Recent Sage Timberline Estimating Upgrades — Are you using them?
Sage Timberline recently made some upgrades to Estimaing. The question is, are you using them to help you get the maximum juice out of your Estimating system? If, after reading the following enhancements you find you are not using them please feel free to contact Daren. He’s the guy in the know. Without further adieu, here are the upgrades we want you to take advantag of!
1. Upgrade individual estimating files on the fly. Why spend hours upgrading all your estimates at once each time a new release comes out? That can take hours. So, now when you need to restore archived estimates from an earlier version of your software, you won’t need to upgrade all estimates and/or database files all at the same time. The system automatically identifies the files that need to be upgraded on a file-by-file basis so your estimating files get updated as you work. Now, that’s a time-saver.
2. Create new version of existing assemblies with ease. Ready to save even more time? We’ve enhanced the “copy assembly” feature. In previous versions when copying an assembly from one location to another, the items would copy, but you would lose the assembly detail. Meaning, you wouldn’t have the variables (i.e. length, width, depth, etc). Now when you copy the assembly from one location to another, it shows up as an assembly and allows you to see the variables that were used to calculate the assembly.
3. Streamline your RFQ and Buyout process. In the past, you’ve always had a place to enter the subcontractor amount and name as well as material, but no place to record the material vendor name. With Version 9.6, you’ll be able to log and display both as well as pass this information to the Buyout module, so your entire RFQ, vendor assignment, and Buyout process runs more efficiently than ever.
4. Select values from numeric columns that automatically display totals in the status bar. The auto sum has been enhanced so you can view display totals at a glance.
