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WennSoft

Construction Project Management Solutions

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Company Name  WennSoft  URL  http://www.wennsoft.com/  Founded  1995  Location  New Berlin, WI  Phone  262-821-4100  Primary Business  Business management software for a variety of construction trades  Company size  $11 million annual sales, 95 employees

When the operations department of a construction services company desired to find a better way to manage large construction projects, the answer that they found was WennSoft Solutions. WennSoft Solutions are designed to supplement and improve the functions of existing software solutions which ultimately increases business efficiency and productivity. WennSoft Solutions provides management software for construction, field service and equipment management for both the public and private sectors. Based on Microsoft technology, WennSoft Solutions are designed to meet the needs of any industry.

 

Basic Company Information

Support Offered	On-site	X
	Web	X
	Phone	X
Product Areas covered	Collaboration/workflow management	X
	Project management, scheduling and  resourcing	X
	Cost estimating	X
	Document control/management	X
	Job cost accounting	X
Construction types   supported	Commercial	X
	General Contracting	X
	Heavy and Highway	X
	Industrial	X
	Mixed Use	X
	Residential	X
	Specialty - MEP	X

 

Project Management Detail

Document management  and control	Log & track plan changes	X
	Log & track contracts and contract changes	X
	Log & track correspondence, memos, etc.	X
	Track submittals	X
	Track submittal revisions	X
	Submittal additions/changes trigger notifications	X
	Scan images	X
	Read CAD files	X
	Capture/index image files	X
	OCR text images	X
	Direct links to documents (plans, drawings, contracts, etc.)	X
Change order  management	User-defined status codes	X
	Ability to consolidate multple requests into single  CO	X
	Link plans, notes, etc. to change order	X
	Historical tracking and commending	X
	Change order triggers events such as cost revisions	X
	Approval management and tracking	X
Calendar management	Schedule integration with Microsoft Outlook	X
	Task notifications/updates	X
Scheduling	Critical path management	X
	Exceptions and alerts	X
	Cross-project roll-ups	X
	Cross-project resourcing	X
	Schedule variances	X
	Dependencies analysis & management	X
Resource management  (subs and suppliers)	Customize standard subcontractor forms	X
	Resource costing	X
	Resource leveling	X
	Time reporting and approval	X
	Contractor/vendor contact management	X
	Vendor performance tracking	X
Reporting and analysis	Reports sent by e-mail	X
	Key metrics reports	X
	Cross-project reporting	X
	CPM analysis	X
	Gantt Charts	X
	PERT Diagrams	X
Budgeting and  forecasting	Earned value analysis	X
	Track actual costs/expenses to date	X
	What-if analysis	X
	Forecast cost-to-complete	X
	Cash flow forecasting	X
	Cost/budget variances	X

Estimating Detail

Take-off	Takeoff using digitizer	X
	Onscreen takeoff	X
	Mouse takeoff	X
	Digitizer tablet support	X
	Graphics digitized	X
	Custom annotations and libraries supported	X
Items & assemblies	Item lists	X
	Cost items	X
	Markups per item	X
	Unit-price bidding	X
	List/construction unit/composit assemblies	X
	Visual assemblies	X
	User-defined forumlas	X
	User-defined fields and headers	X
Subcontractor/vendor  management	Quote comparison	X
	Purchase order management	X
	Change order costing	X
	Bid tracking	X
	Subcontractor management	X
Quotes, bids &  proposals	Proposal generation	X
	Purchase order generation and management	X
	Line item bids	X
	Bid rounding	X
	Lump sum bids	X
	"Ballpark" estimating	X
	Financial allocation/markup "spread"	X
	Change order processing	X

 

Job Cost Accounting Detail

Basic Accounting	Accounts payable	X
	Accounts receivable	X
	Billings	X
	General ledger	X
	Job costing	X
	Payroll	X
Equipment	Equipment maintenance	X
	Equipment/asset management	X
	Fuel accounting	X
	Unit price billing	X
Extended Accounting	Cash management	X
	Change order management	X
	Fixed assets	X
	Proposal management	X
	Subs mgmt	X
	Subs payable	X
Human Resources and  Safety	HR /staffing	X
Integration	Estimating interface	X
	Project mgmt	X
	Scheduling	X
Materials	Counter sales	X
	Inventory	X
	Materials management	X
	Purchasing	X
Service Management	Dispatch	X
	Trucking/transport	X
	Work orders	X