Accounting December 10, 2025
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February 13, 2012
A second software revolution taking place around us is the mobile revolution, which is changing the way we work, live, and communicate with everyone in our lives. The “app economy” is changing the way software is written, published, used, and consumed by everyone and major publishers are now direct competitors with apps from startups. Individual...…
February 13, 2012
There’s one question that continues to linger in the profession: does life-work balance really exist? Or is it a myth? As I look back over my thirty-year career, I recall enjoying periods of life-work balance, while other times seemed like utter chaos. Like the popular 70’s song says, “To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is...…
February 13, 2012
As I write this column for the March issue, I am returning from a trip to NY where I spent time with accountants, firms, and vendors discussing how to move the accounting profession into the cloud faster. My guess is that as you read this, it is the farthest thing from your mind. You are...…
February 13, 2012
Sage Peachtree Premium Construction Accounting 2012 800-388-4697 www.Peachtree.com Best Fit: Peachtree is an excellent entry level product that is well-suited for smaller construction companies or contractors that desire affordability and functionality along with solid industry-specific features. Product Strengths Affordable, easy to use industry specific product Solid job cost functionality Large selection of add-on...…
February 13, 2012
CYMA Systems Inc. – CYMA Job Cost Accounting for Windows 800-292-2962 www.cyma.com Best Fit: CYMA is a best suited for mid-sized construction companies that require a solid job cost module, excellent job tracking capability, along with flexible billing capacity. Strengths Modular design offers smaller companies purchasing flexibility Solid job cost module Highly customizable...…
February 13, 2012
eTEK International Inc. – eTEK Accounting 800-888-6894 www.etek.net Best Fit: eTEK is well-suited for smaller construction companies that require flexibility and customization capability and is currently being marketed as a “next step up” from off-the shelf products. Product Strengths: Updated and redesigned for Microsoft Office 2010 Solid Equipment Management module comes standard with...…
February 13, 2012
A-Systems Corporation – A-Systems JobView 800-365-6790 www.a-systems.net Best Fit: JobView offers excellent scalability, offering small to mid-sized construction related businesses a solid financial and job costing product while providing assurance that the software can transition and grow with them. Strengths: Scalable: available in three versions Excellent full-featured payroll designed for the construction industry Latest version...…
February 13, 2012
FOUNDATION Software – FOUNDATION for Windows 800-246-0800 www.foundationsoft.com Best Fit: FOUNDATION for Windows contains a full menu of features designed specifically for construction related businesses. While small construction companies with under $1 million in revenues may not need Foundation, just about any mid-to large construction company or contracting firm will find this product useful. Product...…
February 13, 2012
Management Information Control Systems – Builder Information System (BIS) 800-838-6427 www.bissoftware.com Best Fit: Builder Information Systems is well-suited for small to mid-sized or larger construction related businesses that desire a scalable product that offers room for growth. Strengths Scalable with 4 Editions available Excellent job costing capability Excellent subcontract management Solid document management and...…
February 8, 2012
Accountants and bookkeepers are eager to put dashboards in front of their clients. There’s no faster way to drive a deeper relationship than to begin surfacing insights and automating opportunities for more regular and substantive interaction.
February 8, 2012
Traveling can be challenging, and even just planning your travels can be time-consuming and frustrating.
February 8, 2012
While some industries have managed to struggle back from the weakened economy we’ve experienced the last few years, the construction industry has continued to suffer.