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Deltek Vision (legacy product)

Score7.4 out of 10

61 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Deltek Vision (legacy product)?

Deltek Vision is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for project based companies. It is a legacy product, and has been superseded by Deltek Vantagepoint.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Deltek Vision (legacy product) has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 61 ratings of Deltek Vision (legacy product)'s features
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Top Performing Features

  • Bids Analyzed and Compared

    Evaluate, compare and recommend across multiple bids in real-time using diverse user selected criteria and graphical analytics

    Category average: 7.1

  • Accounts payable

    This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Cost of goods sold

    The software calculates the direct costs attributable to a finished product, such as materials and labor, and includes roll-up pricing.

    Category average: 8

Areas for Improvement

  • Product Master Data Management

    Create, classify, and manage product items, BOMs and product changes

    Category average: 7.3

  • Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

    Control spending at any budget level or time interval

    Category average: 7.1

  • Automatic reordering

    The software can be set up to automatically reorder a good when it falls below a certain threshold.

    Category average: 7.4

Reviews

What users are saying about Deltek Vision (legacy product).
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Deltek Vision for Engineering & Architecture Firms

Incentivized
Mallori Barg
Project Controls Analyst in Quality Assurance at Orbital Engineering, Inc. (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • The ability to build out your own user-defined fields, grids, and even whole Info Centers is a huge plus. We can build out what we need in-house, without needing to engage outside consultants for most needs.
  • The ability to create both user-initiated and scheduled workflows allows us to add intelligence to our actions within the system. We have weekly scheduled reports going out to the various levels of our organization, as well as workflows to trigger multiple field updates, alerts, emails, etc. to keep necessary people on the path and informed.

Cons

  • We have had the system for several years and have modified it to fit our needs. Over the years, Deltek Vision has rolled out several updates that closely mimic our modifications. However, the testing of their new updates is not typically stellar. I have to open cases to flag inconsistencies or bugs with new items, even years after they have been released. With them focusing on getting Vantagepoint up and running, those bugs are pushed to the back burner, and they can't give me dates on when they will be fixed, so we continue to use our modifications instead of their available options.
  • Their CRM system will have improved functionality in the new Vantagepoint system. Still, it hasn't been able to interact with Outlook to utilize the contacts, clients, or activities (calendar) across networks. This has been a massive ask from our sales force. We have yet to gauge the new functions and how well they work in Vantagepoint.

Return on Investment

  • We went from using a DOS-based accounting system that all the management had to go to Accounting for a weekly printout of status reports, and there wasn't much visibility into the network. Deltek Vision gave our PMs and management information at their fingertips, without having to wait on someone else to get the info.
  • A lot of quality control was handled outside of an electronic system through Microsoft Excel forms. With Deltek Vision's user-defined functions, we were able to bring those functions into a system that could then be reported on, send automatic reminders, and create dashboards. This has been hugely beneficial in not losing sight of action items etc.

Deltek Vision Review

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used Deltek Vision in a past job with an engineering firm. It worked really well for Project Management. There were some issues with the fixed assets portion. For financial reporting and recording, it was very easy to use.

Pros

  • Project Management
  • Timekeeping
  • Financial Recording
  • Reporting

Cons

  • Fixed Assets transfers of assets
  • Fixed Assets reporting
  • Fixed Assets changes to assets

Return on Investment

  • Manage costs associated with projects and see profitability
  • Better align resources to manage overall costs

Alternatives Considered

Deltek Vantagepoint, Yardi Construction Manager and Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate

A Payroll Perspective to Deltek Vision

Incentivized
Roberta Senecal
Payroll Manager in Finance and Accounting at Wilson & Company, Inc. (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Ease of exporting Time Sheet data to ADP.
  • There are lots of good reports available.
  • Ease of Uploading Journal Entry information from an Excel spreadsheet saved as a Tab Delimited file.

Cons

  • Correcting a time sheet that has already been posted is very tedious.
  • Wish there was an online resource when I have a questions.

Return on Investment

  • Since I am coming at this from a Payroll perspective, I am not qualified to answer this. But from what I understand, it is a very useful tool to our company and we are looking to upgrade soon.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle PeopleSoft HCM, Aderant Handshake and SAP Workforce Analytics

Other Software Used

ADP Workforce Now

It works but it's not flashy

Incentivized
Rebekah Berger
Senior Human Resources Generalist in Human Resources at Kaleidoscope Innovation (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Line by line expense reports, easy to upload receipts.
  • Only a few steps to submit a time sheet.

Cons

  • User interface is dated looking.
  • Difficult to see project names- they get cut off and you can't expand or scroll to view.

Return on Investment

  • Deltek helps us bill time to specific clients, which is important for us to know our realization and billability.
  • Deltek can be confusing to use and difficult to enforce.

Other Software Used

ADP Workforce Now, ADP SmartCompliance

Deltek Vision is for you

Incentivized
Paul LiView profile
Senior Associate in Information Technology at Stir Architecture (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Deltek Vision does an excellent job of providing various methods to input time on various projects. It supports the web browser on the desktop and apps on various smartphones.
  • Deltek Vision accesses project data from a single database. So various project information can be recalled for review.
  • Deltek Vision can be implemented from the cloud so we don't have to spend time managing an on-premise server to maintain the software.

Cons

  • Deltek Vision's use of the desktop browser interfaces could use some major upgrades. It's not very user-friendly. When a field is left blank it would prevent the user from saving the timesheet but would not clearly inform the user where the error has occurred.
  • Deltek Vision should provide a simple method to print summaries like have its own built-in pdf export program instead of relying on a 3rd party program like Adobe.

Return on Investment

  • Deltek Vision has helped our company tremendously in tracking staff time spent on projects. This way we can invoice our various clients properly.
  • Deltek Vision, when hosted in the cloud, has made it possible for our various branches throughout the globe access the same database for time & expense tracking.
  • Since Deltek Vision provides not only desktop support but also, when hosted in the cloud, access, staff can very easily input their time and help with time management to complete and meet project deadlines.

Alternatives Considered

BillQuick and Clearview InFocus

Other Software Used

Bluebeam Revu