What's New in B2W Estimate 2007
New features in B2W Estimate 2007
General New Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Hierarchical Grid on Item Listing Tab |
The Item Listing tab now allows you to view task and crew level information, giving you a single location to view and modify production rates for all crews within your estimate. Learn more about viewing cost structure on the Item Listing tab. The Item Listing tab may be viewed as a "hierarchical grid," similar to the Estimate Detail tab tree view. To view task and crew level information on the Item Listing tab, use the View combo box to select Pay Items and Cost Structure or Indirect Items and Cost Structure. Select the plus sign next to a detailed pay item to "drill into" the task and crew structure within. When viewing cost structure on the Item Listing tab, you may expand all structures to a certain level - or to all levels - by right clicking any column header and choosing a level of expansion. Remember, when viewing cost structure on the Item Listing tab, you may enable additional columns that are not available otherwise, such as Crew Production Rate and Crew Production Method. |
| Customer Management Enhancements | B2W Estimate now includes several features that allow for quicker and easier customer lookup, including a new Lookup Customer dialog in the New Estimate Wizard and Estimate Information tab, and a new Edit Customer button, also on the Estimate Information tab. |
ENTERPRISE Features
(Available only in the Enterprise version of B2W Estimate)
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| View History for Any Item |
B2W Estimate now allows you to view historical information about how an item has been bid in the past. To access the Item History dialog, right select on any item on the Estimate Detail tab, and then select View Item History. |
| Cost Groups | Cost Groups allow you to perform detailed costing for a collection of items and/or tasks as if they were a single cost structure, and then apportion the resulting cost back into the member items/tasks. |
Redesigned Subcontractor and Vendor Management
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Ability to Compare Self Performed Costs with Subcontractor Quotes |
The brand new "comparison" cost method gives you the ability to compare self performed unit costs with subcontractor quotes. |
| Subcontractor and Vendor Centric Views | The new Subcontractor and Vendor Management views feature one central area to enter sub or vendor prices, and to view self-performed unit costs for all comparison items or tasks. |
