Job Cost collects all project-related information and stores it in a format you customise to fit your business. From a simple costing structure with basic job codes and standard cost codes, to a sophisticated structure with multi-sectioned jobs, multi-sectioned cost codes, and multiple cost categories - Job Cost can handle virtually and level of tracking complexity.
Through Sage Timberline's integration, Job Cost gives you complete control over commitment and variation management. Enter subcontracts and purchase orders directly into Job Cost, or import them from other programs, then track them against invoices for total control over committed costs. And manage every step of the variation process - From pending to approval - to ensure variations are profitable.
Using Sage Timberline Accounting's information access tools, your project information is always immediately available. Interactive inquiries let employees view information - such as potential cost overruns, percent complete, and production units in place - onscreen in seconds. And customisable reports let you calculate and print information in any format you choose for in-depth project analysis. Following is a detailed list of the features Job Cost offers to help you keep projects on track:

Job tracking

Track contract amounts, estimates, costs, subcontracts, purchase orders, quantity totals, production information, customer information, billing and other project information in as much detail as you need.
Format job IDs with up to 10 alphanumeric characters and up to three sections.
Format cost code IDs with up to 12 alphanumeric characters and up to four sections.
Track an unlimited number of user-definable cost categories.
Use an optional "extra" costing level to isolate special cost areas without disassociating them from the main job.
Set up standard cost codes and categories to streamline job setup and to improve consistency of cost analysis.
Add up to 250 user defined data fields to several Job Cost records to track additional job information.
Track project totals by job, year, quarter, month or week.
Track period-to-date accumulators daily, weekly, fortnightly or half-monthly.
Define custom totals and miscellaneous accumulators.
Define tax groups for each job by cost type.
Set up GL cost account groups to debit GL cost accounts by type of job.

Entry processing

Send all job related information from other Sage Timberline Accounting applications to Job Cost.
Enter direct costs into Job Cost, or import them from other programs (for example, overhead allocations, miscellaneous cost adjustments).
Enter owner variations, commitment variations, estimates and commitments.
Lock an original estimate to prevent modification.
Easily edit entries even after they've been posted.
Optionally prevent edits to transactions originating outside of Job Cost.
Specify exactly which GL accounts may be used for various jobs, tasks, etc.
Specify who should approve AP invoices for each job.

Commitment management

Enter subcontracts and purchase orders for any combination of jobs, cost codes or categories.
Break out subcontracts or purchase orders into unlimited line items.
Track item descriptions, scopes of work, scheduling information and insurance requirements.
Track payment and performance bond information.
Track detailed contract approval information.
Track schedule dates for each subcontract.
Retrieve and change vendor insurance information from Sage Timberline Accounts Payable to reflect separate insurance for a project.
Track secondary vendors to generate joint cheques and monitor secondary liens.
Mark cost codes or categories as "bought out" to analyse buy-out profitability.

Variation management

Enter and track owner requested variations and commitment variations.
Document who initiated the request, who prepared the variation, who approved it and when.
Track changes to the original contract, estimate, subcontracts, purchase orders and production totals.
Track the status of each variation item with customisable descriptions (for example, requested, verbal OK).
Associate commitment variations with iwber variations.
Tie variations to contracts and budgets.
Identify as either billable or internal variations.
Enter revisions to production units.

Inquiry

Choose from 30 pre-designed Job Cost inquiries (for example, Profit Summary, Remaining Estimate, Required Productivity).
Drill down on summary information to view supporting detail (for example, click on a job to see cost code information).
Apply conditions to display only the information you want to see.
View and insert electronic notes and file attachments.
Insert columns of data on-the-fly to quickly access additional information.
Modify any of the more than 100 inquiries contained in a complete Sage Timberline Accounting Extended system, or create new inquiries using the Sage Timberline Accounting Inquiry Designer.

Reporting

Choose from nearly 50 pre-designed Job Cost reports to calculate and print information at any time (for example, Cost at Completion Trends, Committed Cost Detail).
Apply conditions and ranges to print exactly the information you need.
Modify nearly all of the more than 500 reports contained in a complete Sage Timberline Accounting Extended system, or create new reports using the Sage Timberline Accounting Report Designer.

Additional features

Enter additional project information (for example, percent completed, ptoduction units in place, anticipated variations) with customisable field worksheets.

Import estimates, commitments and direct costs from other programs.

Enter notes and attach electronic files (for example, spreadsheets or word processing documents) throughout Job Cost for additional documentation.

Track jobs for multiple companies in the same general ledger.

Customise the toolbar for quick push-button access direct to specific reports, inquiries and tasks.

Change onscreen descriptions to match your companies standard terminology.

Set up macros for unattended processing of predefined tasks.

Access Sage Timberline Accounting project accounting information with other ODBC compliant (for example, Microsoft Excel, Word and Access).

Job Cost is one of many applications offered by the Sage Timberline Accounting Suite, Sage Timberline's fully integrated accounting software system for construction and property management firms. Designed for the 32-bit multitasking environments of Windows XP and featuring Client/Server SQL database technology, Sage Timberline Accounting gives you the tools to make better decisions, increase productivity and, ultimately, build profits.

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