QuickBooks + Chronicle = The World's Most Powerful Solution for small to medium sized Disaster Restoration, Construction and Job Related Service businesses. QuickBooks provides the framework for recording expenses, tracking billings and customer receipts using customer and job files created in Chronicle. Chronicle relies on the GL accounts in QuickBooks and uses the concept of an electronic job file to track the actual efforts of initiating and completing individual jobs. It consolidates all aspects of that process from budgeting to variance analysis, customer correspondence, relationship management and sales into one single web enabled management and operations tool.
Operations / Job Management
-Budgeting
-Labor Tracking
-Calendar / scheduling by job, person, activity
-Job Costing QuickBooks Data
-Document management and integrated scanning
Customer relationship management
-Complete job history files
-Contact / customer database QuickBooks
-Built-in email and faxing
Sales
-Lead tracking
-Call back reminders / scheduled actions
-Email and mail merge with MS-Word
-Marketing campaign management
General management
-Accounts receivable management using data from QuickBooks
-Billing and cash receipts history using data from QuickBooks
-Job activity summary
Chronicle has key integration points with QuickBooks Pro/ Primier/Enterprise 2008 and later.
The product is easy to use and cost savings begin to appear quickly after implementation. With Chronicle the productivity of everyone in the organization, managers, clerical and field staff, increases. Here are some of the things our users say about us:
"Chronicle is a total enterprise management program. Before Chronicle we had lots of promises. With Chronicle, we have lots of solutions that really work! We have a total IS program around which we build and manage our entire business." Wes Mitchell, Seattle, WA
"We are excited about what Chronicle does for us. From anywhere at anytime I can see what activities are happening. I know of no other software that can do what Chronicle does. Chronicle works, it is BIG, BAD and FAST all for a reasonable price." Cliff Kuhn, Tacoma, WA
"Since the implementation of Chronicle, we have become more proactive and less reactive in our daily encounters with customers. We no longer rely on piles of folders, but scan through Chronicle to view jobs." Amy Mantooth, Washington, DC
The power of the link between Chronicle and QuickBooks is best described by the number of businesses using Chronicle that have switched from other accounting systems to QuickBooks. Beyond the basic benefit of eliminating the duplicate entry of customer information and billing activity, the integration of the two applications has allowed businesses to reduce headcounts and improve financial results. Significant savings have come from better budgeting and easier job cost analysis using the cost data provided by QuickBooks within the Chronicle job costing module. Improved collections, as measured by the average days sales outstanding, have come as a result of the merging of real time billing and cash receipts information with the contents of the electronic job file maintained in Chronicle.
"Chronicle has truly enhanced the value of my QuickBooks data. I can't even measure the value, it is so large.¨ - Mark Bottjer, Temecula, CA
Chronicle is a leading provider of enterprise software tailored for use in small to medium sized contracting services businesses, including home improvement contractors, landscapers, disaster restoration specialists, pest control services, electricians, plumbers and roofers. A complete product description, including case studies, which provide real world examples of the product benefits, is available at www.gochronicle.com.