Billquick lite 2008 Jason Poelstra

1. Billquicklite2008Jason Poelstra

2. Purpose • Help businesses manage time, employees, vendors, payments, scheduling, expenses, reports, and invoices • Can be synchronized with Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and Peachtree • Environment: Business/Office

3. Users • Designed for: • Architects • Engineers • Contractors • Accountants • CPA • Attorneys • Computer consultants • Other professional consultants

4. System and Hardware Requirements • Operating System: • Any version of Microsoft Windows Vista • Microsoft Windows XP Professional/Home Edition • Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Server • Mac and Unix systems require BillQuick Web Suite • Hardware: • 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium IV-class processor or faster • 1 GB of RAM • 430 MB of total hard disk space

5. Role Based Navigator • Opened when user first opens BillQuickLite 2008 • User has the choice to enter and view data for: • Company • Management • Time Expense • Billing • Time Card • Expense Log

6. Company Navigator • Allows the users to view and enter data for: • Employees • Clients • Projects • Vendors • Activities • Expenses • Invoices • Payments

7. Business Management Navigator • Allows the user to view and enter data for: • Clients • Client Groups • Projects • Project Groups • Controlling Employees • Also allows the user to calculate: • Estimates • Budgets • Service Fee Schedules • Expense Fee Schedules • Reports

8. Time Expense Navigator • Allows the user to view and enter data for: • Employees • Vendors • Activities • Fee Schedules • Expense Logs • Timers • Time Cards • Billing • Reports • Reviewing Invoices

9. Billing Navigator • Allows the user to: • Estimate Expenses • Calculate Time, Expenses, and Budgets • Review Billings • Create Manual Invoices • Review Invoices • View and Create Reports • Make Payments • View Messages

10. Time Entry Navigator • Allows the user to enter: • The Hours Worked and the Projects that were worked on for each employee

11. Expense Log Navigator • Allows the user to: • Calculate expenses for each project and employee • Calculate costs of each unit

12. Porter’s Value Chain – Outbound Logistics • Deal with activities that collect, store, and distribute output. • Example: Graham Tire Manufacturing • Wal-Mart wants to buy your tires • BillQuickLite 2008 used to calculate total amount ordered, when to ship tires, and total amount owed by Wal-Mart for tire order • Invoice could be filled out and sent to Wal-Mart for this transaction

13. Porter’s Value Chain - Operations • Deal with activities that transform inputs into outputs • Graham Tires needs to know how many tires to produce on a daily basis to keep up with demand • BillQuickLite 2008 would schedule number of employees to work each day, amount of time it should take to make each tire, and costs for employee labor and making each tire

14. Porter’s Value Chain – Inbound Logistics • Deal with activities required to receive, store, and disseminate inputs • Graham Tires needs to know how many raw materials will be needed to make tires on a daily basis • BillQuickLite 2008 would calculate the amount of raw materials needed, when to order them, and what the expense is

15. BillQuick Suites • BillQuick Basic 2008 -recommended for businesses with 1-4 employees • BillQuick Pro 2008 -recommended for businesses with 5-40 employees • BillQuick Enterprise 2008 -recommended for businesses with more than 40 employees

16. BillQuick Suites

17. Recommendation • I would recommend BillQuickLite 2008 • Gives companies who use it a competitive advantage over companies who don’t • Allows businesses to quickly and easily fill out invoices, keep schedules, manage time, budgets, and employees • Makes work for businesses easier to handle and helps save money by allowing businesses to bill customers quicker