MEMBER'S
FORUM
A format for the exchange
of ideas. A place to post questions, opinions, and
concerns.
Frequently the EACA receives questions and
information relating to our industry and miscellaneous business
topics that may be helpful
to our members.
In this area of the web site we will post these Q &
A's in an effort to share this knowledge base. If you
have a question or a business tip you would like to share with
our membership, please send it in an email to jimwurm@eaca.com.
JOB COSTING
SOFTWARE
Q. Recently a member send out a request to see if
anyone could recommend good off-the-shelf job costing software
package.
A. I use
Businessworks by SAGE. www.sage.com. It tracks job costs by job
number, task codes and hourly rates.
When entering payroll, I enter the job number, task codes and
pay rate. After payroll is complete, I can pull up a job
cost report that tells me how many hours were spent loading the
truck, traveling to the job site, installing, doing something
extra for the client, dismantling, etc.and the rate of pay the
laborer received. Of course, my crew has to record
their task codes on their time cards. The software costs
probably in the range of $2500 - $5000 and will need a
professional to set it up at
first.
Thank You Kathleen Maartens of
Exhibit Network International, Ltd.
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