80% of SME/mid-market French industrial projects are managed with Excel and Outlook. Here's what it really costs you every week — and how PunchLink changes the game.
You manage your industrial projects with:
| Expense / loss | Time | Annual cost for 5-person team |
|---|---|---|
| Searching for info in Excel/Outlook | 1-2h/day/person | ~30,000 €/year |
| Weekly COMEX meeting preparation | 2h/week | ~6,000 €/year |
| Manual compilation DOE (Dossier d'Ouvrages Exécutés / as-built folder) at project end | 30h/project × 5 | ~9,000 €/year |
| Sorting, scanning, filing contractor documents | 1h/day | ~12,500 €/year |
| Double entry SAP ↔ Excel | 15 min/order × 100 | ~1,500 €/year |
| "Who has the latest version of the spreadsheet?" | 15 min/day | ~6,000 €/year |
| Coordination meetings "where do we stand" | 1h/week × 5 people | ~15,000 €/year |
Estimated total hidden cost: 60 to 100 k€/year for a team of 5-10 people. PunchLink BUILD for 5 users: 8,940 €/year excl. VAT. ROI > 8x.
One data source. When the site manager enters a defect, it appears instantly in the Management View.
The site manager dictates his defect on site in 6 languages. No more "I note on paper, I enter it tonight".
The DOE builds as you go. Compliant with NF P 03-001. Automatic compilation in 30 minutes instead of 30 hours.
Management View auto-generates the memo. You copy to Word, customize, send. Done.
Honest truth: Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams remain essential for:
PunchLink handles what these tools can't do: structured project management.
