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Interim Release - Version 6.05.60
New Landscape Data File
Feature Focus - Cartage
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Interim Release - Version
6.05.60
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Benchmark have
been sourcing the needs of our users and finding ways to provide
the benefits they require. Version 6.05.60 represents
Benchmark’s continued commitment to keeping our clients at the
edge of estimating excellence, and includes features such as:
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Resource Group Totals (right) – This
gives you the ability to add another level of subtotals
at the Resource level in a Project. It helps to further
structure your estimates for transparency and for
clearer reports. |
Screenshot:
Resource Group Totals |
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Export to Excel® for job costing –
A new "Resources by Item with Used and Remaining" Export
to Excel® has been added. This includes columns where
you can enter the ‘Used’ quantity for each Resource
within an Item. Benchmark calculates the Remaining
quantity and also calculates your Actual profit per Item
and for the Project, as compared to your estimated
profit. |
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Mandatory Fields feature – You
can now choose to specify mandatory fields that must be
completed before you can 'Complete' your Project and to
capture data for your marketing analysis. This is a
great tool for organisations who wish to capture data
that will facilitate more accurate and beneficial management reporting. |
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14 NEW
Reports –
These include new Marketing/Management reports and reports for your
Estimators, Senior Estimators and field staff.
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Sample Report PDF - Items by Group by Cost
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This report is good for a Senior Estimator to
review what has been allowed for in the estimate and to see
which Items are the highest in cost.
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Some of the new Management report options available
(below)
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These provide excellent data to facilitate
better business decisions by management. |
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‘Show Calculations in Lists’ option (right) –
You can now choose to view your Item and Resource
calculations in a new ‘Calculation’ column. This
makes reviewing your estimates faster and easier as you
can see how your quantities have been
calculated. |
Screenshot: Show
Calculations in Lists |
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Column
widths remembered by Estimator –
You can adjust column widths in many screens, and these
widths are now remembered by Estimator. |
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Faster operation of the Spread screen
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There have been changes to when the Spread screen will
perform its calculations to increase the speed of using
both the Spread screen and Benchmark. |
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New Landscape Data File
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Benchmark
Estimating Software has just released a new and improved
Landscape Data File created by professional landscape
contractors. This data file is included in your purchase
of Benchmark, and it will save you and your
business hours of time because well structured data and rates
have been established for you! This new landscape data file
gives you the ideal starting point to establish and customise
your Libraries to quickly unlock the competitive edge Benchmark
provides.
Interested in the Landscape Data File?
Check out the adjacent screen shots for a sample of the type of
data found in the Landscape Data File.
For more information:
Have Us Contact You or
Request a Landscape demo CD!
Clients with current maintenance agreements:
Click here to get your
free copy of the new Landscape Data File! |
Screenshot: Some of
the Items in the Landscape Data File
Screenshot: The
Resources contained within an Item |
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Feature Focus - Cartage
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What is Cartage?
Estimators typically allow for cartage in an estimate when it
costs money to transport material resources to the job site.
Cartage is often calculated as a rate per unit per unit, for
instance $0.30 per tonne per kilometre. Cartage will sometimes
include a ‘Flag Fall’, which is an additional cost per tonne
irrespective of distance travelled. You can also nominate a
‘Distance Included’ which is a distance of travel that only has
the Flag Fall cost applied.
How to use Benchmark’s Cartage feature:
In Benchmark’s Resource Library you can create a Cartage
Resource and specify a Flag Fall and Distance Included.
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When these Cartage Resources are used in a project all you
have to do is enter the cartage distance, either: |
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At the Project level where every Cartage Resource in the
entire Project is carted the same distance |
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At the Section level where every Cartage Resource in
that Section is carted the same distance |
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At the Item Level where every Cartage Resource in that
Item is carted the same distance, or |
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For each individual Cartage Resource where the Cartage
Resources within the same Item need to be carted
different distances to the job site |
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After you have entered the cartage distance,
Benchmark will automatically calculate the cost of
cartage for you!
See the
screen shot opposite for an example. |
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Screenshot: Cartage used at the Resource level of a Project |
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NOTE:
Tick the ‘Use cartage’ checkbox in the Admin
screen to enable the Cartage functionality |
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