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Estimator
Now every time Greg creates an estimate, he lays the foundation that
keeps everyone anchored as the project progresses.
As both the estimator and project manager
for his company, Greg was used to being
the expert and custodian of all costs from
the beginning to the end. For years he
had used Microsoft Excel® to create his
estimates. Once the job started, he would
reenter estimate data into other software
to create purchase orders, budgets, and
subcontracts—long and tedious work.
He spent many evenings just checking
and rechecking his numbers to ensure
his estimates used updated information,
fixing formulas, or just avoiding mistakes
as he moved data from Excel to project
documents.

company’s accounting software. Any job
cost reports that the bookkeeper could
pull together would lag behind current
job activities and not tie back to the costs
forecasted in his estimates. For a next
bid, Greg would try to figure out how his
previous estimates lined up with what
actually happened. But he knew there
would be, yet again, guesstimates, long
hours reconciling numbers, and too many
unknowns to tell the full story.

get the kind of cost-variance reporting
to better prepare him for future bids.
He remains comfortable working within
a familiar spreadsheet view, but now
his costs are backed by a strong cost
database, and built-in takeoff and errorchecking capabilities help ensure his
formulas are correct, cells are completed,
and nothing critical has been forgotten.
He can even produce an estimate in half
the time!

Tying estimating details directly into
accounting and project management
resulted in less work, better information,
and more profit.

Once a new job started, Greg knew he
navigated without a complete map. His
estimates were totally separate from the
job cost budget that was tracked in the

With Sage Estimating, Greg is amazed
at how easily he can create estimates,
simply jump-start job costing and
purchasing processes, and instantly

Once the company has been awarded
the job, Greg can quickly produce initial
job cost budgets, purchase orders, and
subcontracts right from the estimate. With
Sage 100 Contractor, Greg can now see
estimated, actual, and committed costs
at every stage as the job progresses to
know where things stand and where they
will likely end up without intervention.

Learn more at: www.Sage100Contractor.com

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