Sage Software for Construction Accounting
October 15, 2008 by admin
Sage Timberline Office and Sage MasterBuilder were built for homebuilders of all types with one goal in mind; they should work the way your company works. The result is one single-source solution that connects all your key business functions and gives you flexibility to meet your unique needs. Plus, with these Sage Software products you’re able to personalize your computer for easy access to the information most important to you. Please go to www.sagecre.com to get more information.
Flexibility to Choose
Sage Timberline Office and Sage MasterBuilder are fully integrated financial and operations software that links every facet of your business, eliminating redundancies and speeding the flow of information between departments. The software’s modular design means you’re getting just the software you need with the advantage of knowing it can flex and expand. Sage provides you with the right solution for your business.
Accounting
Manage subcontracts, job costing, profit analysis, and variance tracking.
Estimating
Create quick and complete estimates and budgets.
Procurement
Automatically turns estimates into RFQs.
Project Management
Link on-site managers to the home office for key up-to-the-minute information.
Reporting and Other Tools
Customize and cut through the clutter. Run real-time reports the way you want to see them.
Homebuilder Specific Modules
The Integrated Builder Series from Pharaoh Information Services, Inc. integrates with these Sage Software products for homebuilders and provides sales tracking and reporting, options and upgrade ordering, budgeting and bidding control, customer service/warranty, and construction scheduling.
IBSWIN is recommended by the following Sage Timberline Dealers:
- Alliance Solutions Group - serving Southern California Ph. 888-559-9540 x 2002, www.alliance-SG.com
- Bangert Computer Systems - serving the central US States - 800-4587369, www.bangertcomputer.com
- CFO On The Go -serving California’s Inland Empire - 951-699-6900, www.cfosonthego.net
- CREST - serving Northern California Ph. 510-382-9045 ext 40, www.realwareinc.com
- Digitek - serving Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico Ph. 602-334-4670, www.digiteksolutions.com
- Idysys - serving Orange County Ph. 714-704-9292, www.idysys.com
- Next Stage Software Solutions - serving San Diego Ph. 619-243-7178, www.ns3socal.com
- Skyline Business Systems - serving the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii - Ph. 877-373-0717, www.sky-line.com
- Software Professional Center - serving Utah, Colorado, and Idaho Ph. 801-951-1155, www.spcutah.com
IBSWIN
October 15, 2008 by admin
As one of the most widely used products in the home building industry, IBSWIN is capable of providing the basis for your home building software solution. IBSWIN uses a modular design that allows you to choose which functionality is most needed by your business. Whether you start with the entire package or a single module, IBSWIN is the cost-effective solution you’ve been searching for.
Modules
IBSWIN allows you to:
- Sales Manager Plus - Connect all your sales offices via the internet and automate all of your sales tracking and reporting.
- Customer Service Plus - A complete walk-through and service request tracking system that provides comprehensive management reporting.
- Design Studio Plus (Flooring & Windows) - Fully automate all of your flooring and window covering orders.
- Options Plus - Automate the option process from creating the buyer agreements through printing the subcontractor purchase orders.
- Purchasing Power (Bidding & Contracts) - Simplify subcontractor bid analysis and perform contract document preparation and tracking.
- Scheduler Plus - Simple yet dynamic construction scheduling system design specifically for a production homebuilder.
- Batch Faxing - Provides Bulk Faxing capabilities for options purchase orders and customer service work orders.
- TracTimeTM - Allows your field officers to update the construction schedule using a Pocket PC device.
- Webview - Connect your home buyers, home owners, and subcontractors to the Internet.
Programming Log
Check out our programming log to see if we’ve fixed an issue that’s hindering your productivity or if we’ve added new features you’d be interested in.
Webview
October 8, 2008 by admin
Webview is our internet-based, companion product for your existing IBSWIN solution. Webview places key IBSWIN functionality on the Internet and streamlines the ways in which you interact with home owners, home buyers, and subcontractors.
Modules
Webview is based on a modular design, use only those modules that fit your needs:
- InterestView - Capture and process prospect information right from the Internet. Create customized demographic questionnaires and analyze them with our demographic analysis report.
- BuyerView - Allow your home buyers to browse available housing options anywhere they have Internet access. Include pictures and pricing to turn your home buyers experience into an online picture catalog. You can also electronically distribute documents to your home buyers!
- ServiceView - Allow your home owners to submit service requests directly from their browser and alleviate phone traffic to your company. You can also electronically distribute documents to your home owners!
- SubView - Electronically distribute purchase orders and other documents to your subcontractors complete with document tracking. Additionally, your subcontractors can submit plan and options bids directly from their web browser; forget about faxing and mailing hundreds of documents back and forth!
- IBSWIN E-Blast - Send E-Blasts (mass e-mails) to your home owners, home buyers, and subcontractors with Webview’s simple interface.
Additional Functionality
Webview also supports the following capabilities:
- Virtually all of the Webview setup is maintained in IBSWIN, giving you complete control over what appears on the Internet.
- Webview and IBSWIN can automatically synchronize data between themselves; data captured on the Internet is imported into IBSWIN automatically!
- All Webview modules are capable of sending E-Blasts (mass e-mails) to appropriate users within the system, i.e. SubView can E-Blast your subcontractors.
- Webview’s appearance is fully customizable, embed it directly into your existing company web site!
Internet-Based Benefits
Since Webview is an internet-based solution, it provides the added benefits:
- We host, update, and maintain Webview ourselves; you will always be using the latest version of Webview!
- Internet-based applications are easier to distribute to your users; hook them up to the internet and they’re ready to go. There’s nothing to install!
- Put your prospects, home buyers, home owners, and subcontractors to work for you! The more data they enter into Webview, the less your employees have to enter themselves. Webview will decrease your business’s data-entry labor and mistakes.