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Jonas Enterprise

Score6.4 out of 10

9 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Jonas Enterprise?

Jonas Enterprise Construction Management Software includes integrated service, project, accounting, and operations management. It is used by mechanical contractors, HVAC & plumbing contractors, general contractors, electrical contractors, as well as specialty trade contractors.

Features include job costing, construction management, project management, tool crib, subcontractor control, purchase order & procurement, home builder, project scheduler, eTimesheets, work orders, dispatch scheduler, flat rate, contracts, purchase order & procurement, inventory, equipment management, eMobile, eService, accounts payable / receivable, general ledger, payroll, etc.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

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Top Performing Features

  • Plan markups & sharing

    Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Issue tracking & punchlists

    Users can track issues from the field, and create punchlists upon substantial completion.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Document sharing

    Users can share/attach other documents related to construction projects, such as specifications, contracts, drawings, etc.

    Category average: 8.3

Areas for Improvement

  • Plan distribution & viewing

    Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).

    Category average: 8.4

  • Photo documentation

    Users can document construction progress and/or issues by uploading photos from the field.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Jobsite reports

    Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.

    Category average: 8.2

Reviews

What users are saying about Jonas Enterprise.
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Jonas Enterprise Time Saving!

Incentivized
Kelly WenzelView profile
Controller in Finance and Accounting at Campbell and Kennedy Electric (1996) (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Jonas for all our accounting needs (GL, payroll, AR, AP, job cost and service work order). It is all interfaced and easy to use.

Pros

  • Payroll - upload Union reports are quick and easy saving time with manual calculations
  • Service Billing - create service calls and invoice direct from module, saving duplicate data entry
  • Job Cost - Tracks costs and revenues for analysing departments, project managers and techs

Cons

  • Job Cost Module is very complex. A ton of information; time to discover all of this is sometimes difficult
  • Reporting is done by module, would be nice to see one report that can amalgamate 2 different modules such as Job Cost and Service Work order
  • More third party software interfaces

Return on Investment

  • We saved a lot of time processing payroll and union reporting.
  • Went from manually entering AR invoices to automated with Jonas. Save duplicate entry and a lot of time.
  • Invoices and statements now sent via email instead of mailing. Cost savings for both postage and person stuffing envelopes etc.

Usability

The Power of Jonas

Incentivized
Verified User
Executive in Corporate (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Project Management screens. User-friendly with the ability to look at the project summarized, or drill down to more detail.
  • Document management. Extremely quick & simple to attach documents to A/P invoice entry and jobs.
  • Customer service is in-house....not a third party. You get to actually talk to Jonas team members that listen to your needs and concerns. It allows them to really stay on the pulse of what the end user is actually looking for and needing.

Cons

  • Contact management. Clumsy and not user-friendly.

Return on Investment

  • With our service department module now being fully integrated (wasn't before), information is more reliable and current. Jonas has helped our bottom line by saving us over 1,000 hours annually in administrative duties.

Alternatives Considered

Sage 500 ERP and ComputerEase Construction Software

Other Software Used

QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, Sage 100 Contractor