Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate vs Vista by Viewpoint

• There are a lot of ways to drill down into information. The ability to run inquiries that can be easily exported into Excel is incredibly useful.
• The help desk is very helpful. There are multiple ways to get a hold of someone and it is extremely useful.
• The knowledgebase articles are very helpful and provide a lot of great detail.

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• New employee on-boarding and personnel management
• Full spectrum accounting management (AP/AR/Payroll)
• Project management from contract award through project close-out
• Data security management, reporting and anlysis
• Equipment full lifespan management for costs, revenue and location tracking
• User Database allows for built-in customization capabilities to fit the most unique business requirements

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• Lack of data validation and controls
• Extremely limited report configuration without significant customization
• Too many arbitrary limits like vendor name that forced partial names into the address
• Very outdated UI
• Very siloed forcing users to open different applications for different functions

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• Its history is that most entries are transaction-based, requiring batch processing. Some of these could be moved to background batch processing so the batching would be more transparent to the user.
• More data needs to be available on mobile devices. They are making a move in this direction, which is good.
• Some screens allow flexibility of viewing data in grid views, but the export of this data to Excel could be improved. This is mostly seen in Workcenters.

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• The accounting functions (AP, AR, GL) are mature so it does a great job with core financials. The reports are flexible so it does a good job of providing flexibility in report writing. The application is written for a workgroup so multiple people can use it at the same time. The transaction detail is strong so that a transaction can be rolled back if necessary.

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• HR Management product is great and has made on boarding to time off requests and everything in between very easy, functional and efficient
• Very scaleable product that has easily handled a 30% increase in employee headcount
• Sometimes hard to be a specialty contractor with a product that tries to appeal to general contractors as well.

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