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Engineering, Construction & Operation Most Engineering and Construction
organizations are project oriented. Operations need to be managed
closely from project inception to deliveries to the ultimate
fulfillment of all project requirements. In Priority, a project
starts when RFI and RFP requirements are loaded into the database.
From that point on, the entire project lifecycle is managed within
the system: tracking changes and versions of requirements through
the negotiations phase, connecting requirements to a project WBS,
generating cost estimates and project time tables, milestone
tracking, delivery schedules, proposals, contract reviews, project
contract management, engineering, requisitions, production, testing,
shipments, and the service agreement and its own life cycle.
Priority will help you coordinate complex projects, manage vendors
and subcontractors, and track and maintain procurement, construction
operations and material management. You can also retrieve real-time
information about engineering, schedules, and costs. Coupled with
strong security capabilities, Priority is an ideal solution for
engineering and construction contractors whose needs extend to
complex BOMs and global supply chain interactions, tight engineering
and rigorous QA cycles. Engineering, Construction & Operation Industry Targeted Functionality
Issues & Solutions Interface for weighing trucksYou can interface with a truck-weighing utility as trucks enter and
exit loading areas, thereby affecting shipping documents, warehouse
transfer documents, customer return documents, and goods receiving
vouchers (GRVs).
Truck-Mounted Concrete Mixers, Pumps and Additional ComponentsPriority provides a viable solution that is fully customized
for additional components (configurator) sold with truck-mounted concrete mixers and pumps, and for their maintenance. Selling an Assortment of Items as a Single UnitPriority enables you to define product assemblies that include different quantities of assorted products in various combinations. The list of products can be transferred automatically from one sales document to the next (price quote, order, packing slip, and shipping document), and quantities adjusted as needed, enabling quick and efficient delivery of the entire product set to the customer. Defining a Standard Routing with Alternate OperationsYou can define a standard production routing for a manufactured part, while maintaining the flexibility to report the production operations that were actually performed. Managing Projects for Concrete Mold RentalsPriority provides a project management module for working at the building site level, and a dedicated accounting module for the calculation of monthly charges accrued. Managing & Tracking an Extended, Multi-Stage Sales ProcessPriority allows you to manage a sales opportunity as a "sales
project." A sales opportunity consolidates the various tasks that need
to be completed by the different units in your organization. Handling Deferred IncomeIn companies where income is distributed over a given time frame (e.g., for rental agreements, ongoing support), Priority enables automatic management of income distribution according to accepted accounting procedures over the period in question (the rental period, the service agreement). By reporting the period covered when billing the customer, the system divides the total income into fiscal periods and at the same time records the payment under Deferred Income. Periodically, you run a program which moves the correct proportional amount from the total Deferred Income payment to the appropriate income entry. Handling Prepaid ExpensesThere are certain types of expenses which by nature are spread out over a set period of time (e.g. rent, service charges, insurance). Priority allows for the automatic management of these types of expenses, distributing them according to accepted accounting procedures over the expense period (duration of the rental or service contract). By reporting the period covered when recording the vendor invoice, the system divides the total expense into fiscal periods and at the same time records it under Prepaid Expenses. Periodically, you run a program which transfers the correct proportional amount from Prepaid Expenses to the appropriate expense item. Comparing Vendor Price QuotationsPriority enables you to link a number of price quotes to a purchase requisition (PR) document and compare them, in order to choose the best proposal. In addition, linking the quotes to a PR enables supervision within public institutions, to ensure that the winning vendor for the PR is chosen properly. Advance Payment InvoicesYou can produce an invoice that will act as advance payment for a sales order, indicating the amount advanced and without indicating order items. Upon finalizing the invoice, the Advance Payment Balance field for the sales order is updated. Each additional invoice opened for this order will have a certain percentage deducted against the advance payment (as per the percentage defined in the order), until its balance is cleared. Interfacing with MS ProjectYou can create project plans in MS-Project, import them into Priority, and update the Priority project with imported data. MS-Project files are imported from within the project. The program imports the hierarchical activity structure (WBS), including start and end dates, human resources assigned to each activity, and additional details. In Priority's Projects module, you can link activities to planned resources, such as work hours and materials taken directly from the Purchasing and Financials modules. This integration enables the production of Planning and Execution reports at all levels of the project, as well as the Revenue report. Automatic Preparation of Project InvoicesPriority enables automatic creation of invoices for projects. Project customers will be billed for:
Planning a Project Payment ScheduleYou can record payments that a customer owes for a project in a special form. Payments can be linked to WBS activities flagged as milestones. When reporting 100% completion of an activity linked to a payment, the payment is released for collection. When invoices for the project are automatically prepared, the program will prepare invoices for the released payments. Requests for Vendor Price QuotationsPriority Requests for quotes (RFQs) can be generated automatically from purchase requisitions, for select groups of vendors: the preferred vendor for each item, or all vendors that meet a certain standard of quality. The receipt of quotes based on the same RFQ enables you to compare them, select the best one, and convert it to an order. Avoiding Deviation from the Purchasing Budgetallows you to activate online budgeting from the very first stages of purchasing. Upon generating a purchase requisition, users will be asked to specify the budget item for which the desired part or service is being requested. Before the PR can be passed on to the organization's purchasing department, the following conditions must be met:
This mechanism accompanies all subsequent purchasing stages, right up to final authorization of the order and submission to the vendor. Project CostingPriority enables you to record planned costs of human resources and materials for each activity, which are updated automatically from system documents such as journal entries, orders, shipments, invoices, etc. In addition, every activity displays its cumulative cost (the total planned cost of its sub-activities), which is calculated by a special program. Managing Customer Requests for a Proposal (RFPs)Before planning a project, record the customer's objectives as you
understand them, or as recorded in the RFP document you received with
the Scope of Work (SOW) document. The SOW document consists of a
numbered hierarchy of requirements and sub-requirements, which can
include extensive remarks explaining each requirement. Each requirement
can also be linked to its own final product, where the price of the
product determines the price of the requirement (e.g., how much a
specific development activity in the project will cost). Profit & Loss Analysis for ProjectsPriority's Projects module is integrated with all forms and documents in the system, enabling you to view a form displaying the current profitability of any project, including projected profit. This form takes into account all actual and projected revenue and expenses recorded for the project. Project Planning and ExecutionPriority's Project Management module enables you to calculate planned costs of a project at the activity (WBS) level, including material and labor costs, and subcontractor costs. Total planned costs of all activities are collectively added to the projected cost of the project. As the project progresses and resources are invested, you can receive a continuous report of how well its actual execution conforms to its planning, from the project level down to its individual activities, so that if there is any deviation, it will be recognized as soon as possible. Project Payment by MilestonesPriority allows you to determine project milestones by flagging project activities (WBS) as milestones for payment. Once 100% of a given activity is completed, the planned charge is released and an invoice is created billing the customer. This invoice, which is created as a draft, undergoes a separate authorization process Profit & Loss Analysis for ProjectsPriority's Projects module is integrated with all forms and documents in the system, enabling you to view a form displaying the current profitability of any project, including projected profit. This form takes into account all actual and projected revenue and expenses recorded for the project. Project Planning and ExecutionPriority's Project Management module enables you to calculate planned costs of a project at the activity (WBS) level, including material and labor costs, and subcontractor costs. Total planned costs of all activities are collectively added to the projected cost of the project. As the project progresses and resources are invested, you can receive a continuous report of how well its actual execution conforms to its planning, from the project level down to its individual activities, so that if there is any deviation, it will be recognized as soon as possible. |