Category Archives: Products

CIS Goes Live with the First Sage Timberline Enterprise Installation

Working with the team at Sage, CIS Consulting Group launched the very first Sage Timberline Enterprise installation for Spectrum Construction Services in Charlotte, NC.  This is a milestone in both the launch of the new product from Sage as well as CIS in becoming the first partner to successfully go live with Sage Timberline Enterprise.

Steve Drew, Director of Product Management at Sage CRE announces, “Today Spectrum becomes our first STE customer to go live.  This is a huge accomplishment as the Sage and CIS team provide an extraordinary customer experience to Spectrum as they use STE to run their business.”

Built on a high performance and secure Microsoft SQL platform, Sage Timberline Enterprise integrates your accounting, operations, estimating, and service management processes so you can maximize your company’s productivity and have greater visibility into your business.

Dispatchers can check inventory and order parts from their dispatch board. Project managers can see responses to RFIs, transmittals and submittals. Accounting staff can set up jobs simply by selecting from a list of estimates.

For more information check out Sage Timberline Enterprise today!

Sage Portal Access

Sage is in the process of moving all their customer support onto one unified portal for all of their products.  If you are having problems logging onto the new portal, you can contact Sage Portal Support Directly at:

1-877-828-6372 or customer.portal@sage.com

The Customer Portal is located at: https://customers.sagenorthamerica.com/.

CIS Consulting Group Partners with Viewpoint Construction Software

Press Release

For Immediate Release
CIS Consulting Group Partners with Viewpoint Construction Software

CHARLOTTE, NC (June 15, 2010) CIS Consulting Group, based in Charlotte, NC has been selected as a Viewpoint Construction Software Channel Partner for the CIS East Coast Territory, greatly enhancing the CIS product offering.  Viewpoint offers the most modern SQL / .Net construction-specific solution tailored for mid to large contractors.

The added product line will allow CIS to offer a complete portfolio of technology solutions for its customer base as well as increased market opportunities in its North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland territories. Viewpoint Construction Software provides construction professionals with integrated, configurable applications for all aspects of project management, financial planning and day-to-day operations.

“We are excited to have Viewpoint as a strategic part of our construction technology offering. They are well positioned in key market segments, with well rounded product functionality delivered on a robust technology platform,” said Chuck Elyea, CEO of CIS Consulting Group.

As more construction firms are forced to evaluate their aging technology platforms over the next few years, the combination of Viewpoint’s experienced direct sales force combined with strategic channel partners, positions Viewpoint to effectively meet the technology needs of General, Heavy/Highway and Specialty/Sub Contractors. Viewpoint is optimistic that 2010 shows signs of a recovering economy and believes that now is the time for construction firms to invest in their businesses to position themselves to capture the opportunities of tomorrow.

“The addition of CIS as a well respected partner will help more construction companies realize the benefit of Viewpoint’s industry leading products,” said Jay Haladay, CEO of Viewpoint Construction Software.

About CIS Consulting Group
Established in 1987, CIS Consulting Group is headquartered in Charlotte, NC and specializes in construction and real estate technology solutions.  CIS Consulting Group is a full-service partner providing a wide range of professional services, telephone support, service agreements and classroom education with full IT and sales support.

CIS Consulting Group represents the best in technology, with solutions from Sage, Viewpoint Construction Software, Hard Dollar, PlanSwift, Microsoft, Citrix, and Hewlett Packard among others.  The group participates in several exclusive vendor sales and advisory circles with a proven track record of being a prominent industry partner.  CIS Consulting Group currently has 40 employees and over 1,700 active clients in four major U.S. regions.  For more information, visit www.cisinfo.com.

About Viewpoint Construction Software
With a long-standing focus on meeting the information needs of mid to large-scale organizations, Viewpoint has achieved a leadership position in construction enterprise software.  Built on a contemporary and scalable Microsoft .NET platform, the firm provides construction-specific solutions that address the unique needs of leading firms throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia.

Viewpoint works closely with its customers to gain specific insights necessary to evolve the software as industry conditions change.  The result is software that is built to adapt and scale as customers’ business needs grow and change. Most importantly, it means providing an information platform as rock-solid as the foundations our customers build their roads, bridges and buildings upon. For more information, visit www.viewpointcs.com.

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Contact Information
Kyle W. Smith
Marketing Director
4340-A Taggart Creek Road
Charlotte, NC 28208
www.cisinfo.com
704-971-3195

Guide to Project Management Reports

Just published: My new book on Project Management reports in Sage Timberline Office.  This is a follow up to my book on Job Cost reports. 

You can order both  books from CIS using our online catalog. Amazon.com will soon have the Project Management book, if you prefer to order it via there.

More about The Report Guide:

Wondered how to get information out of your software? Are you using the best change request formats? Looking for a primer on what reports or available?

The Report Guide explains and depicts almost 200 forms and reports from the Project Management application.  It provides a sample image for each report.  Detailed notes explain purpose, conditions, prompts, special considerations, and similar or alternative reports, such as those found in Job Cost.  It even includes reports not found on the default Reports menu.  A helpful introduction explains report access, file names, locations, and more.

Whether learning Project Management or just looking to get more out of your construction software, you need The Report Guide: Project Management Reports for Sage Timberline Office.

A customer wrote about the Job Cost book, “Timberline has hundreds of reports and it is hard to know which one we prefer. Sometimes we tweak one only to find out later there is one almost exactly the same in the system already. This book shows all the reports and is easy to navigate through.” Another customer came up to me at the recent TUG conference and exclaimed, “Your book is awesome!”

I hope you’ll place your order today.

2010 TUG Conference, May 16-19

Will we see you at the Timberline User Group conference?  Join us May 16-19 at Orlando’s Gaylord Palms Hotel and Conference Center.  Get all the details at http://www.tugweb.com.

Our own Towner Blackstock will present a hands on class on Change Management in Project Management, plus sessions on upgrading to 9.7, and basic Purchasing/Inventory. 

He’ll also have copies of his book, The Report Guide: Job Cost Reports for Sage Timberline Office.  Check out the introduction and first chapter at Amazon.com.  Click on the book cover to “look inside.”  But wait!  How about a $5 discount?

Claim your discount by ordering it from this site and entering discount code GCES98XD.

See you in Orlando!