Case Study: Storybook Homes achieves centralized, real-time operations and peak efficiency with ECi MarkSystems

MarkSystems® software integrates all functions into a single database, uniting this home building team

Storybook Homes, led by Wayne Laska in Las Vegas, faced growing operational pain from scattered forms, multiple spreadsheet-based reports, and inconsistent data entry across sales, supers, subs and back office. To centralize processes and ensure everyone used the latest information, Storybook Homes selected ECi MarkSystems’ single-database homebuilding software (MarkSystems) to replace ad hoc Excel/Word reporting and manual form control.

ECi MarkSystems delivered a single-database ERP with Crystal Reports integration and online portals so staff, superintendents, subcontractors, lenders and customers access the same real-time data. The implementation eliminated redundant data entry and manual report creation, made reports and forms instantly up to date, freed staff time, reduced phone traffic with subs, improved accuracy, and positioned Storybook Homes to grow more profitably even in a difficult market. ECi MarkSystems enabled immediate sharing of schedules, payables, work orders and contract documents across the team.

Storybook Homes

Wayne Laska

Principal