Specific modules are associated with each of these business types.

General Contracting

• Estimating
• Project Management
• Subcontracts
• Change Orders
• Progress Billing
• Project Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

Trade Contracting

• Estimating
• Project Management
• Change Orders
• Progress Billing
• Cost Plus Billing
• Project Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

Service Contracting

• Service Contracts
• Preventative Maintenance Scheduling
• Service Work Orders
• Inventory
• Contract Billing
• Project Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

Homebuilder

• Estimating / Model Management
• Lot/Unit Sales
• After Sales Service
• Project Cost Redistribution
• Project Management
• Progress Billing
• Project Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

Heavy Construction

• Bidding & Estimating
• Project Management
• Projections
• Progress Billing
• Project Unit/Dollar Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

Concrete & Quarry

• Concrete/Quarry Quotes
• Ticket Import (interface)
• Ticket Management
• Ticket Billing
• Transport Payables
• Project Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

Fleet Management

• Vehicle Profiles
• Vehicle Preventative Maintenance Scheduling
• Mechanic Work Orders
• Project Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

Manufacturing/Fabrication/Distribution

• Estimating
• Customer Order Desk with Quotes
• Purchase Planning (MRP1)
• Multi-Site Inventory
• Distribution
• Order Billing
• Project Costing
• General Accounting
• Canadian Payroll

In addition, the following technology and general features are applicable to all business types mentioned.

Fully bi-lingual (English/French)

• Both languages are installed
• Set workstation language by user login
• Set workstation language on the fly from the menu
• All forms are sensitive to Customer/Supplier/Employee language setting

XML Transaction Engine

• Access all of the functions within Maestro using XML. For example create purchase order, create customer, get project listing, etc.
• Documentation of XML functions is provided so that you can create interfaces to 3rd party or internal software applications even without assistance from Maestro

XML Web Server

• Access all of the XML Transaction Engine functions over the internet VIA TCP/IP
• Create interactive web sites for customer/supplier/employee self service
• Interface to 3rd party software in remote locations

MS Outlook Integration

• Import contacts directly from Outlook
• Send emails and faxes directly from Maestro
• Transfer emails directly to Maestro from Outlook

MS Excel Integration

• One-touch transfer to Maestro from almost anywhere in Maestro
• Maestro data is properly formatted complete with headings. You won’t have to cut and paste and separate to get useable data
• Maestro uses Excel as our standard import tool. Excel imports are available almost everywhere in Maestro

MS Word Integration

• Create standard correspondence templates and attach them to Maestro’s document management feature that is available everywhere throughout the application
• Create document workflow processes that merge Maestro standard data and Maestro user-defined data to user-defined documents

MS Office Integration

• Word, Excel and Outlook features are integrated throughout Maestro

Pivotal Data Inquiries

• Pivotal data inquiries are 3-dimensional grids that can be customized on the fly. If you’ve worked with Pivot Tables in Excel then you will be very familiar with this concept
• Customized views can be saved for personal use or shared with other users
• Create formulas for new columns such as totals and ratio’s
• Format column data
• Choose summary total formats such as sum, average, count
• Export views to Excel, quick reports or email
• Switch to graph views to see data presented in any number of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional graphical formats such as line, bar or pie charts

Unlimited Drill Down

• Double click on information in Maestro’s interactive inquiries to see the details at the next level
• Drill from the source document all to way to the general ledger and back up again on a different path
• For example from project inquiry you could drill down on the subcontract summary to see al of the subcontracts, then drill-down on a particular subcontract to see its details. From here you could go to the invoices tab and see a list of invoices for this subcontract. Then you could drill down on the invoice to see the payment details. Then to the cheque and to the general ledger. Drill downs are virtually unlimited

Unlimited User Defined Fields

• Extend the functionality of Maestro without programming
• Add new fields with formatting and dependencies
• Apply the new fields to data entry screens, reports, and forms
• Make new fields required to ensure that users enter information before moving on
• Format the layout of the user-defined fields screen

Excel Import/Export

• One-touch transfer to Maestro from almost anywhere in Maestro
• Maestro data is properly formatted complete with headings. You won’t have to cut and paste and separate to get useable data
• Maestro uses Excel as our standard import tool. Excel imports are available almost everywhere in Maestro

List Generator

• Quickly generate lists of information from almost anywhere in Maestro
• Specify field names to include
• Specify conditions for filtering information
• Print to quick report
• Export to Excel

Integrated Email/Fax with Transmittal History

• Email or fax anything that you can print through Maestro
• Integrated to Maestro address book and Outlook for contact selection
• All Maestro reports and forms are automatically converted to PDF documents when emailed or faxed
• Emails and faxed, including PDF attachments are stored in Maestro’s transmittal log for future reference

Integrated Electronic Document Management

• Store documents on-line for quick access. Make your physical file cabinets one-way
• Create user-defined categories
• Attach standard correspondence templates
• Create Word and Excel documents directly within Maestro
• Specify responsible user and due date

Extensive User Security

• Users have individual logins and passwords
• Administrators can reset but not see users’ passwords
• Restrict access to users by company, project, project type, project category, employee, employee group and others
• Restrict access to specific menu items
• Additional security by module
• Create security groups