Markham, Ontario January 11, 2006 - Constellation HomeBuilder Systems Inc., the leader in building-industry software development, and Corrigo Inc., the leading provider of building industry customer service management solutions, announced at the International Builders Show 2006 that they have teamed to deliver Constellation Service. Constellation Service is the latest component of the Constellation CRM product suite, which also includes Constellation Sales and Constellation Marketing. Constellation CRM is the first solution on the market to offer fully integrated best-of-breed functionality for marketing, sales, configuration and customer service to the production homebuilding market. Constellation Service, powered by Corrigo, is available in the 2nd quarter of 2006.
Constellation Service, powered by Corrigo, offers the full functionality of Corrigo's web-based and wireless customer service solution to manage homeowner warranty service requests, punchlists, sub-contractor service delivery and more to maximize homeowner satisfaction, improve staff efficiency, and improve sub-contractor performance. Constellation Service will be fully integrated into the Constellation CRM (formerly Computers for Tracts) product suite.
Corrigo's service management solution is used to deliver over 5,000,000 work orders a year for homebuilders, property managers, facilities managers and service providers. Corrigo is providing solutions for four of the top 15 largest US homebuilders, yet offers the ease-of-deployment and ease-of-use demanded by builders completing less than 100 homes per year. Designed to be used on wireless devices as well as the web, Corrigo enables homebuilder managers to initiate and manage work orders, multi-vendor work plans and punchlists in real time in the home or community site.
Constellation's products are used by over 600 homebuilders in North America. Constellation Sales is the premier enterprise level, web-based product available to homebuilders for sales automation, and can be deployed via Constellation's hosting services or self-hosted by the customer. Designed for use by all members of the sales team, from sales office agents to top management, the Constellation Sales product provide easy-to-use, yet sophisticated solutions to the complex process of selling new homes.
"Constellation and Corrigo are committed to making this relationship a success to ensure that our homebuilder clients realize significant value from the integrated product offering." said Dexter Salna, President of Constellation. Salna added that customers that purchase Constellation Service will have the added benefit of the same excellent implementation, integration and support that they have come to expect for all Constellation products.
"An integrated Constellation and Corrigo solution provides homebuilders functionality unmatched by any other vendor," said Rick Michaux, President of Corrigo. "We look forward to a productive partnership to help homebuilders of any size improve their sales with enhanced customer service and profitability with lower warranty costs."
Constellation is a leading provider of software and related services for homebuilders. It markets the NEWSTAR, FAST and CFT families of homebuilder software. Constellation is a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., which has over 1,200 employees and revenues of over $150 million. To contact Constellation, call Cathy Kotsopoulos at (888) 732-2222. For more information visit www.constellationhb.com.
Corrigo, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand service management solutions for homebuilders and building maintenance, installation and repair organizations. Corrigo enables a seamless, real-time flow of communication between customers, service personnel, management staff, vendors, suppliers and senior management. Corrigo is headquartered in Wilsonville, Ore. For more information visit www.corrigo.com.