Database

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Database Internet Resources, Inc.

• Bringing data to the web

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The Solution

• Your software is fully integrated financial
  and operations software that links every facet of
  your business, eliminating redundancies and
  speeding the flow of information between
  departments. Customized design means you're
  getting just the tools you need with the
  advantage of knowing it can flex and expand.

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Accounting

• What do you need to know, and when do you
  need to have it? Get honest answers in a hurry.
  Customization of inquiries and reports allows you
  to set up the format to suit your needs. You get
  the numbers just the way you want to see them.
  You keep an eye on the big picture, and your
  software will keep an eye on everything else -
  automatically. From subcontract control and job
  costing, to variance tracking, and profit
  analysis.

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Accounting

• - Accounts Payable
• - Accounts Receivable
• - Billing
• - Cash Management
• - Contracts
• - Equipment Cost
• - Financial Statements
• - General Ledger
• - Job Cost

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Accounting

• Stay on top of costs and revenue, subcontracts,
  purchase orders, and all the rest to identify the
  variables that impact the bottom line.
• Take charge of the entire payables process
  beginning with invoice entry through payment
  selection, check printing, and expense analysis.
• Keep in touch with clients and on top of billings
  and receivables to proactively manage your cash
  position.
• Create free-form customer invoices at any time,
  and automatically produce time-and-material, cost
  plus, lump sum, progress billing, and unit-priced
  invoices.

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Estimating

• Custom builders find it easy to create and
  manage detailed estimates. By answering a basic
  series of on-screen questions, you (and your
  customer) can quickly see the impact of proposed
  changes to the models being offered.
• Easily incorporate bids from subs and
  suppliers. Slice the numbers to yield estimates
  by unit or phase of work. The capabilities are
  virtually endless.

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Estimating

• - Bid Management
• - Estimating
• - Scheduling

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Estimating

• Create quick, accurate estimates backed by
  material, cost, and labor details.
• Use multiple takeoff methods to create detailed
  customizable estimates.
• Compare new estimates with other similar jobs to
  spot potential errors before they happen.
• Transfer estimates to accounting for
  budget-to-cost comparison.
• Analyze estimates from a variety of angles, such
  as phase of work.
• At the lot-specific level, produce reports of
  material lists and subcontracts by lump sum,
  detailed bill of materials or unit price.
• Drill down through multiple layers to finer and
  finer detail using rich database capabilities.
• Create conceptual estimates and easily
  incorporate bids from subcontractors and
  suppliers.

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Procurement

• Turn detailed estimates into RFQs, select
  vendors, and start the purchasing process.
  Generate purchase orders, track change orders,
  issue receipts, and invoices all from a single
  database. Figures from your procurement can lock
  directly into the rest of your data - including
  key accounting applications such as Job Cost,
  Accounts Payable and Billing.

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Procurement

• - Buyout
• - Inventory
• - Purchasing

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Procurement

• Organize the items in an estimate into desired
  groups of materials, produce RFQs, and perform
  the tasks necessary to buy out your job.
• Stay on top of all aspects of material management
  with efficient data entry processes to record
  receipt issues and adjustments.
• Generate requisitions and purchase orders, track
  change orders, issue receipts, return
  authorizations, invoices, and more.

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Production Management

• The production management can include
  applications to help builders control
  construction costs, pinpoint the reason for a
  variance, manage labor costs, and handle
  contracts.
• With all the facts in one central database, and
  inquiries and reports that are easy to customize.
  Now you can quickly get to details that will let
  you identify issues before they grow into
  problems.
• Effectively manage change orders. Compare
  actual costs against budgets. Streamline your
  RFIs, submittals and other project documentation.
  Improve workflow between project managers and
  accounting.

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Production Management

• - Homebuilder Management
• - Production Scheduling
• - Sales Interface
• - Integrate construction estimating, accounting
• - Cost and project detail
• - Manage contracts, subcontracts, RFIs Purchase
  orders, change orders, submittals
• - Eliminate workflow redundancies

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Production Management

• Inform subs and suppliers automatically via fax
  or e-mail to coordinate resources.
• Perform profit analysis, cost control, change
  order tracking, variance cause analysis, payment
  processing, custom reporting, and labor cost
  management for optimum efficiency.
• Define which plans and options are available by
  community and determine markups using
  percentages, lump sum and market values.
• Manage production over your local network and
  make needed information available on hand-held
  devices to remote users.
• Jumpstart production scheduling and add purchase
  order automation.

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Reporting Other Tools

• Your software system is only as valuable as
  the information you can pull from it - when and
  how you want it to appear. Customizable reports
  and interactive inquiries provide instant,
  onscreen access, and downloads in a hurry.
• Download to QuickBooks. Other tools with
  streamlined ease in mind include Address Book, a
  centralized corporate contact database, and ODBC
  (Open Database Connectivity.

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Reporting Other Tools

• - Address Book
• - Information Assistant
• - Inquiry Designer
• - ODBC
• - Customized Reports

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Reporting Other Tools

• Customize from hundreds of report options and
  inquiries with drill-down capability.
• Put accounting reports and inquiries on any
  employee's desktop.
• Create your own custom inquiries, pulling
  information in any way you want to see and drill
  down to it.
• Manage all vendor and customer contacts in one
  central location with Address Book.
• Easily exchange information between your database
  and most other commonly used programs with ODBC.

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Software Development

• - Requirements Gathering
• - Functional and Technical Specifications
• - Software Architecture
• - Programming
• - Project Management
• - Software Maintenance

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Databases

• - MySQL
• - Oracle
• - Informix
• - SQL Server
• - Postgres
• - FileMaker

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Technology Platforms

• - Enterprise Java (EJB, Servlet, JMS)
• - UNIX (Solaris, Linux, etc.)
• - XML
• - UML
• - Microsoft .NET
• - Windows based servers

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Programming Languages

• - Java 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
• - C/C
• - Visual Basic
• - Scripting languages (Perl, Tcl/Tk, sh, etc.)
• - LISP
• - PHP
• - Cold Fusion