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Maxwell Systems Releases Management Suite 6.8 Construction Accounting Software

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – December 2, 2010 – Maxwell Systems, Inc., a leading provider of complete construction business management software solutions, today announced the release of Maxwell Systems Management Suite 6.8. This version of Maxwell Systems’ comprehensive business management software solution for the construction industry includesan update of features that benefits users in the back office as well as those in the field utilizing the solution’s MaxService application. By leveraging the breadth of functionality in this release, construction companies can better streamline process and control from business capture through business execution to business analysis.

ShoffnerKalthoff Mechanical Electrical Service headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., has been using Maxwell Systems Management Suite for more than a decade. Todd Wolf, the company’s chief financial officer, said “Maxwell Systems has been very willing to take our input and implement new capabilities we’ve requested. Over the years, we have taken advantage of the workflow and electronic invoicing functionality and found the job cost reporting to be a great feature. The divisional processing in the new version will enable us to improve our financial reporting and simplify the process.”
 
“This release of Management Suite provides enhanced functionality to help our customers in their everyday activities”, said Cindy Whitner, product manager, Maxwell Systems Management Suite. “The features and enhancements offered in version 6.8 provide construction companies with immediate information to assist in entries and decision making, as well as streamline their internal processes.”
 
The MaxService capability of Management Suite helps users to improve communications between the back office and service technicians, which can enhance customer confidence and enable expansion of the field technical force. Enhancements in the 6.8 version related to MaxService help construction companies to:
  • Improve additional revenue opportunities by having field employees capture potential new work information in field and transmit to back office for creation of quick quote or work order.
  • Complete work more efficiently by sharing documentation about customer site details or equipment diagnostics between field and office. Sharing of documents to the field can provide service and maintenance information about customer site or equipment to be serviced. Field employees can update or collect diagnostic or meter reading data to store and share for future reference.
 The Management Suite 6.8 release also impacts enhances the solution’s Bid/Proposal Management capability, which allows users to share information seamlessly among estimating and job cost accounting; easily generate proposals for reporting, comparison, and forecasting; and streamline workflow, including bids, proposals, budgets, billing, purchase orders, and more. The latest enhancements allow construction companies to:
  • Use the Service Quick Proposal capability to track all the proposals presented, and proposal expiration dates where applicable when related to service agreements or a quote to replace or repair a piece of equipment or system component. This helps to streamline the workflow of creating the necessary contract, equipment, and work orders. 
  • Automatically create service contracts for customer equipment, track customer equipment to be serviced, and create work orders for performing the work. By streamlining this process, businesses can reduce data entry time and eliminate potential errors.
  • Analyze and have better visibility into service contract renewal percentage, new contracts, and additional repair or service quoted work. 
A few of the additional notable enhancements include:
  • Addition of Alert Maintenance – allows control of addition/deletion of alerts for any given user through a single maintenance function.
  • Changes to posting of costs to service contracts to provide more accurate analysis of costs and revenue.
  • Introduction of Greenshades, a third-party provider of annual W2 e-filings for federal government and state requirements.
  • Various MaxService items, such as:

    • Support of Windows 7 for Field Devices.
    • Support of Netbooks (with Windows 7) for field devices (lower price point hardware solution).
    • Ability to identify Additional Work in the field and have the information create new work orders in the back office.
    • Ability to send Office Manager documents to the field for viewing by the service technician.
    • Ability to create new documents in the field and send them to the back office and attach through Office Manager module to the work order or piece of equipment.
Maxwell Systems Management Suite is a comprehensive business management software solution for the construction industry. From takeoff through the final bid, this solution helps contractors achieve operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and increased profits. Developed to meet the business requirements of every role within an organization and to handle the complexities of the entire project lifecycle, Management Suite excels at effectively handling the everyday operations of any service, specialty trade, or general construction company.
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Maxwell Systems provides construction software solutions that help contractors to streamline workflow, increase productivity, and improve profitability. Furthermore, we understand that today's contractors must optimize processes across all business areas to gain or maintain an increasingly important competitive edge and ensure a successful business. Critical, to that end, is timely and efficient communication and information access among estimating, job cost accounting, and project management teams.

By using a Maxwell Systems complete construction software solution, you'll be able to better operate your business with increased efficiency and streamlined operations, and confidently increase profitability on every project. You will have the tools you need to accomplish more in less time; taking the guesswork out of reaching true profit potential; and improving financial stability for long-term benefit.

Why Maxwell Systems?

Maxwell Systems is truly unique with its ability to offer contractors a complete, seamless software solution that allows:

  • A new level of continuity and productivity among estimating, job cost accounting, and project management
  • Better insight, analysis, and financial oversight for owners to make informed and timely decisions
  • Improved operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and increased profits

Contractors value having an end-to-end solution from one company:

  • All applications work together seamlessly
  • Efficient access to comprehensive support and services
  • A stable technology partner committed to customer success

How Your Business Benefits

A complete construction software solution from Maxwell Systems provides end-to-end control of your business so you can see a day's profit potential at a glance, identify and prevent potential financial losses, spot discrepancies and errors, and manage projects with accurate information in real-time.

With tailored features designed to fit each member on your team, construction company management software ultimately allows your business to:

  • Attain end-to-end control and increased visibility
  • Achieve easy and accurate reporting with real-time data
  • Optimize project execution for maximum profitability
  • Streamline operations with seamless workflow

The Bid-to-Cash Cycle Explained

Managing each of the key process areas of a construction business – Estimating, Construction Accounting, and Project Management – requires vastly different talents and areas of expertise. The reality is that each of these functional groups is related and dependent on one another.

For your organization to run in an optimal fashion, the groups much work together in an optimal fashion. Together, these functional areas compromise what we describe as the Bid-to-Cash Cycle. And our goal at Maxwell Systems is to provide software for construction so you can bridge the needs of the functional groups, better manage this cycle, and so maximize profitability.

When construction estimating software, construction accounting software, and construction project management software are working together in a seamless system as a complete construction business management software solution, then a contractor is truly poised for optimal profit and productivity.

How does a complete solution fit your part of the cycle? Here are a few examples:

  • Owner: It's all about reducing waste, uncovering lost opportunity, exposing shortcomings, and maximizing resources – all which impact profit and the bottom line. With end-to-end visibility of every project, executives can hone business strategy, improve control of cash flow, and keep financials in the black with accurate ROI.
  • Estimator: Beyond estimating projects, the estimator can access more accurate information in regards to how the project actually performs. This will allow the estimator to improve accuracy on future estimates with actual labor and production rates, updated material prices, and other resource related items.
  • Accounting: Not only a company's construction accounting system, a complete solution helps to streamline the procurement processes for optimal efficiencies and produces more accurate purchasing processes. Additionally, billing processes, inventory issuances, and many other processes are streamlined. Less data entry, better accuracy, and reliable audit trail allow convenience and peace of mind.
  • Project Manager: The seamless workflow from Estimating to Project Tracking allows for a streamlined method of creating the job and then tracking performance against the estimate. Within the complete solution, the construction project management programs also provide the detail required for the Project Manager to understand what the Estimator was thinking when the bid was put together. Plus, by accessing real-time information whether in the office or in the field, the project manager can track progress, be more agile, and better handle all aspects of jobs from beginning to end.

Bottom Line

To succeed in today's competitive marketplace, construction business owners must improve productivity and have end-to-end visibility to see how jobs perform (and turn profit) from start to finish. Maxwell Systems knows construction company software and can be your partner by offering truly unique products (as well as support and services) that address the entire construction project lifecycle – from digital takeoff through final cash payment. Our seamless system provides your company with all the capabilities you need for estimating, job cost accounting, and project management, and ultimately for superior insight and analysis of your business.

Imagine the flexibility and insight by having one solution for estimating projects, for construction accounting programs, and for construction project software! All that and more in one system will help your business be more competitive and profitable.

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