Singletouch opens U.K. headquarters
Software, Nov  24  2009 (Digital Energy Journal)

- Singletouch Corporation, a provider of real-time data capture platforms, has established its UK headquarters in Ashington, Northumberland.

The company has also launched a new feature called the Labour Monitor tool, reporting functionality that shows productivity and percentage complete by cost code, which enables contractors to estimate jobs more accurately, execute on budget, manage cost overruns and be more accountable to their customers.

Founded in 1997, and with its U.S. headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, Singletouch also has Canadian operations in Calgary, Alberta.

Contractors can use Singletouch to send details collected in the field to head office, where that data is integrated into backend systems. Once data has been entered, project managers and office administrators can use it for invoicing and reporting.

A new feature of the platform is the Labour Monitor report, a custom report generated by the Project Control module. By combining budget data, actual data such as time tickets, and the field survey, the Labour Monitor report assists a project manager in managing workforce efficiency and productivity in the field.

Within the Labor Monitor report, cost codes for the project, each of which will have a materials, services, labour, subsistence and direct job expenses (DJE) budget amount associated with it, are documented and useful statistics determined against each code.

These statistics enable the project manager to understand the percentage complete by cost code, forecast labour hours to complete the cost code, and understand the productivity for each cost code.

Contractors can also provide specific information about issues that may have impacted productivity, for example, in some job environments, weather may play a role, cost of materials may change suddenly, labour rates may change, or there may be other dynamic market factors.

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