In situations where you have customer and/or vendor records in both Sage 100 Contractor and Sage Construction Management that have slightly different spellings, you can manually link them so that transactions get posted properly.

Here’s how to manually link customers and vendors.

The latest software release of Sage 100 Contractor 2021 (Version 23.2) is all about YOU – that is to say, current Sage Construction customers who have submitted their product enhancement ideas through the Sage Ideas Website. Sage 100 Contractor 23.2 incorporates some of the top-ranked suggestions – covering almost every area of the software – that we’ll take a closer look at in this article.

In construction, the process of determining whether your jobs are over billed or under billed each month (or year) has a big impact on the financial statement. If it’s the end of the tax year, it can impact how much you own in taxes, as well.

• Do you have to wait until March or April 15th to know whether you were profitable or not?
• What does 'over billed' or 'under billed' mean anyway, and why is it important when running a construction company?

Overall, the idea of these reports is to review the progress of the job and confirm you’re on track to meet your profit goals. From the accounting standpoint, it’s a way to smooth out the ‘timing’ problems with costs and billing.

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You’ve seen it – those awful and illegible paper timesheets; cell phone pictures of handwritten job numbers and hours, faxes, or paper dropped off in the shop. The dreaded weekly routine of trying to enter the right job with the right time for the right person, just to make the payroll deadline. Then, tracking down the Supervisors to get missing information and confirm hours.

There’s a better way – let the field enter time on their mobile devices, then pull that info into your accounting software to process payroll. So how does that work, and what do you need to know so you pick the right solution?
So glad you asked …

Most contractors have thousands of tools that are constantly moving back and forth between the warehouse and the jobsite. It's really easy to lose track of where those resources are at any given moment and if they’re being used and allocated efficiently. That’s why Sage is introducing Sage ToolOps powered by ToolWatch – the newest cloud-based app that works with Sage 100 Contractor and Sage 300 Construction. Here’s a closer look.

With all the talk and communication about Sage 100cloud, some customers might be wondering how it’s different than the Sage 100 Classic (on-premises) product they’ve been using all along. This article explores that topic.

Sage 100 Contractor 2018 (aka Version 21) is now available. In this article, we'll review some of the best new features including:

• Bank transaction downloads and automatic matching
• Expanded and enhanced search in the 9-5 Jobs Window
• 17 customer-requested product enhancements

Here's a look at what's new in Sage 100 Contractor.

​With the release of Sage 100 Contractor 2016, Sage announced that this powerful software for the construction industry now runs on the industry-leading Microsoft SQL Server database.  In this article, we’ll explain why this is probably one of the most important updates to Sage 100 Contractor in many years.
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Accounting and job costing are the backbone of any construction business. But many small contractors don’t have the right tools and technology to figure out when a job goes off track and unexpected costs pile up until after a project is complete – and by then, it’s too late.

In this article, we’ll explore how construction software like Sage 100 Contractor or Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate (CRE) can boost your bottom line by tracking project costs in real-time.

Ask any Sage Construction Software Provider and they’ll tell you that one of the top challenges in the industry is accurate job costing.

Scores of companies recall how easy it was to track projects, estimates, and costs when the business was small or just starting out. An owner’s intuition about the status of every job is more reliable when there are fewer projects to keep track of.

But as a construction business grows and becomes more successful, that intuition can start to get a little cloudy as you hire more people, pick up more projects, process more invoices, and delegate work across your team.

In a highly competitive and challenging environment like the construction industry, a reliable cost estimate is critical in successfully bidding on and winning new projects. Having access to a cost estimating tool that’s quick, accurate and easy to use allows you present multiple options, track and adjust for variances, and finish projects with a healthy profit and satisfied customer. Let’s take a look at how Sage Estimating – an option for Sage 100 Contractor and Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate software - can help you track costs, eliminate the guesswork, and win more business.

Even though your Quickbooks accounting system served your construction business well in the beginning, it may be time to consider an upgrade to Sage 100 Contractor. If your business has grown in the past few years, your combination of Quickbooks, spreadsheets, and hand-written notes may no longer be adequately supporting your construction business. 

Because Sage 100 Contractor was developed around the construction industry, it contains features specifically designed to support the unique business needs of construction companies. Here are the top 5 benefits of making the switch from Quickbooks to Sage 100 Contractor.