Overview of Modules

You bid jobs to make money.  No matter the size or diversity of the business,  that is the one fact that all construction companies have in common. The better a job is bid and tracked the more money you make.

Bid Manager can help break the bids down into components that can be easily and accurately bid.  A bid can be as simple as one item or can have hundreds of items if required.

Job Manager will track expenses and payments on the job and compare them to the bid. It will give profit information about the job and track additional work and changes to the scope of the job.

Supply Manager will ensure you have what you need to complete the job and get the supplies at the best cost from the right vendor.  It will also provide the means to track and value the supplies you require to run your business each day.

Retail Manager will ensure all your jobs are invoiced and payments are collected in a timely fashion. It will also provide valuable revenue information for reporting.  Retail Manager can also be used to invoice and track sales out of a retail location or store.

These four basic modules of the construction software suite provide what you need to manage jobs from bid to invoice.  They may be purchased separately or as a package to ensure you only pay for what you need.

Bid Manager

Create and manage bids during the sales cycle and beyond.  Know your gross profit up front, create accurate bids of any size or complexity, and track the acceptance rate of bids.  Some of the features that can found in this software are as follows:

Unlimited level of detail Store product costs for reuse Create templates for common bids Create price list for customer Customize areas of bid printout formatting Markup each item separately or whole bid Attach internal and customer notes to bid Create jobs in Job Manager from a bid

Create custom bid status values Add bid wizard to simplify bid entry Track contact information for bid Track total amount of open bids Track labor costs used to calculate bid item totals Track job location if different than customer address Turn bid items on and off as customer choices change Attach documents to bids, customers, and products Track historical acceptance rate for bids

More details... Job Manager

Manage job costs and payments and track profit. Monitor the profit of jobs compared to the bids they were created from.  Determine your most profitable customers, jobs, and products or services.  Some of the features that can be found in this software are as follows:

Unlimited level of detail Create templates for common jobs Track cost and credit transactions for jobs Multiple reports by job profit and amount Attach notes or instructions to jobs

Create custom job status values Create jobs directly from bids in Bid Manager Integrated with purchase orders from Supply Manager Tracks historical statistics for job amounts and profit Attach documents to jobs, customers, and products

More details... Supply Inventory Manager

Manage office and shop supplies for your business and jobs.  Ensure you order the right products at the right price at the right time.  Some of the features that can be found in this software are as follows:

Track products and vendors Attach primary vendor to product Know what's on order at a glance Print purchase orders Transfer products to departments Transfer products to jobs Create inventory locations

Store vendor descriptions and product numbers for products Store in house product descriptions and product numbers Reorder points on products tell you what needs to be ordered Reorder quantities tell you how much to order to get the best price Inventory levels and values available at a glance Print labels for product samples or product bins Order locations for inventory to match storage area or warehouse

More details... Retail Invoice Manager

Manage your invoicing tasks and track sales in a number of different ways.  Retail Manager will help you collect on invoices as well.  Some of the features that can be found in this software are as follows:

Create invoices for jobs that are ready to mail or fax Create invoices for retail or non-job charges

Report sales in a variety of ways Report sales tax collected for jobs

More details... Fabrication Manager

Coming soon! Track fabrication jobs and all the associated pieces.

More details... Features common to all applications

Easy to Use

All of our software is designed to be used by novice and expert users alike. The functions are prominently displayed and easy to understand.  Common organization of buttons and common button icons are used throughout the application and across all applications.

Standard Interface

The interfaces to add, change, delete, or find information are the same on all windows and within all modules. This makes the particular functions easy to learn. Once you have mastered on you have mastered them all for the most part. Lists can be sorted on any column by clicking on the column header. All date fields have a popup calendar for selection.

Drag and Drop

Traditional Windows drag and drop functionality is provided in most panels or where it is appropriate. Rows from tables can be dropped on panels to display the row information in the panel. Tree displays can be modified by dragging the row and dropping it on another row. Rows from a list display can be dropped on an excel spreadsheet

Cut and Paste

All text entry fields employ the traditional Windows cut and paste functionality. Information in a field can be cut or copied and pasted into another field.

Interact with MS Office

All of the list displays can be exported to a MS Excel spreadsheet by right clicking on the list header. Individual rows can be dragged from the list on to an Excel spreadsheet. All tables of information are available to MS Word for a mail merge. Certain reports use an MS Word template and the mail merge functionality to produce printed materials.

Multi-User

All modules can utilize a central, shared, database where multiple users can share their information. Multiple licenses for the product are required for concurrent use however.

User Preferences

All modules save certain user preferences when the module is exited such as database location, screen size, screen location, and user interface look.

Lists colored by status

Lists of information can be colorized by status within the list to allow them to be more easily identified.  Jobs that are in progress can be colored differently from the jobs that are not started.

Sticky Notes for the Application

Notes can be attached to the application.  The notes are loaded each time the application loads.  They can be hidden to clear space on the screen but are available at any time.  They can be used as reminders for things that need to get done or even as ways to communicate between users of the program.

Record level notes

All of the major files of information such as Customers, Products, Vendors, Bids, and Jobs have the ability to have multiple notes attached to them.  This can be used as to store special instructions for a particular job, customer or product, or as a running history of transactions against a product or job.  The notes store when they were updated and who updated them and are free form to be used for any purpose you may need.

Print Preview

All reports can be previewed before they are printed.  This saves on printing supplies for times when the report can be viewed on screen or needs to be reviewed before printing.