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Oct32016

what does easy to use software really mean

What does “easy-to-use” software mean?

Is it … Easy to setup? Easy to comprehend? Or is the software so simple a caveman could use it?

What is easy for one person isn’t necessary easy for another. Many people have designed their own software because they thought the software in the market was too hard to use but only to find out that their software was hard to use by others. Again, what is easy for one person isn’t necessary easy for another as it comes down to the operator’s skill set.

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October 3, 2016 1 CommentConstructionBy CSG Software

Oct32016

Construction Software | What is the real investment?

There are many software applications and many manufacturers of construction software that you can invest in to help you sell more, generate more leads, build happier customers, estimate faster, create more accurate proposals, communicate more effectively with vendors and software programs that can help you make more money.

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October 3, 2016ConstructionBy CSG Software

Oct22016

Today’s Tools in Estimating

Construction jobs across the world are starting up and once again we are seeing cranes in the skyline. It’s a great sight for builders and contractors as they struggled through a gruesome 20% unemployment rate in just 2010, according to US News. Thankfully by 2012 this had already shrunk back to 13% and has been moving optimistically ever since. There are jobs to be filled in the construction industry but the descriptions of certain jobs have been altered by the computer age. With that, let’s look at some of the tools which estimators find themselves using on the job today.

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October 2, 2016ConstructionBy CSG Software

Oct12016

What Makes for Successful Software Implementation

There have been many cases where builders and contractors have purchased software and the implementation was unsuccessful. There can be many reasons for an unsuccessful implementation of a new software package.

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October 1, 2016ConstructionBy CSG Software

Oct12016

Communicate More Effectively with an Automated Purchase Order Creation and Management Software System

You have spent hours or even weeks putting together a detailed estimate. You have presented a proposal to your customer listing out detailed job specifications by category of work with a total price. The customer signs it. Now the work begins. The problem is, you need to communicate what was sold to your customer to the vendors and employees working on the project.

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October 1, 2016ConstructionBy CSG Software

Sep282016

9 Steps to Finding Software that Fits

Take a hard look at what your company really needs from a software package, or integrated system. What kinds of data do your managers need? What do your data entry personnel think of your existing system? make a list of your “must haves” and your “would like to haves.”

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September 28, 2016ConstructionBy CSG Software

Jun282016

30-Day Software Trials and Why They Don’t Work

Many contractors are looking for ways to streamline their business, control costs, and bring more profit to their bottom line. Many contractors are turning to companies like Contractors Software Group, Inc. to provide them with automation tools to help them sell more, generate more leads, build happier customers, estimate faster, create more accurate proposals, communicate more effectively with their vendors, and make more money.

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June 28, 2016ConstructionBy CSG Software

What does “easy-to-use” software mean?

What does “easy-to-use” software mean?

Construction Software | What is the real investment?

Today’s Tools in Estimating

What Makes for Successful Software Implementation

Communicate More Effectively with an Automated Purchase Order Creation and Management Software System

9 Steps to Finding Software that Fits

30-Day Software Trials and Why They Don’t Work