Welcome to the Sage Timberline Forum! I am the Director of Marketing for Ledgerwood Associates, Inc. I don’t have a construction background but we have a pretty good crew here who do. In this blog you can find information related to Sage Timberline Office;  updates, complementary products, tips, success stories and even some blatant product promotion. Please feel free to post a question, comment or item of interest, or send us an email. Thanks for your time and attention! Kent Sorensen

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  Does this sound like you? “We are having a hard time winning bids that result in profitable jobs.  We can win short-term business by low-balling it, but we cannot survive this way.” Here’s a great discussion of the issue from Sage CRE. Impact ERRORS, LOSS OF PROFIT:  The cost data that our estimators use Read Full Story…

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In a super-competitive construction environment companies must prepare more bids quickly and accurately to survive. Here’s how a smaller contractor improved their estimating to compete more effectively. Estimating Speed and Accuracy Needed With fierce competition, Coyote Development needed to improve bid accuracy and increase win rates. Coyote’s controller, owner, project managers and estimators were already Read Full Story…

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Ledgerwood Associates Achieves President’s Circle Business Partner Status Scottsdale, AZ – January 9, 2012 – Ledgerwood Associates, Inc., a Sage North America business partner specializing in the sales, installation, and support of Sage Timberline and Sage Master Builder, has been named to the Sage America President’s Circle for the 2011 business year. President’s Circle award Read Full Story…

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Using the Desktop Reconciliation Tool for Cash Management By Donna King, Sage Timberline Office Senior Certified Consultant The Reconciliation Tool is an additional tool available from your Sage Desktop. This tool can help you reconcile your sub-ledgers to themselves, and then to the General Ledger. The Reconciliation Tool steps you through posting, running verification reports, and Read Full Story…

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“What could go wrong?” I ask. Three hours, two do-overs, and a desperate appeal to the software gods later I get the answer. I didn’t carefully read all of the instructions and supporting material and guessed wrong when I wasn’t sure. I’m the kind of person who frequently gets into trouble when following instructions. Assembling Read Full Story…

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Last week I traveled the 120 miles from Phoenix to Tucson to attend the CFMA 2011 Tax Update presented by Beach Fleischman, a Tucson accounting firm. Although taxes are important, I have to admit I wasn’t crazy about the topic.  Tax seminars are comically used as an example of dull and uninteresting, but to my Read Full Story…

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You fear that your worst nightmare as an estimator is about to come true.  Management is siding with a small group of estimators who want to throw away your estimating software and standardize the production of all estimates using only spreadsheets.  They believe that it’s an easier and cheaper solution.  You know they are taking Read Full Story…

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“Not today!” you exclaim as your email goes down right in the middle of sending your bid to a big developer. You see profits disappearing into cyberspace while productivity in the office grinds to a halt. Fortunately, a call to your trusted IT support person, your nephew, will get the email fixed. You are lucky Read Full Story…

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The boss is glaring at you, the controller, and says, “Cut the IT budget for next year or we’re out of business!” “How in the world am I going to cut IT costs and worse, tell the boss he needs new servers?” you say under your breath. Don’t despair. There IS a way to reduce your Read Full Story…

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