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Yahoo
7 days ago
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Davies Engineering Group Replaces Inefficient Legacy System with Modern ERP and CRM from Unanet
Rapidly growing industrial engineering firm selects real-time integrated platform to improve project forecasting and new business process DULLES, Va., June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unanet, the leading provider of project-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry today announced that Davies Engineering Group (Davies Engineering), formerly the Cincinnati, Fort Worth, Central Pennsylvania and Indiana offices of ThermalTech Engineering, has updated its software to Unanet AE ERP and CRM. The new integrated solution will enhance forecasting and decision-making, helping the firm improve profitability and project delivery for its industrial and manufacturing customers in regional markets. "As we evolved into Davies Engineering, we needed a system that works with our preferred workflows, not against them. We also needed end-to-end visibility from pipeline to project delivery," said Michael Huntwork, president of Davies Engineering. "Unanet gives us the data-driven insights we need to improve margins, win rates and bidding accuracy." Davies Engineering was founded in 1980 as ThermalTech Engineering and focused on energy auditing, solutions and management solutions for commercial customers for more than 45 years. This year, Davies Engineering evolved from ThermalTech as a dedicated MEP, controls and process engineering firm serving industrial and manufacturing customers at its headquarters in Cincinnati and offices in Fort Worth, Indiana, and Central Pennsylvania. With plans to expand further in the next few years, the company needed a modern, purpose-built ERP and CRM solution to match its growth. Its legacy system demanded excessive manual effort to track budgets, schedule staff and manage project timelines, with data siloes and no integrated way to manage resources. After a thorough review of software options, Davies Engineering chose Unanet AE ERP and CRM for its strategic dashboards that provide visibility into performance by industry, client, and job type, as well as enhanced support for planning around staffing and pipeline management. The platform also delivers deeper insights into backlog, project budgets, and anticipated spend to empower the company to make informed decisions and achieve stronger business outcomes. Unanet's recently released 2025 AEC Inspire Report revealed the top challenges facing AEC firms today are resource management, finance and accounting visibility, project management, and business development. Many firms reported that their current tools lack the business intelligence capabilities needed to effectively address these issues. More than 1,850 architecture, engineering, and construction companies select Unanet ERP and CRM because they have the right mix of functionality and accessibility while also offering the ability to scale and grow seamlessly. To learn more about Unanet CRM and ERP, please visit and About UnanetUnanet is a leading provider of project-based ERP and CRM solutions purpose-built for government contractors, architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services. More than 4,000 project-driven organizations depend on Unanet to turn their information into actionable insights, drive better decision-making, maintain regulatory compliance, and accelerate business growth. All backed by a people-centered team invested in the success of your projects, people, and financials. For more information, visit About Davies Engineering GroupDavies Engineering Group, formerly a part of ThermalTech Engineering, has been at the forefront of engineering consultancy since 1980, with a dynamic team of over 200 consulting engineers and support staff. Our expertise spans mechanical, electrical, controls, energy management, and process engineering. Our firm's extensive reach includes four offices located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Texas, positioning us to offer cutting-edge solutions for complex facility, utility, process, and operational challenges. Our team's credentials are a testament to our industry leadership, with more than 30 professional engineers registered in 32 states, complemented by a group of LEED Certified Professionals and Certified Energy Managers. For more information, visit View original content: SOURCE Unanet
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Product Innovations at Unanet Champions 2025 Leverage AI to Help Customers Achieve Unprecedented Efficiency and Business Development Success
GovCons and AEC firms attended annual user conference to gain best practices for streamlining processes and generating new business DULLES, Va., May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unanet, the leading provider of growth, productivity, compliance, and operations solutions for the government contracting (GovCon) and architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry unveiled new product innovations and essential research at its annual user conference, Champions 2025, which took place in Atlanta last week. More than 1,000 attendees and dozens of sponsors and partners came together to collect best practices, network, and connect with Unanet experts to maximize their project-based ERP and CRM solutions and achieve greater business success. At the conference, Unanet shared a variety of new product innovations – many of which leverage artificial intelligence (AI) - and are designed to help customers win more business and execute it more efficiently. The new innovations include: GovIntel provides actionable intelligence to growing GovCons seeking new business and partner opportunities by integrating over 80 million federal records with AI-powered scoring and summaries, task automation, notifications, and agency and vendor profiles to enable teams to assess, pursue, and win more contracts. OpportuneAI helps GovCon and AEC firms make smarter early stage go/no-go decisions by surfacing AI-powered insights on client history, past performance, available resources, and competition—right inside Unanet CRM. It reduces wasted effort on low-probability pursuits and ensures teams focus on the work they're most likely to win. Purpose-built for the way GovCon and AEC firms pursue new business, OpportuneAI brings strategy to the start of every pursuit. Unanet ProposalAI is a secure, AI-powered solution that helps GovCon and AEC firms generate high-quality first draft proposals up to 70% faster. By automating RFP analysis, content creation, and compliance checks, it empowers teams to pursue more work without sacrificing quality. Purpose-built for the GovCon and AEC industries, Unanet ProposalAI turns firm expertise into polished, winning proposals that drive growth. Spend Management is a modern expense solution that helps GovCon and AEC firms control spending, reduce risk, and improve profitability. Through a partnership and integration with Mesh, it offers proactive spend controls, automated approvals, real-time tracking, and integrated corporate cards, empowering firms to manage spending with less effort and more control. AP Automation has undergone major enhancements to further help companies manage their accounting operations more efficiently than ever before. Using advanced AI capabilities, vendor invoices can be scanned and processed via email and automatically routed to accounting for payments. Customers also gain real-time visibility and control, and faster month-end closings. "Our customers came to Champions for real support during what is becoming a turbulent time for businesses everywhere," said Steve Karp, Chief Innovation Officer, Unanet. "We listened, collaborated, and most importantly, delivered solutions that will help them actively manage their businesses for success. Whether it's identifying, pursuing and winning more business using our CRM growth suite solutions, or more effectively managing existing projects for maximum efficiency, our goal is to help all our customers succeed. Innovation coupled with unsurpassed customer support are how we make that happen." In addition to launching new product enhancements at Champions, Unanet released its 2025 AEC Inspire Report. This primary research unveils insights into the challenges, solutions and industry dynamics faced by hundreds of AEC executives. This year, the AEC Inspire Report reveals that AEC firms are most concerned with talent, business development, and resource management, areas where Unanet's new AI-enabled solutions can help ease their strain. "Champions is more than a user conference. It's a celebration of peers, friends, and colleagues who all have one mission: to do great work," continued Karp. "We were thrilled to be working side-by-side with our customers to help them gain even greater business advantages with Unanet." About UnanetUnanet is a leading provider of project-based ERP and CRM solutions purpose-built for government contractors, architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services. More than 4,000 project-driven organizations depend on Unanet to turn their information into actionable insights, drive better decision-making, maintain regulatory compliance, and accelerate business growth. All backed by a people-centered team invested in the success of your projects, people, and financials. For more information, visit View original content: SOURCE Unanet
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Growing AI and Robotics Solutions Provider MindPetal Streamlines Operations with Unanet ERP GovCon
DULLES, Va., April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unanet, the leading provider of project-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) for the government contracting (GovCon) industry, today announced that MindPetal has selected Unanet ERP GovCon to modernize its business operations, drive growth, and boost efficiency. "I spent many hours a month manually managing timekeeping, the general ledger, and forecasting – all in disparate systems and spreadsheets," said Paul Grace, chief financial officer at MindPetal. "That all goes away with Unanet. Now, I save tons of hours with all that information at my fingertips in a single platform, and it's much easier for me to respond quickly to both government and internal MindPetal requests." With a team of over 150 experts throughout the country, Virginia-based MindPetal provides AI solutions and robotic process automation support to create efficiencies for federal customers, including the Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security. In 2023, MindPetal acquired VerticalApps to expand its data and AI capabilities, helping drive rapid growth through new contracts. The company's expansion highlighted multiple challenges with its off-the-shelf ERP software and the need for a more robust, integrated, and mature platform. With the support of implementation partner Callao Consulting, now GRF CPAs and Advisors, MindPetal assessed several solutions but quickly chose Unanet GovCon ERP for its ability to integrate multiple functions like timekeeping, bookkeeping, and financial reconciliation, as well as provide robust budget reporting and forecasting in one user-friendly platform. Jennifer Arce, principal at GRF CPAs and Advisors, is a seasoned Unanet expert and appreciates that the Unanet team is always quick to provide answers and information. "Seeing MindPetal significantly reduce the time it takes to do multiple tasks has been one of the biggest successes of implementing Unanet. For example, they've cut labor distribution time from hours to seconds and invoicing from days to hours," said Arce. As MindPetal continues its phased approach to implementing Unanet ERP GovCon, it looks forward to learning how Unanet can scale with the company's growth plans through features such as Unanet ProposalAI and the new Unanet Growth Suite. Today, more than 2,000 GovCons depend on Unanet ERP GovCon and Unanet CRM to provide them with the right mix of functionality, accessibility, and scalability, backed by support that users consistently rate best in its class. To learn more, visit About UnanetUnanet is a leading provider of project-based ERP and CRM solutions purpose-built for government contractors, architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services. More than 4,000 project-driven organizations depend on Unanet to turn their information into actionable insights, drive better decision-making, maintain regulatory compliance, and accelerate business growth. All backed by a people-centered team invested in the success of your projects, people, and financials. For more information, visit About MindPetal Software SolutionsFounded in 2006, Mindpetal Software Solutions provides smart, secure digital, data and AI solutions to the U.S. Federal and State governments. Mindpetal translates existing and emerging technologies into measurable, enduring value and helps provide enhanced productivity and rapid achievement of critical government missions. For more information, visit View original content: SOURCE Unanet
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Huntsville GovCon Decisive Intelligence Streamlines Operations with Unanet
DULLES, Va., April 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unanet, the leading provider of project-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) for the government contracting (GovCon) industry, today announced that Decisive Intelligence (Decisive Intel) has selected Unanet ERP GovCon to simplify and enhance its business operations while acting as a catalyst to help the firm drive growth. "As we continue to grow and pursue new contracts, it became necessary for us to have a modern ERP solution that would provide deep insights into our financials and give us confidence with our accounting and compliance," said Bo Ryals, president and cofounder of Decisive Intel. "Unanet checks all the boxes." Decisive Intel, founded by Huntsville natives Ashley and Bo Ryals, provides development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) software engineering, and cyber and foreign military sales (FMS) support with expert technical talent to the Department of Defense in support of multiple commands, including the U.S. Army Materiel Command, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command. The firm is expanding its capabilities to manage a wider variety of federal contracts. Unanet's ERP software solution will help Decisive Intel manage its complex accounting and compliance needs more efficiently. Teams will be able to create invoices based on real-time data. They can also automate and centralize critical processes, allowing for easier, more effective implementation of DCAA regulations. "We spoke to several GovCon colleagues who recommended Unanet for its user-friendliness and cost-effectiveness compared to other legacy GovCon software," said Ryals. "With Unanet, we found we can easily customize our reporting and drill down for more accurate insights into our financials, hours, contracts, and other programs that previously required extensive manual work." Decisive Intel is currently working with its partner, Husband Advisory Group, to implement Unanet ERP GovCon and is looking forward to experiencing more efficiency and better business outcomes as a result of this. Today, more than 2,000 GovCons depend on Unanet ERP GovCon and Unanet CRM to provide them with the right mix of functionality, accessibility, and scalability, backed by support that users consistently rate best in its class. To learn more, visit About UnanetUnanet is a leading provider of project-based ERP and CRM solutions purpose-built for government contractors, architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services. More than 4,000 project-driven organizations depend on Unanet to turn their information into actionable insights, drive better decision-making, maintain regulatory compliance, and accelerate business growth. All backed by a people-centered team invested in the success of your projects, people, and financials. For more information, visit About Decisive Intelligence Decisive Intelligence is an engineering services firm providing access to cutting edge technology and subject matter experts who work to support mission critical systems used by the Department of Defense. The company specializes in technology and engineering and work with the top talent, ranging from software developers to model based systems engineers and everything in-between. For more information, visit View original content: SOURCE Unanet Sign in to access your portfolio
Associated Press
03-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Midwest AEC Firm GMB Switches to Unanet ERP and CRM
Growing education-focused firm selects easy-to-use platform to streamline data management and new business development DULLES, Va., March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unanet, the leading provider of project-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry today announced that GMB has replaced its legacy software with Unanet AE ERP and CRM to more efficiently gain strategic insights into its business and streamline its new business process. 'Our company doesn't fit neatly into traditional ERP software systems because we aren't a typical AE firm, we offer so many different services,' said Jennifer Quillan, controller at GMB. 'We had numerous employees keying data into multiple spreadsheets and pulling information from our legacy software, but it was still a struggle getting the data we needed. Unanet brings it all together and integrates with all our software programs, allowing us to eliminate spreadsheets and some software, so we can work more efficiently and make better business decisions.' Founded as an architectural and engineering firm in 1968 specializing in K-12 and higher education institutions, GMB's services have grown to include a wide range of professional services that help educators solve problems including marketing communications, branding and building performance. As its service areas expanded, GMB made an acquisition and currently has a large team of employees located across the country with physical locations in Michigan, Indiana and South Carolina. The company's rapid growth highlighted the need for a more flexible, easier-to-use ERP solution. After reviewing an updated version of their existing ERP and CRM software, GMB found the same limitations and that it still couldn't solve their problems. GMB switched to Unanet for its ability to not only easily integrate with the company's existing software programs but also for its flexible and customizable approach to efficiently provide critical insights and analytics without manually inputting data or requiring workarounds. While strong data management is critical to forecasting and firm decision-making, half of the firms surveyed (49%) in the 2024 AEC Inspire Report indicated their data management tools are insufficient and 30% say they are still using spreadsheets for business intelligence. GMB's marketing team is also excited to use Unanet's CRM solution to modernize the company's business development process and easily share information across multiple offices. More than 1,850 architecture, engineering, and construction companies select Unanet ERP and CRM because they have the right mix of functionality and accessibility while also offering the ability to scale and grow seamlessly. To learn more about Unanet ERP and CRM, please visit and About Unanet Unanet is a leading provider of project-based ERP and CRM solutions purpose-built for government contractors, architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services. More than 4,000 project-driven organizations depend on Unanet to turn their information into actionable insights, drive better decision-making, maintain regulatory compliance, and accelerate business growth. All backed by a people-centered team invested in the success of your projects, people, and financials. For more information, visit About GMB GMB is a professional services firm focused on people and purpose. Our integrated team provides services to schools and universities around building and branding – planning, architecture, engineering, branding, and enrollment marketing services – that help place learners in environments where they can thrive. Our team serves transformational educators across the United States from our five learning hub locations in Michigan, Indiana, and South Carolina. Learn more at
