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Windows Compliant Application that minimises the use of the mouse, and allows
easy fast input direct from the keyboard.
The
system is fully multi-company.
Flexible user-managed controls allow the system to be configure
differently for each company.
A
structure based upon an unlimited number of default estimate structures to
allow quick and easy starts to the estimating process. Multiple Vendor and Subcontractor quotes can
be recognised by the system and stored for reference, even if not accepted
into the final estimate.
The
ability to configure the format of an estimate to the needs of the customer,
with header descriptions and total lines placed flexibly where required. The
system also provides for online scanning of quotes and other important
documents, and the inclusion of .pdf files, word documents, spreadsheets, and
image files, that can be directly accessed and viewed from within the system,
and can even be printed out to form part of an Estimate or a Project Report.
Application
by the system of checking logic to determine if items are incomplete, and
optional comparison with similar estimates to determine potential erroneous rates.
Total
integration of the Estimating and Job Costing processes, with a consistent
structure throughout. All entered
costs are related directly back to the original estimate. All entry processes utilise online
look-ups and filters to ensure that the correct data is entered as simply and
as quickly as possible.
Complete
integration of the Job Costing and Accounting functions, with a single entry
to Job Costing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger. The
system can also, where appropriate, accept cost information direct from the
DSCL Payroll module.
Complete
tracking of the original estimate, change orders, related purchase orders,
and all cost transactions, with the ability to create ‘As At’ reports from
the historical data. And there is an ‘Over/Under’ function to record those
on-site changes of direction that adjust the value of work outstanding and
the cost of ‘getting things done’.
Flexible use
of percentage completion allows for projection of cost to complete,
evaluation and flagging of potential overruns, and the ability to bill on
measure.
Direct
preparation of Invoices, based on measure or on any other agreed schedule,
including pre-dating invoices into the future with correct dating for related
GL entries and AR Aging.
Flexible
accounting that allows as few or as many Work-in-Progress accounts as may be
required.
A
‘Notepad’ feature improves communication of salient project information
between all staff involved with the project, providing everyone with the
ability to make notes interactively with each other.
All data
updated ‘real time’ to ensure that Job Costing reports are always
up-to-the-minute. The users can at
their choice remove columns, or re-sequence them, to ensure presentation in
the most appropriate manner.
All reports can be viewed on the
screen, prior to, or in place of, printing.
Any report can be output directly into
Microsoft Excel in a simple one-step process.
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