contractERP's Estimating / Detailing Interface API is one of the cornerstones of its solutions offering. The interface API functionality manages all aspects of the data interface and keeps the Estimating and Detailing data in sync at all times.
The most robust integration utilizes a bidirectional data exchange that permits contractERP and these applications to behave as a single software platform. Once you accept an estimate in your detailing software, the job is ready and waiting for you with all necessary information, seamlessly. Additionally, as you update select information in contractERP, relevant changes are reflected immediately in your detailing application.
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contractERP is designed to manage your jobs, from bid to closeout, within the contract that defines and dictates the work. Set up and manage all your contract requirements, including administrative tasks, purchased and stocked material, all planned labor and expenses. Then, simply manage material releases for ordering, fabrication, shipping and installation based on the contract dates. contractERP allows you to run your jobs from a financial perspective, without losing project management features that perform the operational heavy lifting.
Change Orders — both inevitable and unpredictable — can make or break a job. Make sure you are ready for it with contractERP. Manage change through our change order solution which is tied directly to the master contract. Since all project related quotes, change orders and billing are grouped under the master contract, you have full visibility into each project’s actual costs, profitability and schedule.
contractERP allows you to configure products according to type, shop prep, subassembly and accessories. From simple configurations such as sizes, colors and functions, to complex configurations involving multiple levels of subassembly for special ordered and fabricated components, contractERP provides an easy and efficient way to manage your complete made-to-order inventory.
With contractERP, you can generate shop orders directly from sales or job orders and push them to the shop manager’s scheduling board or dynamically schedule them against existing shop orders, depending on user preferences.
Shop orders remain as nimble after their release to the floor as they were during configuration. Users can collect actual labor time and material usage through scanned data collection, and make adjustments directly to the shop order itself. Real-time cost capturing provides instant visibility into the production order, including each produced item’s profitability.
contractERP provides for perpetual Inventory control for all material types: stock, special orders and made to order. Using a handheld mobile device, one-off, job-based component inventory can be scanned by the receiving department in real time at multiple locations. WMS autogenerates barcodes and LPNs for containerization in real time as well, significantly decreasing manual storing and organizational time. Finally, users can assign a definition to scanned inventory using dynamic attributes to help identify during pick.
contractERP provides a seamless flow from sale to delivery, for special ordered material. The contractERP Special Order process will dramatically reduce the overhead time it takes to complete that transaction, adding direct profit to the bottom line. Fewer errors from ordering incorrect items combined with increased visibility to track the transaction as it moves through the warehouse makes a contractERP special ordered sale more than a business requirement, it becomes a massive advantage over the competition.
contractERP makes selling dimensional material for custom-length product and configure-to-order items a snap. Users can either quick entry the dimensional value sold, such as 10 pieces of a STEEL STUD at 7′ 1/8″, directly within the sales line or they can let the contractERP configurator take them through the questions needed to sell the special ordered item correctly, the first time.
contractERP’s Project Sales Quoting solution makes managing commercial material sales easier than ever. From the initial quote process to the last shipment of these long-term jobs, contractERP makes it faster and simpler for your sales team to get these orders delivered to the jobsite. The Project Quote includes features such as master item selling, auto price escalators and flexible pricing models that support markup, margin-based, discount or set price agreements, as well as a create order feature.
contractERP’s Field Service Management (FSM) solution gives your business the flexibility to support all your service needs. Whether you are using internal technicians or subcontractors to service national or local accounts, work on previously sold products, perform scheduled preventive maintenance or respond to break/fix calls, contractERP has your service business functionality.
contractERP’s FSM flexible system setup takes the guess work out of managing service tickets. Easily define service codes for fast entry of a service ticket and set up your service price agreements, including NTE rules as well as service level for customers or national account chains. If you are using subcontractors, easily specify all rate agreements and hours or service.
contractERP’s Shop Management and Capacity Scheduling functionality provides a seamless transition from awarded business through fabrication to delivery without missing a beat. contractERP’s capacity scheduler can dynamically determine the best date to start fabrication of each item based on available capacity and the amount of planned time each item will take to be produced.
contractERP automatically analyzes key operational elements across your product workflow, from initial order or contract entry through final delivery, to proactively and intelligently prepare for the earliest possible delivery date. Once scheduled, users can manually revise schedules through an easy to use yet powerful visual scheduling board that provides granular visibility into truck routes, special delivery requirements, truck capacities and other factors that could adversely affect a delivery goal.
contractERP is designed to support your industry’s unique selling requirements out of the box, allowing you to grow your sales department with confidence. contractERP’s ability to easily search items by product attribute, handle special ordered material with a breeze and even configure product on the fly with a simple-to-use and guided feature configurator will make sales entry fast, accurate and more profitable.
contractERP Counter Sales functionality delivers a true retail point-of-sale environment with support for walk-up cash, credit card and on-account sale transactions, as well as integration of the cash draw with end-of-day reconciliation.
contractERP also supports special ordering and made-to-order product sales right at the counter, including integrated deposit, customer support and scheduling management, allowing you to effortlessly handle the unique challenges of over-the-counter selling.
Powered by Microsoft Business Central, contractERP provides a comprehensive accounting suite that includes Accounts Receivable and Payables, General Ledger, Fixed Asset Management, bank reconciliation, credit and collections management. By fully integrating powerful accounting features into every business transaction, contractERP gives you the visibility you need to make informed and financially sound business decisions.
contractERP includes features that address accounting challenges that are unique to the construction material supply industry, like automated progress billing, customer retainage, consolidated invoicing, non-standard inventory and work-in-process reporting. By automating processes that manage the specific accounting issues faced by construction material suppliers, contractERP introduces efficiencies that streamline your business and increase your margin.
