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Re:Ask HN: What industries are underserved by software? by basch on Thursday March 05, 2020 @08:31PM (#22500285)
And there are a couple big exit paths. Autodesk, Trimble, Oracle, Nemetschek, RIB and for more specialized software InEight. If Procore stays independent, and goes from innovator to incumbent, they may start to absorb new combing competitors as well (like Instagram and whatsapp, were hedges against market share loss.) CMiC, IFS, Oracle Axonex and Trimble Viewpoint (including Spectrum) can't be ignored.

If you're looking for ideas, look for things those companies don't do, or largely do with legacy components to their suites. Up and comers include Revitzto, Katerra, Alice, BuildSafe, Rhumbix, BioSite

The other thing construction doesn't do is edi. Compared to logistics, all POs between firms accounting systems are pdfs and data entry. Interoperable accounting systems will be a huge paradigm shift, where blockchain could be more than a buzzword.

The real future in BIM is around things like Autodesk Plasma and Forge. https://www.aecmag.com/technology-mainmenu-35/1821-beyond-re...

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Re:Ask HN: What industries are underserved by software? by dhruvkar on Friday March 06, 2020 @11:25AM (#22504823)
>>The other thing construction doesn't do is edi

This was a struggle for us, and we decided not to pursue it. Trying to get our company, which is not in the logistics field, set up to receive EDI updates is a pain. Getting all freight forwarders to add you as a notifying party, paying for an EDI service or setting up your own. Getting approved by shipping lines that don't recognize you as part of the supply chain.

Instead I've opted for taking all freight forwarder PDFs and parsing them (with some ML) to build our own dashboard of what material is coming in.

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