Krane

By audience

Procurement & Purchasing

• Auto-extracts the critical-path material list and procurement log from project specs and drawings instead of scoping them by hand
• Compares supplier quotes and auto-screens proposals for technical non-compliance against the spec section before buyout review
• Ranks suppliers on historical delivery, submittal responsiveness and compliance drawn from Krane's cross-project data
• Tracks live lead times per material and flags tariff-exposed or sole-source items

General Contracting

• Gives the GC a single procurement register spanning every long-lead package on a job
• Surfaces portfolio-wide long-lead exposure across multiple active jobs in one view
• Chases subs and suppliers for lead-time confirmations through automated multi-channel outreach
• Coordinates delivery windows against dock and crane availability to avoid jobsite congestion

Specialty Contracting

• Lets trade contractors manage their own submittal and PO pipeline for the packages they are responsible for
• Ties fabrication and material release dates to the installation activities that consume them
• Confirms delivery slots with the GC rather than trading emails about dock access

Owner/Developer

• Gives owner's reps visibility into equipment procurement risk on data center and healthcare programs where MEP gear can be a large share of the GMP
• Shows long-lead exposure across a capital program before it becomes a schedule claim
• Provides an independent record of supplier lead-time performance for future procurement decisions

Project Manager

• Replaces the spreadsheet procurement log with a live register tied to the schedule
• Escalates materials whose confirmed lead time no longer supports the planned installation date
• Keeps submittal, PO and delivery status for a package in one place rather than three systems

Project Engineer

• Removes the manual work of building submittal logs and procurement logs from the spec book
• Automates lead-time chase emails and calls to suppliers, which the vendor cites as the bulk of reclaimed hours
• Keeps the submittal register quality-checked against the spec sections it was generated from

By phase

Pre-Construction

• Builds the procurement strategy and critical-path material list straight off the bid documents
• Evaluates material bids against live lead-time and supplier-performance data during buyout
• Flags long-lead and sole-source risk while there is still time to substitute or pre-purchase
• Screens supplier proposals for spec compliance before award

Construction

• Tracks submittal approval cycles and purchase orders against the installation sequence
• Confirms and re-confirms supplier delivery dates as the schedule moves
• Schedules deliveries into dock windows to prevent jobsite conflicts
• Alerts the team when a material slip threatens its downstream installation activity