Visual JobCost

Visual JobCost™ is a management tool designed to enable businesses to maintain financial control over multiple projects. Visual JobCost was intentionally designed to apply to a wide range of industries including contractors, subcontractors and other project-oriented business.

VJC allows you to:

• Create jobs (or projects)
• Build detailed estimates and budgets
• Track actual and committed costs
• Issue change orders
• Bill jobs
• Report on job progress

Industries Served

Visual JobCost was designed to meet the needs of many industries. Current VJC end users include:

• Advertising Agencies
• Architectural Firms
• Collector Car Auctioneers
• Electrical Contractors
• Equipment Contractors
• Equipment Manufacturers
• Food Growers/Wholesalers
• Furniture Installers
• General Contractors
• HVAC Contractors
• Landscaping Contractors
• Machine Shops
• Mail & Promotional Companies
• Marketing Agencies
• Mechanical Contractors
• National Guard Units
• Nursery Contractors
• Plumbing Contractors
• Printing/Packaging Companies
• Production Companies
• Public Housing Authorities
• Pump & Equipment Suppliers
• Reforestation Companies
• Refrigeration Contractors
• Remodeling Contractors
• Roofing Contractors
• Safety Equipment Consultants
• Surveying Contractors
• Management Companies
• Software & E-business Consultants
• Steel Fabricators
• Tool Manufacturers
• Tour Directors
• Underground Tank Storage Contractors
• Value Added Resellers
• Wood Importers

Visual AccountMate Integration

The Visual JobCost product line includes:

• VJC/LAN - compatible with LAN versions of Visual AccountMate
• VJC/SQL - compatible with SQL versions of Visual AccountMate

Visual JobCost is integrated with the following Visual AccountMate modules:

• System Manager - Visual JobCost is accessed from within the Visual AccountMate System Manager. All screens and reports have the same “look and feel” as Visual AccountMate making it easy to learn and use.
• Purchase Order - Posts committed cost from purchase orders. Allows you to assign a job number, cost code, and cost type to each line item on a PO.
• Accounts Payable - Posts actual cost from accounts payable invoices. Allows you to distribute AP invoice cost to multiple jobs, cost codes, and cost types.
• Payroll - Posts actual cost from payroll time cards. Allows you to assign a job number and cost code to each employee time card.
• Inventory Control - Issues inventory items to jobs. Allows you to include inventory items in job estimates, job transactions, and job billing. Also allows you to transfer inventory to and from jobs.
• Accounts Receivable - Posts job billings to accounts receivable. The Job Billing process automatically creates an AR invoice.
• Sales Order - Create jobs or change orders from sales quotes. Update job billings from shipped orders.
• General Ledger - Posts job cost transactions to general ledger. Costs can be distributed to any number of GL accounts.