Job Production Tracking Solutions :.
ALTrac is a job production tracking tool and daily diary application for the construction industry. Whether you are a general, subcontractor or heavy highway company this solution is for you. The system tracks project management information for labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on mobile devices. Budgets for this information can then be pushed to the field where they can be compared with actual numbers and then retrieved by the home office.
Major Benefits :. • Eliminates transcription errors
• Increases employee productivity
• Combines accuracy & efficiency of recording
• Electronically store daily diary information
• Ensures data validity checking during input
• Offers simplicity, usability and applicability
• Simplifies internal communications
• Extends the reach of corporate networks
• Decreases corporate operating costs
Enterprise Integration :.
Through XML and data linking capabilities, ALTrac can be integrated with any job cost accounting or project management system. This business application is tailored to ease the burden and reduce the costs of tracking production at all levels of an organization. ALTrac utilizes Palm OS and Windows Mobile smartphone technology and leverages major wireless carriers’ data networks.
Key Features :.
• Ease of use
• Real-time searches
• Real-time filtering
• Real-time validity checks
• Pick list boxes display width of screen
• Data entry by description or code
• Flexible editing of distribution
• Multiple entries per day
• Track job site conditions
• Record job diary notes
• Easy actual/estimate comparisons
• Quick over/under budget comparison
• Copy of prior entry’s activity
• Specify reporting requirements by job
• Easy adaptation of custom reporting
• Summary and detail employee reporting
• Handheld no-touch deployment
• Record level data sync transfers
• Built with Microsoft® SQL/MSDE
• XML integration
Daily Job Cost Tracking :. ALTrac gives the user the ability to receive job budgets and record production information electronically on a mobile device. The recorded field data is sent to the main office where various reports can be run from the information. A user simply makes a minimal number of taps on the screen and within a few seconds they have entered in production information that can be used to make better, more informed decisions about project management. By eliminating paperwork, ALTrac eliminates the tedious method of collecting daily job information. It eradicates numerous transcription errors and helps dismiss the problem of illegible handwriting by making the entire process occur electronically.
In our experience, construction companies often struggle with getting the information they need in a timely manner. With ALTrac, field users will have access to accurate, up to date, fully consolidated information such as budgets, job-to-date actuals, job productivity, variances, and more. Additionally, ALTrac is capable of consolidating and generating reports in minutes that would otherwise take days or weeks to produce. As a full turnkey solution provider, Austin Lane can fully implement and train your organization to use ALTrac.
The flexibility and adaptability of this application makes turning your organizations production gathering process into one very simple electronic form. ALTrac is project management reporting made easy.
