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 A Windows Compliant Application that minimizes 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
report 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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