Engineer-to-order requires to act quickly and flexibly. Therefore executives and project managers in the construction industry must have access to precise and up-to-date data of their projects: What resources (materials and human resources) are available? What status has the purchase process? What kind of options for change exist? Where and what is the problem in case of a plant breakdown? How about the costs?

The overview with a heterogeneous software environment is difficult with more than 10 projects at the same time. Faster and more flexible is an integrated solution like ProjectManagement based on SAP^® Business One for Construction Companies. Project data is available at the touch of a button, you quickly have a solid ground and more time for decision-making!

More Highlights:

ProjectManagement supports the entire purchase process and allows quickly transferring the updated purchases prices to sales quotations or calculations. Traffic light functions clearly visualize the delivery status of materials.

ProjectManagement provides different forms of calculation and contract, e.g. with surcharges, discounts, time and cost limits, guarantee retentions, etc.

Once the order has been placed, you can easily transform a precalculation into a current planning and, if necessary, you can create different planning versions by using different methods, such as Gantt, Standard Planning or Periodic Planning.

ProjectManagement provides also flexible accounting options, for example the accounting at fixed price or the accounting of services/items at cost.

In addition to the integrated version ProjectManagement based on SAP Business One, a Web Client provides access to a variety of project data independent of location and time and offers a multitude of functionalities. This includes the recording services (e.g. by a foreman at the construction site), the access to project and customer data, the material requirement request by the project manager or the report on problems by customers (having a maintenance and support contract).

Analyses and reports are a special strength of ProjectManagement. Whether it concerns a target/actual comparison, a degree of completion report or a breakeven analysis, all business analysis can be configured individually and are available at the touch of a button.

The integration of Crystal Reports and Xcelsius enables further to clearly represent analyses and reports and to visualize the data in a visual appealing way. In addition, the graphical analyses and reports can be provided online and with what-if scenarios.

ProjectManagement supports the use of multiple companies and multiple currencies. The software is available in different languages (e.g. English, French, German, Spanish) and has already been localized for numerous countries. The solution is delivered by a network of qualified business partners that distribute the software and provide local service and support.