easley &amp; Rivers to build and edit their potential assembly and production workflow for their prefabricated bathpods. When the first prototype pods progress through an assembly process Easley &amp; Rivers can identify the initial stages of production, these stages and work areas are subject to change and can easily be modified in Offsight’s Management Tool.&nbsp;



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Through this tool an entirely new workflow can easily be edited and launched with new work areas, defined assembly tasks, quality checks and more. As each workflow is built and launched through the prototyping process, it can be visualized in Offsight’s&nbsp;Live Dashboard.&nbsp;







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Tracking Production Through Offsight</h3>



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Once Easley &amp; Rivers final manufacturing workflow is finalized. They will begin production on hundreds of bathpods. In order to maintain, track and manage a rigorous assembly process in their on-site factory, Easley &amp; Rivers will utilize both Offsight’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.offsight.com/production" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Production &amp; Quality Tracking</a>&nbsp;and Reporting &amp; Auditing functionality.&nbsp;



All aspects of production, including specific processes or stations can be tracked in real time in Offsight’s Live Dashboard. Takt times or times to complete processes, for example drywall installation or floor assembly can be tracked and reviewed in Offsight as well. Furthermore Easley &amp; Rivers will also be able export a full record of production progress and delivery across all bathpods through Offsight’s Reporting Dashboard. This report can be shared with project stakeholders. &nbsp;&nbsp;







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Managing Final Quality Review, Shipment and Delivery</h3>



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Before bathpods leave the on-site factory for job-site installation, Easley &amp; Rivers would complete final quality review, shipment sign offs and track delivery through Offsight. In Offsight’s mobile app operators can scan a QR code to immediately select the appropriate bathpod for quality review. Operators can then access robust and customized quality checklists to complete assembly checks and code conformance. Any issues that are discovered during review can immediately be flagged and tracked Offsight’s&nbsp;Alerts Dashboard.&nbsp;When these issues are resolved before shipment the operator can mark the issue as completed and they will be removed from the dashboard.&nbsp;







In this manner Easley &amp; Rivers can confirm that all bathpods completed thorough quality review, shipment certification and delivery inspection both from the factory and on receipt at the jobsite, all through Offsight.&nbsp;







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Job-Site Installation and Full Traceability</h3>



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Finally Easley &amp; Rivers will leverage Offsight for tracking bathpods through the jobsite installation process. With the simple scan of an Offsight QR code, jobsite personnel can immediately pull a full traceable record of each bathpod. They can navigate to the installation checklist and work process in Offsight. This checklist and process will be defined ahead and the checklist can be completed in real time through Offsight’s mobile app at the jobsite. Jobsite personnel can also all previous data regarding assembly, shop drawings, diagrams and verification/sign offs before shipment.&nbsp;







The full end-to-end traceable record, from the factory to the jobsite for every bathpod Easley &amp; Rivers assembles and installs can then be accessed, securely shared and exported through Offsight’s&nbsp;History Dashboard.







<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">
&#8220;As a leading specialty contractor, Easley &amp; Rivers leverages offsite construction on our major commercial projects. We have implemented Offsight as our go to solution to manage collaboration between project owners, general contractors, the prefabrication team and the onsite install team. Offsight is a must have for specialty contractors undertaking complex offsite construction projects.&#8221;
</blockquote>



James Majernik, Sr. Project Manager Easley &amp; Rivers 



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Easley & Rivers Leverages On-site Prefabrication on Major Healthcare Projects

Canada’s housing crisis has hit record levels with the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corp estimating a shortfall of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/blog/2022/canadas-housing-supply-shortage-restoring-affordability-2030" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">3.5 Million homes by 2030.</a>This supply gap is increasing rapidly due to rising immigration levels. In fact, according to a Desjardins Report, Canada will have to increase their housing starts by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.desjardins.com/content/dam/pdf/en/personal/savings-investment/economic-studies/canada-housing-market-february-13-2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">50% immediately</a>&nbsp;to fill this rising demand.&nbsp;







To address this crisis, the Canadian government has pledged $4B in financing via the&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/project-funding-and-mortgage-financing/funding-programs/all-funding-programs/rapid-housing" target="_blank">Rapid Housing Initiative.</a>&nbsp;This initiative will add another 10,000 units including 3,200 modular units in an accelerated time frame. In fact modular construction offers a unique opportunity to close this rapidly increasing supply gap. Modular units can be assembled in a controlled factory setting and benefit from the speed, cost advantages and enhanced quality control that comes with manufacturing processes over traditional job site construction.



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In fact, according to the Canadian Home Builders’ Association many Canadian builders have&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-modular-housing-gains-traction-as-canadas-immigration-numbers-soar/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&amp;utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links" target="_blank">already identified this opportunity</a>&nbsp;and over the next 3 years, 90% of builders surveyed are considering a modular approach.&nbsp;







<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ancgroup.ca/" target="_blank">ANC Group</a>, as a vertically integrated modular builder and Offsight customer, oversees the entire lifecycle of their multifamily modular and residential projects, including development, manufacturing, and on-site construction. They have also been recipients of the&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/project-funding-and-mortgage-financing/funding-programs/all-funding-programs/rapid-housing" target="_blank">Rapid Funding Initiatives</a>, actively contributing to the provision of affordable housing to those in need







In this&nbsp;Live From the Floor&nbsp;case study we review how&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ancgroup.ca/" target="_blank">ANC Group</a>&nbsp;is tackling Canada’s affordable housing crisis and how&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.offsight.com/" target="_blank">Offsight</a>&nbsp;helps the team merge technology with building expertise to deliver on their vision, manage projects and drive value in the day to day factory operations.&nbsp;







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Pairing Technology With Building Expertise</h3>



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When it comes to meeting Canada’s need for affordable housing the team at ANC highlights 3 key factors that must be met. These are speed in reducing project timelines, cost efficiency in building economically and quality excellence in ultimately delivering a product that can overcome the consistent waste, rework and&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/article/22684232/international-code-council-three-trends-in-offsite-construction-to-watch-for-in-2023" target="_blank">repairs that plague traditional stick built housing.&nbsp;</a>







To achieve this goal ANC pairs their multifaceted capabilities in developing and building multifamily housing with Offsight’s technology to manage their factory operations, provide visibility to project stakeholders and enable collaboration across facets of their business. In effect Offsight enables ANC to harness the full innate value that offsite and modular construction can bring to solving Canada’s affordable housing crisis. &nbsp;



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Offsight was set up to provide a digital workflow that matched ANC’s physical production process. Once the workflow was launched, operators, managers, executives and other project stakeholders could manage the end to end production and offsite project delivery process through&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/production" target="_blank">Offsight.</a>







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Managing Production Delivery and Speed</h3>



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Offsight’s&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/production" target="_blank">Production Management</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/reporting-auditing" target="_blank">Reporting</a>&nbsp;functionality allows ANC to track progress of many multifamily modules while maintaining high-quality standards. Managers can immediately access the status of each module in Offsight’s Live Dashboard and track modules by their specific multifamily or affordable housing project. They can get in the moment updates on delivery, schedule impacts and make sure that all sign offs happen prior to shipment.







Status reports can be sent daily to all project stakeholders throughout the vertically integrated value chain at ANC to enable seamless collaboration between the factory and jobsite teams to keep projects on track. Furthermore Offsight provides end to end production traceability allowing onsite installers or project teams to immediately retrieve any module’s full production record for review.







By managing production in real time through Offsight, ANC can ensure that they meet and exceed project delivery dates and maintain an expedited schedule that’s needed for Canada’s affordable housing projects.&nbsp;







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Tracking Variable Costs for Efficiency</h3>



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Offsight’s&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/materials-inventory" target="_blank">Materials &amp; Inventory Management&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;capabilities allow multifamily and affordable housing developers to accurately manage their variable project costs in real time. A key element to delivering cost effective housing is being able to control material consumption, track material waste and maintain inventory to avoid production stoppage or downtime.&nbsp;



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Through Offsight’s feature set ANC can track material consumption directly from the floor. Operators can access a customized bill of material for each module and record as parts are consumed in specific production workstations throughout assembly. Any defective materials that arrive or materials that are lost due to assembly errors can be identified as waste. By being able to track live consumption by module and across all modules in a multifamily or affordable housing project, ANC can accurately manage a key element of variable project costs well before their modules arrive on the jobsite for installation and far before the project completes.&nbsp;







<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Driving Quality Excellence Through Offsight</h3>



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Offsight’s&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.offsight.com/production" target="_blank">Quality Tracking and Task Management</a>&nbsp;functionality provides a crucial value add for modular affordable housing and multifamily builders. Through Offsight, ANC is able to immediately identify and track assembly and non-conformance issues directly from the floor. Issues can be tagged to specific modules and to specific stages of factory assembly.







Through Offsight’s Alerts Dashboard managers and supervisors can track issues and assign them for repair. Floor operators and quality personnel can receive in-app alerts to review issues and when they are resolved the issues can be marked “completed” to remove them from the queue.&nbsp;







In this manner Offsight helps affordable housing builders reduce costly jobsite rework and maintain a high level of quality excellence without compromising the project speed and overall project budget. Furthermore a full end to end record with quality certification through production can be provided in Ofsight to other stakeholders in the project. This ensures that all assembly is up to code. Service teams can also access these records before and after installation to streamline their work process.&nbsp;







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&#8220;ANC Modular is a rapidly growing Canadian modular manufacturer embracing modern methods of construction through innovative approaches. Our business is focused on quality, efficiency and sustainability. Offsight assists us in meeting high volume demand, managing crucial elements of quality tracking and conformance reporting.&#8221;







 Project Manager <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ancgroup.ca/" target="_blank">ANC Modular</a> 



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Vertically Integrated ANC Group Builds Affordable Housing In Canada

<a href="https://www.offsight.com/">Offsight</a> co-founder <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewxue/">Andrew Xue</a>, had the privilege of teaching the next generation of construction leaders at <a href="https://catalog.unlv.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=41&amp;coid=196189">CEE/CEM 453/653: The Construction Scheduling &amp; Resource Optimization</a> course at <a href="https://www.unlv.edu/">The University of Las Vegas</a>. Offsight was showcased by associate professor <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jin-ouk-choi-58250b36/">Jin Ouk Choi</a> as the project management software for the modular, prefab, and offsite construction industry.



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Our presentation Offsight: Enabling The Future of Constrution is available below. We review how in order to truly realize the benefits of Offsite Construction and drive ROI its crucial builders pair a new manufacturing based process with technology.







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Offsight co-founder Andrew Xue, had the privilege of teaching the next generation of construction leaders at CEE/CEM 453/653: The Construction Scheduling & Resource Optimization course at The University of Las Vegas

Preparing the Next Generation For the Future of Construction

With specialty contractors seeing&nbsp;<a href="https://offsight.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e943e5f8f1b9449993595391b&amp;id=38c8a461a5&amp;e=f78cbeac28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">20 &#8211; 50% acceleration in project schedules and more than 20% overall cost savings</a>&nbsp;on major projects by leveraging offsite construction and prefabrication, many are seeking to invest in and rapidly grow their prefab businesses.



‍<a href="https://offsight.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e943e5f8f1b9449993595391b&amp;id=e376660cc0&amp;e=f78cbeac28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Offsight</a>&nbsp;customer and leading specialty contractor&nbsp;<a href="https://offsight.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e943e5f8f1b9449993595391b&amp;id=f8fb5a3fec&amp;e=f78cbeac28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Performance Contracting Inc&nbsp;</a>is at the forefront of this movement. As they point out&nbsp;“Prefabrication is an innovation that’s taking the construction industry by storm, and PCI Prefab™ is leading the charge.”



‍In this case study we review how PCI leverages Offsight from their prefab factory floor and why Offsight is a crucial software for specialty contractors looking to actively manage their offsite construction projects and drive ROI through the overall project benefits of offsite construction, including cost savings, increased productivity, faster delivery and overall quality and reliability.



 



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">ROI Through End-to-End Quality Control From Factory To Jobsite</h3>



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Data shows that&nbsp;<a href="https://offsight.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e943e5f8f1b9449993595391b&amp;id=a4ae619630&amp;e=f78cbeac28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">30% of all building materials and products</a>&nbsp;that arrive on a construction job site end up as waste. This massive overhead can easily be the difference between a successful project on budget and one that bleeds deeply into the red. Hence its no surprise that specialty contractors are shifting work into a regulated and easier to manage factory setting to address this increasing problem.



As pointed out in a recent article in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/article/22684232/international-code-council-three-trends-in-offsite-construction-to-watch-for-in-2023">For Construction Pros</a>,&nbsp;“Panelized systems or multi-trade components focus on transferring on-site construction activities into a factory setting to help produce higher quality, more consistent products and reduce on-site labor. This is often a low-risk approach that also reduces on-site waste while offering decarbonization benefits.“



‍However, in order to truly realize the return on investment of higher quality, it’s crucial that products that arrive at job sites arrive without conformance errors, assembly issues or defects. Offsight helps PCI achieve this goal by completely tracking and managing all quality issues and ensuring these issues are resolved before shipment. Further collaboration between the factory and the job site team is also managed within Offsight, to ensure that the building products are ultimately installed without errors as well.



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">PCI Identifies Manufacturing Quality Issues in Offsight</h3>



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Through Offsight’s&nbsp;<a href="https://offsight.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e943e5f8f1b9449993595391b&amp;id=644e7c26be&amp;e=f78cbeac28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Production &amp; Quality Tracking</a>&nbsp;feature set, the operations team at PCI’s prefab factory is able to live track and identify key conformance or assembly errors on specific panels. Operators can pull live project designs or drawings and reference these in Offsight’s mobile app along with their specific quality and digital conformance checklists.



Through Offsight’s&nbsp;Management Tool&nbsp;specific product manufacturing and quality workflows can be created that match products to specific stages in factory production and tie in custom conformance checklists and documentation that relate to the product’s design and unique production process.



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When errors and issues are identified from the floor, they can also be tagged in Offsight to a specific stage in the prefabrication process or to a specific work area. They can then be easily diagnosed and resolved through Offsight’s&nbsp;Alerts Dashboard.



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">PCI Resolves Issues in Offsight Before Shipment</h3>



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In Offsight’s&nbsp;Alerts Dashboard&nbsp;managers can live track all outstanding quality issues and resolve them before shipment. Issues can be assigned directly to operators on the floor for rework. Every issue resolved before shipment in Offsight, is directly correlated with dollars saved during costly onsite repair and is crucial in avoiding material waste.



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Managers can seamlessly pull live digital reports of all issues and track these through their resolution. These reports can be extracted daily or shared with other project stakeholders on a need to know basis via Offsight’s&nbsp;<a href="https://offsight.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e943e5f8f1b9449993595391b&amp;id=9cb48fe672&amp;e=f78cbeac28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reporting &amp; Auditing</a>&nbsp;functionality.



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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">PCI Tracks Products Through Installation to Ensure End-to-End QC, Overall Savings and Drive ROI</h4>



Finally PCI extends Offsight&#8217;s rigorous quality control and management capabilities to the jobsite by ensuring that all panels on their projects go through a similar inspection and review before and during installation. PCI creates unique QR code tags in Offsight and attaches these to specific panels so that the job site team can immediately identify specific products and pull full quality and production traceable records in Offsight to confirm design specifications, review assembly and track installation.



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“Offsight has been a great addition for Performance Contracting, supporting our growing prefabrication approach by managing production, materials, reporting, and quality assurance. The platform’s interface is enhancing our efficiency and transparency throughout our prefabrication process.”
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‍‍<a href="https://offsight.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e943e5f8f1b9449993595391b&amp;id=4c8cd0c939&amp;e=f78cbeac28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Performance Contracting Inc.</a>



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How Specialty Contractor PCI Drives ROI With Offsight

With a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Capital%20Projects%20and%20Infrastructure/Our%20Insights/The%20next%20normal%20in%20construction/executive-summary_the-next-normal-in-construction.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">new $256 Billion profit pool</a>&nbsp;open to offsite construction projects in the coming years, many developers and owners are considering investments in their own factories to capitalize on this major opportunity. Developer and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.offsight.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Offsight</a>&nbsp;customer,&nbsp;<a href="https://ginosko.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ginosko Development Company</a>,owns and operates over 4900 units of multi-family housing. In order to benefit from the upcoming wave of offsite construction projects over the coming years, they’ve decided to invest heavily in modular and offsite construction by opening their own volumetric modular factory.



This&nbsp;<a href="https://ginoskomodular.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">new offsite business</a>&nbsp;and modular factory will be located in Novi, Michigan. The new business will capitalize on&nbsp;<a href="https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784482889.131" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">vertical integration</a>&nbsp;where the entire project supply chain and process from early development, through planning, design, offsite manufacturing, and jobsite installation fall within the same company. Similar to other developers and owners making large investments in offsite construction and vertical integration, Ginosko has decided to implement&nbsp;<a href="http://www.offsight.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Offsight’s Project Manufacturing Software</a>&nbsp;on Day 1. They are using Offsight to plan their production process before they go into live production and thereafter scale across many multi-family projects in their pipeline.



In this Live From the Floor edition, we review the importance of adopting Offsight early to help set up your factory layout and build your quality manual for state and 3rd party inspections. Once production begins, Offsight is deployed at the factory level to provide end-to-end project visibility for developers, owners and other companies who chose to implement the vertical integration approach. ‍



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Offsight’s Solutions Engineering Team Helps Plan Production For A Successful Launch</h4>



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Ginosko turned to Offsight on Day 1 of their factory set up to start planning and building out their production process. As with most owners and developers who launch new factories, a key element to a successful production launch is understanding how to scale production as project demand grows. Offsight provides&nbsp;<a href="https://www.offsight.com/post/offsight-process-improvement-the-ins-and-outs-of-manufacturing-quality-reporting" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a dedicated Solutions Engineer who can assist with process improvements</a>, building new digital quality and conformance travelers and bringing best practices for long-term production scale from our large customer base.



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Offsight’s Solutions Engineering team worked directly with the manufacturing and project management team at Ginosko to review their original production process. Through Offsight’s Management Tool &amp; Dashboard the production layout including all work cells and processes could be built out visually and modified as many times as required. During the factory setup process, Offsight’s Solutions Engineering team also assisted Ginosko with building out digital quality and non-conformance travelers that would address third party inspection criteria and building code requirements.



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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Offsight Provides Full End-to-End Visibility Across The Vertically Integrated Supply Chain</h4>



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In addition to helping Ginosko set up their process and quality control prior to production launch, the Solutions Engineering team at Offsight also assisted with building out digital reporting and Linked Account Access via Offsight’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.offsight.com/reporting-auditing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reporting &amp; Auditing</a>&nbsp;feature set.



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These features allow Ginosko to provide real-time production updates including delivery, quality tracking and production costs to other project stakeholders in the vertically integrated supply chain. Thereby providing complete visibility over the offsite project. These stakeholders can include the development team, the project management team and onsite installation team.



Through Linked Account Access, project stakeholders can log into Offsight’s Dashboard and review specific view only material they need to manage elements of product shipment/delivery, onsite installation and to collaborate once production is live.



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&#8220;Ginosko Development Company is investing heavily in modular and offsite construction as we see this as the future of construction. As such, it&#8217;s no surprise we decided to go with Offsight&#8217;s software to manage production, quality, reporting, materials and labor on our major factory projects. Their software is suited to the needs of the industry and our process.&#8221;
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‍Ginosko Development Company Amin Irving, CEO



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