NEWSTAR Enterprise

Streamline and pro-actively manage the full integration of sales, construction, account and service management processes, while maintaining full control of cost commitments and profitability. Put simply, NEWSTAR Enterprise brings together under one roof product management, product library, Subcontracts on Parts, Purchase Orders, Scheduling/Onsite, Home Cost Reporting, Loan Draw Management, Home Sales and Warranty.

Product (Options) Library

• User-defined product and options libraries shared across multiple subdivisions
• Global, packaged and intersecting products for comprehensive options handling
• Subdivision specific material take-offs, subcontracts and date sensitive retail pricing
• Cost based mark-up rules defined by subdivision, category and subcategory
• User-defined controls for validated color and attribute selections
• Cut-off rules to prevent option sales beyond schedule task dates

Subcontract/Parts

• Full integration with Product Library, Purchase Orders and Warranty
• Subdivision specific, effective dated supplier and subcontractor costing
• Pay point (draw) definitions by product and by trade
• Complete history of subcontractor and supplier part pricing
• Quick current cost updates with each supplier pricing change
• Commitment controls by Project, Lot and Model
• Subcontractor and supplier quote uploads available via Excel for model option and parts

Purchase Orders

• User-defined workflow and approval rules for each purchase order type, such as construction, variance, warranty
• Enterprise-wide integration to all other sub-systems
• Full control over change orders for pricing and quantity revisions
• Easy-to-use manual PO entry, including quantity, pricing, discount and tax details
• Fully integrated with construction scheduling for single-point payment release via auto-pay and express to processing
• Configurable business rules for PO processing and PO generation
• Email and Fax enabled for quick distribution of Pos

Scheduling/Onsite

• Unlimited user-defined tasks with critical path relationships
• Flexible, definable standard schedule templates, built-in calendar system with user-defined work days and holidays
• Purchase order re leases tied to scheduled tasks
• Auto payment approval, based on field reported task of completions

Home Cost Reporting

• Flexible, user-defined account coding structures, including Project/Phase, Lot, Block, Major and Minor Cost Codes
• Unlimited cost code templates for different project types
• Full integration to general ledger system
• Obtain true profit and loss analysis by tracking cost and revenue at lot, project and product level

Loan Draw Management

• Fully integrated to accounting and construction systems
• Prepare draws based on scheduled completion, projected or actual cost basis

Homes Sales – Back Office

• Maintain all offers on-line, handles deposits and deposit schedules, track closing dates, including latest closing and other critical dates
• Project-wide sales and lot inventory reporting
• Option and color selections
• Fully integrated with option/upgrade library