Maestro Technologies - Intelligent management software for the construction industry.

These are two separate modules with highly specialized functionality. The first module is designed specifically for Asphalt and Aggregate operations. It contains features that allow you to quote prices for these products to potential customers with annual or project specific prices. When a deal is made, the pricing is loaded. The scale tickets will automatically be captured from the ticketing software and prepared for billing, according to the negotiated pricing, without the need for further user intervention. Further editing of the tickets can be performed in maestro* after they have been imported. The second module, specifically designed for the concrete industry, is similar to the first but adds the capability to do special pricing for services and additives. These special prices can be directly integrated with the batching and dispatching systems. For units equipped with tracking systems and GPS sensors, items such as wait time can be automatically captured and invoiced, according to your list or negotiated price schedules. This module also allows you to follow contract liens and credit limits that may affect the batching and dispatching modules designed by Marcotte Systems.

Maestro*’s Ticket Management feature is very sophisticated module managing both raw material and transportation payables and receivables. Tickets may affect as many product types as you have configured in Maestro*. It is completely integrated with Maestro* project management for a daily follow up of each sites’ production. Maestro* can also be tightly integrated with Marcotte System Ltd’s programmable controller management system for concrete and asphalt plants. This integration allows for the synchronization of customer, product and job info as well as the transfer of ticket information all via the internet. Maestro*’s advanced import features allow it to integrat with most of the available scale ticketing and concrete batching software solutions in North America. Add in maestro*’s concrete/asphalt/aggregate quotation modules and you have one of the most advanced and efficient billing and management solutions available on the market today.

Maestro*’s advanced importing features allow it to import tickets from most modern electronic ticket systems that are integrated with the scales found at quarries and asphalt plants.

This module allows invoicing of delivery tickets such as concrete, asphalt, aggregate or any other product that is sent in multiple deliveries but requires consolidated billing. Combined with the concrete, aggregate and asphalt ticketing and quotation modules, it provides an extremely efficient billing process that minimizes errors and omissions. A very flexible invoice presentation format allows you print invoices grouped and sorted however you or your customer desires. This module will save you hours of manual reviewing, grouping and re-recording ticket information in order to generate a billing (invoice). With maestro*’s ticket billing module you will be able to bill more frequently and eliminate wasted efforts.

Tracking payables when hiring 3rd party truckers can be difficult. Trucker invoices are not always accurate and often not detailed. Reconciling these payables can be time consuming and painful. Maestro* simplifies this process by automatically tracking the trucker payables by ticket/load. Whether the tickets are automatically imported or entered manually maestro* will breakdown the payable and receivable components and create simple to follow reconcile lists to ensure that you can create accurate payables quickly and easily.

Maestro*’s product catalogue will allow you to easily track all of the information you require about each product. You can track product price, cost of sale, unit of measure, multiple supplier prices and discounts. The product catalogue links to maestro*’s inventory module which can be added to aid in tracking product on-hand and re-ordering. Using consistent product codes also leads to valuable product sales reporting.

Maestro* Customer Relations Management (CRM) allows you to effectively manage incoming calls, scripts, customer history and more. This module is integrated with Maestro*’s contact management, job cost and accounting modules. It incorporates many usability features such as intelligent search on any part of the contact data (name, address, etc.), validation when saving new contacts to avoid duplication, links with MapQuest or GoogleMap, and much more. The call manager allows you to easily access history, review pending calls, search through calls and create scripts for collecting pertinent information on incoming calls. Sales related calls can be automatically assigned (with email) to sales representatives for follow-up using customized criteria. Cost/revenue estimates, projects, invoices and deposits can be automatically created. Maestro*’s CRM module is an excellent solution for companies with call centers that are generating services business.

Adjust inventory to account for shrinkage.

Maestro* offers one of the most sophisticated project cost management tools available today, a single tool that addresses the information analysis requirements of estimating, operations and accounting. With maestro*’s unique Pivotal Data Viewer, project cost information can be easily viewed in multiple dimensions. All information is shared in real-time between estimating, operations and accounting departments, eliminating redundant databases and spreadsheets. Maestro*’s project cost management and inquiry module is completely integrated with our other modules, including order change, commitment, billing, projection, production and other management modules.

Maestro* offers a complete accounting solution that is fully integrated into all of maestro*’s specialized construction project management modules. All information passes through the project management modules automatically, eliminating wasteful entry duplication between operational and accounting systems. Maestro*’s design ensures that both the accounting and operations departments have the specific tools that they need to get the job done right, without compromising the availability or quality of the information they require.

The maestro* payroll module is designed specifically for the construction industry. Maestro* is capable of virtually unlimited union calculations and can print union statements customized for each specific union. Automatically generate and print union disbursements. Calculate and print T4’s, ROE’s. Where available, maestro* supports electronic and Internet based versions of the above. Hours worked on the job sites can be recorded daily or weekly and subsequently adjusted by your payroll department. Interfaces are available for electronic deposit with all the major banks. Maestro*’s construction payroll also supports calculations for pieceworkers, providing all of the functionality mentioned above, regardless of whether the worker is an employee or subcontractor. Maestro*’s construction payroll is very sophisticated and tightly integrated within both the accounting and project management modules.

This module allows the management of depreciation books according to different recognized methods, in addition to presenting all information regarding each item’s value. This module is integrated with maestro*’s equipment management and general ledger.

Contractor liabilities in the construction industry are ever increasing. It is now critically important to equip your team with a software management tool that addresses today’s needs, and Maestro* can track your liens and waivers, minimizing financial risk on projects. Completely integrated with the subcontractors’ contract and payables modules, the Lien Management features will allow you to proactively address your risk.

Executive dashboard is a window into the current status of your business. Using maestro*’s executive dashboard you can create many views of project and accounting information that can be accessed simultaneously. Imagine coming in each morning and reviewing the status of your business while enjoying your morning coffee or having a quick peek just before leaving for the day. Maestro*’s dashboard reports and views update automatically ensuring a consolidated real-time view of your business.

Although maestro* has gone to great lengths to ensure that spreadsheets are no-longer a business management requirement, we respect the fact that users still feel more comfortable knowing that they have access to this tool. Maestro* offers one-click access to Microsoft Excel virtually everywhere throughout our application. Information transferred to Excel through maestro* is preformatted and ready to be used (numbers are numbers, dates are dates and so on). Year-end details can be easily provided to your auditors in Excel format. Whatever your needs, accessing details from within maestro* is as easy as a point and click.

Finally, a document management and scheduling solution to help you coordinate the many documents produced for each job. Exclusive to maestro*, our electronic document management module is fully integrated throughout all other modules. Drawings, site directives, meeting minutes, daily diaries and many other documents can be stored and organized within maestro*, creating a virtual job book that can be accessed from anywhere you can access maestro*. For example, a shop drawing linked to a requisition could be sent with an order. It will then be accessible from the requisition, order, project and even the related suppliers’ file. You can define custom document categories (using your own terminology) for projects, customers, suppliers, contracts, employees, etc. Help shield yourself against future claims by being able to reproduce all communications (e-mail, fax, etc.) and documents for your projects, even if the project manager is no longer with your team. Maestro* is the only software to offer this level of project management and collaboration in a fully integrated ERP software solution.

Everything printed from maestro* can be displayed on your screen in maestro*’s advanced report/form viewer. Instantly search reports using our powerful, built-in hypertext search engine. Send your reports and forms through the Internet via email. Maestro* automatically generates a PDF document mirroring your report or form and attaches it to your email message. Your recipients will receive an “exact” copy of the report or form that can be easily viewed using Adobe’s® free industry standard viewer. With just a click, the viewer also allows you to export the reports to Excel. Your data will be formatted and ready to use. Exclusive to maestro*, our report/form viewer even allows you to select groups and columns for viewing or change the sorting order in real-time. This feature is available even for standard system reports.

The Maestro* report generators are powerful tools that will allow you to create a wide range of reports from the simplest listings to the most sophisticated analysis.