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ArchiOffice Software
 | 3 Reviews (4.4/5) |
Created by architects specifically for those in the architectural field, ArchiOffice is a comprehensive, user-friendly solution that combines both robust project management with agile office management features. ArchiOffice helps both architects and their staff manage and streamline daily activities, project data and critical business information in a single centralized system.
In addition to helping firms effectively manage their projects, ArchiOffice offers time and expense tracking, invoicing, billing and business intelligence. The solution is installed on-premise and can be run on both PCs and Macs. It's ideal for small to mid-sized firms with less than 50 employees.
ArchiOffice includes industry-specific functionality designed to help architects be more efficient and profitable. Projects can be organized by phases or consolidated for tracking and reporting. Timers in ArchiOffice allow users to run any number of timers that can be recorded to the time card with one click. Fee Schedules can be created and assigned to project documents, since rates may vary significantly from project to client to task.
The project management functionality includes reports such as Work in Progress, Profitability and Expenses. The reporting feature gives users a complete view of the business, and users can build unique reports using the ArchiOffice reporting engine.
For architects looking for a complete system to manage both their firm and projects, ArchiOffice should be on the short list of products to consider.
3 Reviews of ArchiOffice
ArchiOffice 2011 is a one-stop program that contains all of our project info, contact info, and time slips in one location. It is kind of like Outlook: you open it up first thing and leave it open all day long. No longer does a project manager have to ask the bookkeeper about a client's invoice, where we stand on a project budget, or if the client is fully paid. ArchiOffice pulls the right data out of Quickbooks and puts it back in the firm Owner or project manager's hands where it belongs. Quickbooks then becomes a simple General Ledger... All of your financial and/or project reporting are available at the click of a button. This software even works remotely over the Internet, so you can run reports or enter your timesheets while away from the office. The security levels built-in also restrict the information to those who do not need access to it.
We started using the program in V8 about February of 2009. We've been through AO2010 and are now using AO2011. Customer support is immediate. We have had our share of issues, but typically they were resolved in a few hours. The ones that weren't, usually were fixed in the next service release.
The progress of the application as it has evolved from version to version has been very orderly, with improvements introduced without any significant learning curve for users. In addition we have found the developer to be exceptionally responsive, in the few instances where we have needed their assistance.
ArchiOffice has become a long-term solution for us, after years of being dissatisfied with applications that were either too large or cumbersome, or that were not quite up to the task. I would readily suggest ArchiOffice to offices ranging from sole practitioners to larger organizations.
ArchiOffice can give us a daily review of profitability project to project. It can also organize our files on the client, consultants and contractors in one program with information all connected to the project.
Although ArchiOffice is continually upgrading, which can sometimes cause glitches, their staff is always a phone call away with quick fixes.
Our office has had a steady increase in profits since 2004 until the recent economical downturn. Knowing where we stand on a project helps us to assign the staff necessary to complete the project within the budgeted hours.
In our case the advantages we receive from ArchiOffice far outweigh any glitches that arise.
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