Hello all!
We just wanted to update you on what we have been working on during the past 3 months. We have launched a brand new corporate website, which now has a link to the Login page on the home page for a quick access. Corecon 2006 has been continually improved with additional reports and some new features which are highlighted below.
New Reports
We have added a few new reports to the Project Center which allow filtering by date. More drill through reporting by job cost codes has also been added on the Committed Cost and Cost to Date reports.
The reports are listed below
- Rev. / Cost Analysis - this is a new style Revenue / Cost Analysis report
- Rev. / Cost Analysis report by internal job cost code grouping (Division codes) - this is a new style Revenue / Cost Analysis report with Internal Job Cost Code Grouping (summing at Division Level)
- Committed Cost Details (By Date) - Committed Cost Details by Transaction Type and Job Cost Code Report which allows date filtering
- Cost To Date Details (By Date) - Cost to Date Details by Transaction Type and Job Cost Code Report which allows date filtering
- Daily Log Manpower and Equipment reports by Company
Reports 3 & 4 allow for specific date filtering to facilitate better business intelligence capabilities for Invoicing customers. The cost to date report can also be used by Consturction Management (CM) firms or users doing Cost Plus billing (Time and Material) for total customer transparency.
New Features / Improvements
Some other changes have been made under estimating and invoicing features. We have improved the performance of estimate calculations as well as opening up of prime invoices. We have added a new wizard under estimating to update multiple estimates after your local item database has been updated; in addition now you can specify global variables for each estimate. Both of the new features are highlighted below with specific usage scenarios. More information can be found in the help system. Other features added were under Document Control facilitating faster processing of submittals.
Estimate Update Wizard
If you use your Corecon 2006 local database to build up estimates and get an excel pricing sheet from your suppliers regularly which can be imported into your Corecon database.
Now if you have sample template estimates setup in Corecon and want the new pricing to be reflected on these estimates you can use the Estimate Update Wizard to update all your template estimates.
Estimate Global Variables
Another new feature introduced in Corecon 2006 estimating is the use of Global Estimate Variables, although each estimate item has 15 variables tied to it, all these variables are disconnected and cannot be used dynamically to calculate item quantities. Estimate global variables can be used to solve this issue. You can define an unlimited number of global estimate variables per estimate, use them in formulas across estimate items and when you change the quantities of any of these variables the quantity of each of the estimate items that uses these variables is changed based on the formula used. This facilitates the use of estimates as one whole assembly or each of the folders as an assembly dependent on certain global variables.
These global variables can be named as desired and used in the formulas for any estimate item. To facilitate quick manipulation of formulas for each item we have also added a new view for Formulas in addition to existing views of T/M/L/E/S/O/WBS.
Adding Multiple Submittals
A lot of time contractors need to send out drawings to multiple subs and this allows them to add mutliple documents / samples quickly and group them under one package.
Drawing Log to Submittal Package
Similar to scenario above a lot of drawings are sent to subs and this wizard automates the process of creating individual submittals for each drawing and allows creation of submittal packages from drawing packages. These submittal packages can also be sent out to the respondents via email or fax.
In Conclusion
As always we strive to provide the best for our customers and believe in continuous improvement of our product. We always welcome our customers' feedback for further improvement. Our hope is that with Corecon you can continually improve and grow your business and in turn satisfy your customers.