Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate: Business without blind spots

Can’t see the forest for the trees? All too often, construction firms get wrapped up in the day-to-day management of projects and punch lists — and forget to watch how it’s affecting the overall schedule or budget. Looking at your financial information is a good place to start. But you have to do much more than that if you want to stay ahead of potential issues.

You can put an end to scope creep and minimize risk. Look below to see how the tools available for Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate will enhance your visibility and give you the insight you need. Or you can click here to request more information or a demonstration.

• Reporting
• Monitoring
• Analyzing

You face issues that impact your company’s profitability on a daily basis. But do you have access to the information needed to make the best decisions? Can you share that information with your project team? With these reporting tools in Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate, you can get instant access to the information needed to determine job profitability, measure financial health, and plan the future of your business:

Report Designer / Crystal Reports Designer

Create reports using over a thousand prebuilt, industry-tested report templates. Modify the prebuilt reports—no assistance needed—to satisfy changing requirements. Or Build your own reports with minimal training using the Sage 300 CRE Report Designer or Crystal Reports Designer.

Sage SQL Gateway

Consolidate organizational data, including multiple company datasets, and easily run reports across your entire business.

Inquiries / Inquiry Designer

If you need to find specific data, you can quickly search for the information using Sage 300 CRE Inquiries. Modify or create your own customized inquiries using the Inquiry Designer to get the information you need quickly and efficiently.

Executive Dashboard

Get immediate access to the business information you need to make informed decisions. Monitor trends such as project profitability, property occupancy, or cash flow using intuitive graphical reports to identify potential issues before they arise. Customize your dashboard so you only see the information you need.

Sage MyAssistant

Automatically generate reports, spreadsheets, documents, and email alerts, proactively distributing information to those who need it so they can keep all phases of a project or property on time and on budget.

Office Connector

Create reports and analyze data in Microsoft Excel using real-time information from Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate. Office Connector allows you to query, report, and move data back and forth between Excel and Sage 300 CRE, ensuring you always have the most up-to-date information.

The devil is in the details. So how can you find, filter, and focus on the information that matters most to your business?

With these monitoring tools, you can keep your eye on critical information and prevent issues before they arise.

Report Designer / Crystal Reports Designer

Monitor your key performance indicators (KPIs), get instant alerts when issues need your attention, and take corrective action. Set alerts to appear where you work the most — on your Sage Desktop, on your Windows desktop, or in Microsoft Outlook — so you stay in the loop

My Communicator for Outlook

This add-on to Sage MyAssistant uses the familiarity and ease of Outlook to directly access, track, and update your Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate data in real time. Sage 300 Construction data is embedded directly within your email, providing drill-down access to additional details as needed, so you can proactively make decisions, assign and monitor actionable tasks for employees and vendors, and improve communication both inside and outside your company.

Knowing what’s happening across all your projects can help you assess your company’s performance and plan future business strategy.

But it can be challenging to sort through all the financial data you have and analyze what’s going on as projects continue to progress.

Office Connector

Create and analyze data and financials in Excel using real-time information from Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate. Data is automatically transferred between Sage 300 CRE and Excel so you can analyze and manipulate data using familiar Excel reports, worksheets, graphs, and more.

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