EVision Contract Management Construction Software

Plant Management

Overview
Benefits
Features

Plant Management Overview

EVision’s Plant Management module provides companies in the construction, service and maintenance, and housebuilding sectors with fully integrated industry-specific functionality:

Management of owned plant for lifecycle costing
Charging of plant to projects/contracts
Full procurement functionality for hired-in plant
Location tracking for all plant

All of this information from across your organisation is held in a single place providing “one version of the truth” across all of your operations.

Sage Construction EVision has Microsoft Dynamics™ NAV at its core, allowing deep integration across familiar applications such as Microsoft Office and making it easy to communicate and collaborate effectively without juggling applications. EVision provides the flexibility to set up your system for today's business requirements, as well as offering a platform for change and growth.

Sage Construction EVision enables every individual in your company to turn hunches into genuine insight, and insight into decisions that drive business success.

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Plant Management Benefits

Manage plant availability and reduce costs. Knowing the location of plant and the duration of its use for a particular job means you can more effectively plan the use of plant across current and future projects, reducing costs and additional charges.
Effectively plan the maintenance of plant. Complete visibility of plant across projects means more accurate forecasting of plant maintenance.
Make smart decisions. Improve your decision-making by having up-to-date plant information at your fingertips.
Understand the value of your plant Provides a central log of equipment value and applies flexible depreciation rules.

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Plant Management Features

Management of Owned Plant for Lifecycle Costing	A record is created for each individual item of equipment along with hiring periods and charges Insurance and certification details Plant status – detailing on-hire, available, maintenance, etc. Full details on make, model and serial number(s) are recorded, along with security coding, asset tagging etc Full history of all costs and revenues including service and maintenance costs provides a P&L account for each plant item
Charge Plant to Projects/Contracts	Plant job worksheet manages and costs both internal and external plant, giving instant access to on and expected off hire dates Flexible charging periods for each job
Procurement of Hired-In Plant	Plant requisitions and order process with automated approvals Order consumables and delivery charges Maintains an external plant library with standard supplier rates
Service, Maintenance & Certification	Recording of plant servicing /maintenance Insurance policies held by the plant owner are specified along with the equipment and statutory insurance requirements required Equipment certification recorded where required
Value, Asset Coding & Depreciation Methods	Full integration with Fixed Assets & General Ledger Provides equipment value and asset code, and applies flexible depreciation rules e.g. straight line, reducing balance, etc. Multiple depreciation books provide support for tax computations and other accounting requirements
Hiring Periods & Charges	Various hire periods can be accommodated ranging typically through daily, weekly, etc. A diary of availability can be established, showing non-hiring periods for maintenance or other reasons. The diary shows each hire period, broken down by plant item. Fixed, variable and special (one-off) hiring charges can be maintained. Discounts for periodic or repeat usage can be applied.
Plant Location Tracking	Plant worksheet provides a record of all plant on a contract whether owned or hired-in Plant may be on- and off-hired quickly and easily Plant location reports provide up-to-date accurate information of the whereabouts of all plant items Plant history provides ‘where used’ information for all plant items
Reporting & Enquiries	Instant access to data from either enquiry window or report User definable reports can be created Ability to drill through from one report to another Built within the system but easily output to external applications such as Microsoft Excel and corporate intranets
Business Analytics	OLAP cubes quickly and easily embedded to allow ‘slicing and dicing’ of all plant information Cubes are user definable in terms of content and business rules Seamless passage of data from day to day business processes Easy access to information via embedded Excel & dashboards

Availability of certain features and functions subject to licensing options.

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