Archive for the ‘Scheduling Software’ Category

Back to Basics – The 4 W’s of Job Creation

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Welcome to the first article in a series titled “Back 2 Basics” or B2B for short. In the B2B series I’ll be going back to the fundamental roots of simPRO. Whether you are a new user and learning simPRO or an existing user brushing up on your simPRO knowledge there is always something to gain from reviewing some of the simplest practices in your simPRO software package.

As this is the first article in the Back 2 Basics series I will be covering one of the most common question asked to me during implementation and training.

“How do I just create a job?”

Even though there are more than one methods to ‘just create a job’ (with two explained is this article), there are four questions that you must always ask yourself. I like to call these ‘ The 4 W’s’

Who, Where, What and When

Who – Who is paying for the work to be done?

Where – Where is the work to be done?

What – What work is required to be done?

When – When is the work to be done?

All other factors expand upon this.

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Export Times from simPRO Schedule to Payroll

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

To help improve your productivity and reduce potential data entry errors, it is now possible to export employees times, including overtime rates and non-job related activities, from your simPRO schedule then import that into your payroll or accounting package.

You need to do a few basic setup steps in simPRO first and then you are ready to go. See these articles on the simPRO Online Resource centre:

Exporting employee times for payroll

Setting up payroll categories

Note: It is important to ensure that your employee schedules in simPRO are kept up to date to ensure the accuracy of the data going into your payroll/accounting package.

This function is only available on simPRO Enterprise.


How to assign jobs to field staff using maps instead of calendars

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

With the increasing need for efficiency within service organisations and appropriately targeted marketing dollars to your clients, simPRO has responded with the ability to plot multiple addresses from within the main system.

Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of this feature.

Mapping Jobs

There are many benefits to being able to map jobs.  Perhaps you would like to know where your guys currently are in relation to an emergency job that has just come up (can be done with an interface to Navman Wireless or just based on current schedules) or you would like an easy way to assign dozens of maintenance jobs to guys geographically to minimise travel time.

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How to Send Scheduled Jobs to a Mobile Phone Calendar

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Would you like to be able to send scheduled jobs directly to an employee’s mobile phone to update their calendar?

You can if the mobile phone in question has email support and can accept a calendar appointment.

If you meet those requirements then you can use the `Send Outlook’ option on the schedule page to send the schedule to any mobile phone where the job will update directly into that employee’s calendar with the job number, address and notes.

Here is how:

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15 tradesmen – just 1 admin staff! Is that possible? It is with simPRO.

Friday, November 27th, 2009

“…simPRO is saving me 30% on material costs which worked out to about $30k in the first year…”

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Why Use Web-Based Software?

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

“The best thing about simPRO being a browser based package is the constant
improvement and evolution of the product is accessible to everyone without
needing to install updates or new software.”

Luke & Sarah – Prestige Power

simPRO is a web-based software system for estimating, scheduling, purchasing, job and project management, stock control, invoicing and reporting that increases performance, productivity and efficiency within your business.

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simPRO Enterprise Help & Support Menu Update

Friday, November 20th, 2009

In the latest update of simPRO Enterprise we have made some big changes to the help & support menu in order to deliver more resources for users to get the most out of simPRO for their estimating, scheduling & job management. These changes will allow users increased access to find answers to questions & problems they may have in their own time as well as being able to access tutorials on new features and processes.

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simPRO-Navman Wireless interface

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Track vehicles, dispatch jobs and geographically choose the closest technician for that emergency job in real time, all from within your simPRO system with the new Navman Wireless Interface.

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