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We utilize Spectrum in all of our departments. It is used for our accounting and for cost tracking of the jobs we work on, as well as standard accounting and payroll. It does allow the importing of data, which we can integrate our different production systems into Spectrum to bring in data on production and inventory. Features of getting invoice approval out to the field for Supervisors has been a great help, as it expedites the process as opposed to email and phone call. Since it is an ERP system, it covers many areas that are needed to run a construction company in the accounting area, but lacked good production management tools. We continue to evolve and integrate Spectrum into our business and have pretty much integrated AP, AR & Payroll. We utilize the production data in our weekly meetings to determine the jobs' profitability, though we have had to create customized reports to fully utilize the data we are collecting. Overall, it will work in your construction environment.
- AP: you can integrate your paper into their Document System and send these out for approval which will save a lot of time (assuming your supervisors do look at their dashboard and open the items to approve/reject, I don't think any system has come up with that solution).
- AR: with the integration of documents and the flow of AR, it is a system that will allow your departments to find out where you are in your finances.
- Overall, there are too many clicks to get items done in all areas. We would like to see a better flow when entering data into the system and allow some intuitive decisions so you do not have to click multiple times to get something done.
- Inventory - some of our items are mix types of raw or purchased goods. As we produce Asphalt the price of oil determines our Standard Cost in our Asphalt mixes. If you change the Standard Cost of an item that is a component to many mix items, you have to manually change the Standard Cost of all the items. Not fun when you have 150 mixes that need to be updated.
Spectrum is more suited for horizontal construction, and less suited for horizontal construction (which we use). The other pro/con is that the modules are priced separately, so you can only get what you need or you pay for what you need depending on how you look at it. If you are looking for an accounting package that does track your production to a point, it is an overall decent package.
December 05, 2019
Viewpoint Spectrum - Great Software
We are currently using Viewpoint Spectrum for all reporting and job costing functions. It is very handy for change order logs and the document imaging function. We've needed a lot less paper around the office.
- Job costing
- WIP report
- Pulling in data to Excel
- Certified payroll reporting
- Quarterly Reporting
- Emailing direct deposits
November 26, 2019
Viewpoint Spectrum - because it's real!
We use Spectrum as our accounting software company-wide. We have three separate entities that we run so having Spectrum be the common denominator for all our accounting needs makes it easy for our management and staff to have info at their fingertips.
- AP - we can run reports to show outstanding balances by the vendor or by the project. This helps our PM's know exactly where their budgets are by line item.
- Job Cost - real-time information can be provided by our accounting staff for project cost reviews.
- HR - being able to track certifications and training by an employee is very helpful, especially when we hire new employees who bring their documents with them.
- HR - although we can track the training and certifications, the available 'canned' reports don't give us a lot of useful information.
November 20, 2019
Spectrum Rules!
Spectrum is being used across our entire construction company, both in-house and out in the field. Every department from Accounting, to HR, to Job Cost and Setup are utilizing Spectrums functions. Since switching over from Timberline, we've been very happy with what Spectrum has to offer. The transition has been easier than originally anticipated.
- The help button is very helpful, and even gives examples for those who need more visual assistance.
- You get a live person when calling support.
- The document scanning is great.
- It’s easy to work with and navigate through.
- Dashboards allow you to customize your desktop to your liking.
- It's a great program if you’re looking to go paperless.
- Timecard data entry is easy.
- Ever since updating, I find the program to be slower, and it has some glitches.
- The features in the HR module need work, as it’s lacking.
- It won’t let you reprint payroll reports once a new cycle is started.
September 10, 2019
Good product with proper training
We are currently using Viewpoint Spectrum mostly for accounting and payroll. We have started using part of the Project Management module but have not completely incorporated its full capabilities.
- Ability to import job cost transactions. We have a second company that runs payroll for field staff so we can import those cost directly into Job Cost.
- Ability to import job setups since we are not using an estimating module that will interface.
- Reporting export capabilities into various formats assists in providing simple to detailed reports.
- Availability to file payroll reports through Spectrum and have the option to pay the taxes.
- Non-customer receipt information is very limited and doesn't show up on the detailed general ledger so it makes extra work to track what those funds might be.
- A better way to add Subcontractor change orders prior to having the Owner change orders already written.
September 03, 2019
SPECTRUM ROCKS!
Viewpoint Spectrum is used in our company for our accounting/project management system. It is being used across our whole organization and it addresses our issue of having up-to-date costs in the system at any given time for anyone to view. We used to have duel systems that updated each night and didn't have true up-to-date costs in it. So, Spectrum has been a great asset to us for that reason (not for that reason alone but that is one of them).
- It is very quick, our previous systems took a long time to get us the detailed info Spectrum gets us in less than minutes.
- Spectrum gives us tons of information and in many different ways. There are multiple reports that you can pull in multiple different ways depending on your preference. Everyone here loves it.
- Spectrum has room for improvement on the AR side of things. The fact that COs don't pull onto draws unless you start the draw save it and then pull the CO's over is not very useful to us. Especially when a PM pulls their draw billing worksheet and it isn't there for them to work up a billing against.
- Spectrum could also work on letting you hide certain add-ons and deducts that are inactive on an employee, it gets a little overwhelming when you are looking at an employee with many deducts or add-ons on an employee but some are inactive, it is just hard on your eyes to know which ones are real and which ones are not.
December 03, 2019
Viewpoint Spectrum blows other software out of the water!
Viewpoint Spectrum is being used throughout our organization for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, HR, Payroll, and for all SDB's projects. The business problems addressed are those where we need to find out certain information for a particular project such as costs. The reporting function solves a lot of our issues. Also, we process our own payroll so Viewpoint Spectrum helps us out immensely with this.
- Editing a purchase order in the system is simple.
- Pulling job costs reports is simple and you can break them down in detail or in summary by a particular job, vendor, etc.
- Processing payments to vendors is simple and easy with guided step by step buttons.
- When approving invoices, there is no way to see if a job is holding retention or not. There is no column for that.
- When rejecting invoices, there is no way to see when or what was previously rejecting without having to resubmit the invoice.
May 16, 2019
Great Accounting Construction Software
Spectrum is mainly being used by our Accounting and Project Management departments to track all costs related to our jobs. We use a number of modules including Payroll, Accounts Payable/Receivable and Inventory. The Job Cost module does a great job of centralizing all this data into one place to see how our jobs are performing.
- Great software for analyzing data and trends while still being pretty easy to use.
- The ability to create a custom info link reports enable you to create virtually any report using the data you have in Spectrum that will auto-refresh with just one click of a button.
- They have a fantastic support network and I the few times I have had to contact support, I was directed to someone very knowledgeable that was able to find a solution.
- I wish there was a way to sort the canned Spectrum reports a bit easier. I am quite comfortable using info link, so it is easy for me to create a quick variation of the Spectrum reports, formatted the way I want it to look. But unless you have knowledge of info link, there is no way to easily rearrange Spectrum reports to show the data in the way you want it.
- The Job Requisition screen needs a lot of work. It's very slow if inventory is entered using the wrong job number, the entire thing has to be deleted and re-entered using the correct job number. If an item is entered using the wrong item code, you have to delete the line and re-enter it.
- I wish we had the ability to create new payment types. Something as simple as paying out jury duty is made more difficult than it needs to be because there is no "button" for it. Instead, we enter it as Sick and use a separate spreadsheet for tracking the actual sick time employees have remaining.
May 15, 2019
Spectrum user review
Spectrum is being used by the whole organization for purchasing, accounting, employee time input, etc. The departments that use Spectrum are sales, accounting, field, engineering, equipment, and parts store. It addresses our problems of efficiently creating POs and tracking purchases for all of our current and past projects within the company.
- Spectrum allows me to search for past products I have purchased.
- Spectrum allows me to easily view and sort invoices for approvals.
- Spectrum allows me to easily view project status.
- Being web-based, sometimes it can be slow when loading.
- Certain buttons have to be selected directly in the center or it won't select.
- Some naming conventions are duplicated and make navigation confusing at times.
May 10, 2019
Viewpoint Spectrum
We use Spectrum for accounting and the work order plugins.
- The ability to customize phase codes allows us to better dissect projects after completion to see what went wrong and what went right.
- The project management features are a little lacking. We are going to be trying Viewpoint Team soon, so that might help bridge that gap.
April 29, 2019
Viewpoint Spectrum Built for Construction
We use Viewpoint Spectrum across the organization as a whole. It is used to track every aspect of our jobs as well as helping to forecast projections and profits margins. It is also extremely helpful to our field personnel. Viewpoint Spectrum gives us the ability to share reports and costs instantly. One of our biggest problems that Viewpoint Spectrum helps us to better address is the cost associated with each phase of a project.
- Ability to track job cost.
- Multi-layer approval processing.
- Ease of job setup.
- CAN reports are very good and give us what we need and easily modified to make our own.
- We have not had any real issues with the software or the support team so we have no "cons."
April 09, 2019
Software That Provides Great Value
We use Viewpoint Spectrum throughout our whole organization. We use it for a number of different areas, and we use it to help solve many problems. From equipment fleet management and preventive maintenance to basic accounting functions, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cash management, Spectrum helps us stay organized and efficient.
- Viewpoint Spectrum is great for job costing. We use the job cost module to track project costs and billings, and the job cost reports that come from Viewpoint Spectrum are great and very helpful.
- Viewpoint Spectrum has a ton of useful reports in every module that help every area of our company. The reports can be easily printed, emailed, or downloaded and sent to whoever may need them within our organization.
- The customer service at Viewpoint Spectrum is top notch. Any time an issue arises pertaining to Viewpoint Spectrum, someone from the company is quick to respond and/or resolve my issue. If they can't resolve it right away, they usually do research and contact me within 24 hours with a solution.
- One area of Viewpoint Spectrum that could be improved would be the updates to certain modules that don't seem to get the same attention as others. For example, we use the equipment and preventive maintenance modules quite extensively, and there are certain improvements we would like made. But any time a big software update is released, these modules never seem to be addressed in the update.
April 06, 2019
Spectrum gives you the whole view
We have being using Spectrum since 2007 in all of the financial areas, including financial statements, a/p and subcontract management, a/r and project management, equipment control and tracking, job cost and work in process, human resources and payroll, fixed assets, and document management for the financial aspects of the business. The Spectrum product continues to excel and move forward to stay on the cutting edge of where software and data management is going.
- Document control and imaging: scanning and storing the respective documents, invoices, timesheets, contract change orders, etc. to facilitate quick viewing and or printing of info needed. All of the modules work seamlessly to provide information and documents from other modules
- In various modules (job cost, general ledger, etc) you can, through an inquiry mode, capture details and easily export/download to Excel to produce your own ad-hoc reports and research of data.
- The structure of the software works across all modules the same and shares/works with other products Viewpoint provides.
- The fixed asset module is less than it needs to be: there is room for improvement and it needs additional functionality
- Some of the functions that work in the main company do not work in a confidential payroll company—this needs to be addressed. For example, you cannot input equipment usage for an employee in the confidential payroll process you have to go to the main company and input this thru the equipment control module. In the same line, the bank reconciliations require you do one in each company for the confidential payroll bank account and both only contain part of the date (i.e., reg company has deposits, confidential payroll has employee checks).
April 05, 2019
Spectrum is the best!
It is a great tool for tracking and organization. I like it because all of the departments in our company are able to coordinate and manage documents and processing as a whole.
- There are so many options in the Spectrum folder structure and I am able to save the ones that I use daily for my department.
- I love that I can attach documents to different sections of tracking. That way I can keep every step in the same place if I ever have to look back.
- The filter options are great for searching for things in a timely fashion!
- I think the windows that you use for getting into a section to enter data should combine differently so you don't have to have so many Spectrum windows open at once.
April 16, 2019
Builds a bridge across the Spectrum of your business
Spectrum is used across our whole organization from the corporate level to the field level. The integration and ease of reporting have made it easier to connect the office to the field. We find Spectrum user-friendly and with the ability to login through the website, connectivity issues are very rare. Spectrum houses all of our accounting records where we can generate reports on the fly to see at a glance where we are at on any job and dive into deeper levels to get all the information. The dashboard is a great asset for corporate leaders to get a snapshot quickly and easily.
- Dashboards make navigating to the crucial information quick and easy.
- The layout with what we affectionately call the job info bar helps our project teams to quickly get where they need to go in the system.
- Crystal reports are easily managed and integrated with Spectrum, giving us great flexibility in custom reports.
- With a little training, and I mean a little, Spectrum is user friendly. Easy to create favorites/shortcuts for ease of use.
- The project management module could use some work. The reports and forms for this area are not easy to modify.
- Calculator ability within the invoicing or draw request screen instead of having to use calculator outside of the system.
- Draw request - the ability to change what is shown in the remarks field on the billing history detail screen.
We use Viewpoint Spectrum across the entire company. It's a great way to store and track virtually everything that goes into a construction job. We are using it for the financial side, and use Procore for the construction side. We also use it extensively at our service company. Without Spectrum, I'm guessing we would have a mountain of paper and never be able to find the information we need. There are also some useful reports.
- Keeps information digital.
- Organizes information and runs reports.
- Helps communicate efficiently between departments.
- The reporting is kinda clunky.
- On-site support is very very expensive (but a lot of mistakes occurred on initial setup, and fixing them is difficult).
- The imaging is quirky and often slow.
May 04, 2019
It looks so useful
Spectrum is used throughout the organization. We manage project costs and receipts, profitability/losses, vendors, equipment, payroll/HR, and overall financials.
- Managing supply logistics is fairly effective in Spectrum, with every purchase on a PO or subcontract (budgeting) tracking back to the job budget/phase.
- Invoicing is relatively simple once one learns all the required steps.
- Producing income reports for sales taxes is simple.
- Spectrum "help" screens are ridiculously difficult to navigate.
- Some of the processes require counter-intuitive steps and it's hard to find the right steps using "help."
- A book would be so helpful, something that could be marked up and kept by the desk. I've created on by printing off help screens (because when you find the right one, you'd better keep it); but the result is a 4" binder filled with screen prints and step-by-step instructions created internally.
Viewpoint Spectrum is used across the entire organization. It links cost management through payroll and accounts payable modules to job cost seamlessly. The reporting capabilities and parameters are useful to project managers and support staff.
- Records a single transaction and is linked through many modules so that once an invoice is input for payment, a user can view the invoices, determine when we will be paid, see if it is assigned to the correct job, and see the expenses in job cost reports in the applicable general ledger expense account.
- The cash management module provides the ability to reconcile the cash/operating account balance to the bank balance on a daily basis and reconciles/researches any discrepancies without generating tons of paper or waiting until month-end.
- The multitude of job cost and history reports along with scanned documents to substantiate costs is a valuable resource to project managers for managing a large job, determining profit margins, and managing manpower.
- The general ledger module, specifically cash account, has eliminated the ability to post cash receipts and cash payments (A/P) in a lump sum. Therefore, reconciliations and cash-flow reporting and accumulation of valuable data are extremely unproductive and inefficient.
- The inflexibility of voiding transaction in A/P after entered. You must create credit, then match the original input to credit in order to eliminate it outstanding and all reports.
April 10, 2019
Spectrum is a step in the right direction!
We use Spectrum in the office and out in the field. Our field support is able to use real-time data to ensure their projects stay on budget at all at times. They are able to run easy reports to verify costs and man-hours without having to wait for information to be updated. The office staff is able to run reports to ensure we are properly billed, paid in a timely manner and make sure all documents have been uploaded for each job to stay in compliance. Our employees use it to track their hours, pay and year-end documents at any time via online access. We utilize the subcontract kiosk for all of our subcontractors so that they are able to see all the contracts they have available and how much they have billed to date. They can also upload all safety, insurance or job documents needed with reminders when something has expired. That way they can ensure they are in compliance at all times.
- Real-time data is accessible at all times to everyone from employees to subcontractors.
- Multiple reports make it easy for you to capture the exact data you are looking for.
- Different security levels help control who can access information at any time.
- Without shortcuts, it takes a lot of steps to access different sections that you need.
- Not user-friendly when trying to change the view of different pages.
April 06, 2019
It's good out of the box and great if you have development background to truly make it fit your culture.
Viewpoint Spectrum is our accounting and cost accounting software. It is used by everyone in our company whether directly as a Spectrum user or indirectly through the use of tools that interface with the data within Spectrum for validations, automated processes, and queries. Users include Accounting, Executives, Sales, project managers, and Operations. We use it for general ledger and financial information, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, job cost, equipment fleet management, and fuel inventory.
- It is a browser-based software, which means that you can get to it as long as you can use the internet.
- You have the option of purchasing the Enterprise system, which allows you the ability to label and pivot your data using cost centers. Cost centers are very powerful in that users are free to devise their own intelligent number structure and implement that into a number that is connected to every transaction created.
- With the power of SQL SSRS and Spectrum's APIs, you can access your data and connect it to multiple databases. This contributes to robust management reporting, and also allows for bidirectional information flow to reduce keying.
- It has a very strong security system, including a module called InfoLink which allows for things that are queried or written from outside of Spectrum using MS SQL or Microsoft Excel query to adhere to the internal security parameters of Spectrum per user.
- Development for Spectrum seems to operate at breakneck speed. This has provided some really awesome new features on a regular basis and also allows the software to keep up with the current trending wants. However, the needs tend to be ignored and little things are throughout the software that don't work and aren't fixed and are annoying.
- Customer service has suffered since Spectrum was taken over by Viewpoint.
- Software service packs used to be regular and meaty. Lately, they have been sparse and sparse.
- They think they have a handle on unit price work, but it's not quite according to industry standards and it's difficult to get them to understand something from an operations standpoint rather than an accounting standpoint.
April 05, 2019
Spectrum Review
We use Spectrum for our whole organization and are looking at implementing Viewpoint Service Tech and their project management tool.
- Purchasing management is one of the things we love most about Spectrum. It's easy for our admins to create purchase orders and track their progress, and for the PM team to approve/deny costs.
- Love how easy it is to generate reports from Spectrum directly into Excel.
- Ease of use and tutorials. I understand that it's all custom to your company, but basic tutorials accessible through Spectrum itself would be great. Many of our employees are unaware of the Viewpoint network website as a resource for Spectrum tips and tutorials.
May 14, 2019
Spectrum offers Time Tracking Flexibility
We are using it for accounting and job cost analysis at this point. We are in the process of implementing the purchase order system and the project management module.
- There is tremendous flexibility in tracking labor hours by assembly and task.
- The calculation of the over/under billing is nice.
- The payroll time sheet tracking is useful.
- The Job Cost reporting could use improvement in the flexibility of choosing information.
- The time card module needs improvement.
- There need to be more training tools for the product or help guides.
April 30, 2019
Incredible Support Network
Viewpoint Spectrum is used in our corporate office for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Human Resources. We have been a Viewpoint Spectrum user since 2014. It continues to grow alongside our rapidly growing construction business. There is an incredible support network that continues to help us meet our needs. It continues to impress us.
- Support Networking
- Continuous Improvements
- Listens to Feedback
- Document Imaging
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