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Purchase Orders

With the Purchase Orders module, businesses can better control the pricing, ordering, and delivery of goods.

Because it is fully integrated with Inventory, Accounts Payable, Job Costing, Service Management, and Equipment Costing, Purchase Orders maintains vendor and item files, prints POs, allows changes and additions, updates project “committed costs,” and provides numerous management reports and inquiries. Project managers, purchasing agents, controllers, and service managers value the many tools provided to better minimize costs and maximize the effectiveness of their purchasing-related activities.

Using Purchase Orders, you’ll appreciate these benefits:

  • Purchase order numbering systems accommodate a variety of control mechanisms: numerical sequence, sequenced by job, or manual entry from pre-printed vouchers.
  • Fast, on-screen Purchase Order inquiries and reports may be organized by PO number, vendor, item, job, equipment ID, or service work order.
  • Single purchase orders may be split among several jobs, with identical items consolidated on the printed purchase order for maximum price breaks. Both stock and non-stock items may be combined on a single Purchase Order.
  • Automatic functionalities allow user to create, print, fax, and e-mail purchase orders right from the system.
  • Use the optional Buyout module to electronically pull in the materials list for a new project, put items out for quote if necessary, and automatically create the purchase orders of materials when needed for the job.
  • Purchase Order entry captures vendor information, date required, terms, vendor messages, shipping destinations, quantities and prices for all items ordered, receiving notes, and accounting information.
  • Item usage coding (for stock, a job, service work, or an equipment repair) is entered by the purchasing agent, eliminating confusion and delays at receiving and invoicing time.
  • For each item ordered, the system displays a history of prior purchases detailing vendors, jobs, purchase order numbers and dates, quantities, and prices.
  • Item standard costs and prices may be automatically updated from materials pricing services via optional PricingService Link module.
  • “Committed costs” on jobs are updated automatically upon creation and acceptance of purchase orders.
  •  “Lump sum” purchase orders accommodate orders keyed to a bill of materials or material schedule at a quoted lump sum price.
  • Purchase order “Change Orders” capture additions, subtractions, and other changes to an existing purchase order.
  • Automatic inter-company features support centralized control of purchasing for multiple companies.
  • User-defined fields and more.

 
 
 
 
 
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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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