Watch: Drywall Interiors on leaving legacy software behind
On their old system, a single mistyped invoice meant full reversing entries and waiting hours, sometimes a full day, for support to remote in. After evaluating options including Plexus, they chose Acumatica Construction Edition with Dominate Solutions.
- Automatic reversing entries the team handles itself
- Job costing visibility alongside accounting
- Accounting and project management without forcing a new way of working
- A cost that supports the whole business, not just accounting
Drywall Interiors, an Irving, Texas commercial drywall and acoustical contractor founded in 1975, replaced GEAC Star Builder with Acumatica Construction Edition integrated to ALMobile for field time and production tracking. The result is stronger job costing and project-level reporting with a field team that adopted the system.
Drywall Interiors
Drywall Interiors is a commercial drywall and acoustical contractor founded in 1975 and based in Irving, Texas, with nearly five decades of delivering high-quality results on time and within budget across hundreds of commercial and institutional projects.
Their longevity is rooted in disciplined execution and strong field operations. The system they were running on had become the exception to that discipline.
Rather than forcing change for its own sake, the implementation was designed to support how Drywall Interiors already works, just more efficiently.
Legacy systems could not keep pace
GEAC Star Builder had served for many years and had become a constraint. As project complexity increased and general contractor requirements evolved, the gaps widened.
A flexible ERP built around how they operate
Dominate Solutions partnered closely with Drywall Interiors during the design phase to build a flexible project architecture tailored to their workflows.
Better visibility, stronger control, faster execution
Following go-live the team became proficient quickly and embraced the expanded capabilities, without sacrificing usability in the field.
More accurate workflows
Fewer manual steps between where work happens and where it is recorded.
Improved project setup
Project creation, tracking and management run to a consistent structure.
Streamlined field time
Field time processing and payroll on one pipeline rather than two.
Project-level reporting
Reporting at the level decisions are actually made.
Cost and margin visibility
Greater visibility and control over costs and profit margins.
Field adoption
A system the field uses, which is the only version of adoption that counts.
Questions about this implementation
Why did Drywall Interiors replace GEAC Star Builder?
After many years the system had become a constraint. As project complexity increased and general contractor requirements evolved, the company needed stronger project management and job costing, modern financial reporting, a system the field would adopt, and integration across applications.
What was implemented at Drywall Interiors?
Acumatica Construction Edition with project management and job costing tailored to specialty trades, financial reporting designed for operational visibility, and ALMobile integrated for time and production tracking.
How did the field respond to the new system?
The team became proficient quickly after go-live and embraced the expanded capabilities. Field adoption was a design constraint from the start rather than a training problem addressed afterwards.
