Timeslips Express 10.5
Timeslips Express 10.5
| by Dale Farris, President, Golden Triangle PC Club October 2001 Timeslips is a highly specialized software program that has become the standard in time billing used by professionals like attorneys and physicians. The vendor company, Sage U.S. Holdings, Inc., specializes in business automation solutions, and has produced a badly needed computer application that is very customizable to meet the unique needs of each customer. You use this program to bill for your time and to manage the income from this time. The software will help you track your time, print bills, and streamline the administrative chores related to billing clients and collecting fees. Since 1985, Timeslips has been in use in the offices of professionals across the country, and is very easy to learn, while built on powerful coding principles. Valuable time in each day can now be tracked by every billable minute. The easy-to-use "Stop watch" timer appears on the screen to provide an exact measurement of time spent with a customer in phone meetings, face-to-face meetings, or even while out of the office. The program applies appropriate billing amounts to the clients, and takes the guesswork out of the time and billing process. The program's ingenious Express Navigator provides the user with immediate access to critical time and billing functions. The quick setup process makes getting started very simple. The many helpful guides will familiarize users with the main features of the software and help novice users quickly learn how to use the program. The Billing Assistant makes it very easy to prepare bills. From the amount you have billed a client to your percentage of billable versus nonbillable time, the program keeps you informed. You do not have to be an accountant to work with the program. If you can use the mouse, you can use this program. With the Express version, users get a super framework to this powerful program that is also very easy to upgrade to the Standard or the Enterprise editions. All existing data is secured and becomes accessible when you move to a more fully featured version of the program. The Express edition also supports connectivity to Microsoft Database Engine (MSDE). Versions Available Timeslips Express is designed for small businesses with basic time tracking and billing needs. Timeslips Standard is recommended for established firms with 1 to 20 workstations, and has a powerful set of features designed to accommodate the time tracking and billing needs of all service professionals. The Timeslips Enterprise is the client/server version of the program. With flexible features and SQL server architecture, the Enterprise version is the perfect billing tool for service oriented businesses of any size. The Enterprise version comes with the premium features required by larger businesses but sold separately in lower Timeslips versions. Key Timeslips Features Navigator menu system Guides feature Dozens of personal settings Accommodate numerous billing styles Logo of choice can be added to bills Time and Expense tracking Stopwatch timer Custom abbreviations Spell-checking Slip List of slips on one screen Mark-up and adjust on individual tasks Data Entry Assistant Statement generation Various transactions Aged balances Assign local and state taxes Set up discount rules Bank deposit slips Multiple client funds accounts Timeslips Accounting Link Generate Bills from the Navigator menu Save all settings as a template Track time on separate projects for each client Bill clients on one bill or different bills Undo a bill to make changes Create custom bill templates Billing Assistant Reprint old bills Print bills to text or RFT files Save selection, sort, and preference settings for one-click billing Additional billing formats System Administration functions Dozens of pre-defined reports Custom sort and selection criteria Graph reports in various chart styles Accounts Receivable reports Slip Listings detail reports of every task performed Invoice reports for billed monthly values Bank deposit slips Client budget reports Productivity and profitability analyses reports Unique, detailed security profiles Control access to databases with Station Administrator Connected Databases feature keeps multiple databases synchronized Turn off all stopwatch timers with one mouse click Audit Trails show date/time of any action performed by timekeeper Client/server architecture ideal for offices of 20 or more Built-in text import utility allows program to accept data from other programs Delimited text files supported New Mobile Tracking Solutions Timeslips offers time tracking solutions for the mobile professional that make time and expense tracking on the road simple, and seamlessly transmitting the data back to Timeslips. The TSRemote feature allows you to track time and expenses while out of the office or in a non-networked environment. It offers a familiar interface, based on Timeslips, to make time and expense entry simpler. You can easily transfer information electronically to the remote location and then back to Timeslips. The TimeReporter is designed to work with PalmPilot hand-held personal digital assistant devices. This allows for simple, on-the-go time and expense tracking. Within seconds you can track and record all of your time and expenses while in or out of the office. Via the seamless integrated link, download all of your entries to your main billing computer with literally one click of the button. Seconds later, these entries are transferred, recorded, and ready to bill, without the need for messy import and export of text files. The Timeslips eCenter is a Web-based data entry solution for Timeslips. This allows for time and expenses to be entered from any Internet-connected machine. From the other side of the office, or the other side of the world, a timekeeper can quickly record billable entries just as they would from within the program. Sending entries into Timeslips database is also a simple, one-click process. In a matter of seconds, Timeslips finds every completed entry and downloads these, making these ready for billing. Client Access is an additional feature that allows your specified client to access their accounts online. Invoice listings, transactions, and other information are available at their fingertips at any time. Target Customers The obvious targeted customers for this program are the key persons involved in professional work that has to be accounted for and charged to various clients and customers. While this concept easily applies in any law office, this program does present super features that would be of use to physicians or any independent practitioner that can bill clients for their services. Prices $ 129.95 Timeslips Express $ 399.95 Timeslips $1,299.95 Timeslips Enterprise $ 219.95 upgrade from Timeslips Express to Timeslips $1,119.95 upgrade from Timeslips Express to Timeslips Enterprise $ 899.95 upgrade from Timeslips to Timeslips Enterprise Contact the company for network pricing and for multiple pricing. System Configuration Requirements for Timeslips Express and Standard Windows 95B, 98SE, 98ME, Windows NT 4 (SP 6 or higher), Win 2000 200MHz Pentium class processor 32MB RAM (48MB RAM or more recommended) 50MB free hard drive space (excludes your database) 200MB for MSDE CD ROM drive for installation System Configuration Requirements for Timeslips Enterprise with MS SQL Server Specifications Windows NT Server 4.0, Win NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition (SP 6 or higher) Windows 2000 Server Family Internet Explorer 4.01 with SP 1 or later 800MHz or higher CPU 1GB free hard drive space CD ROM drive SQL 7 Server Workstation Specifications Windows 95B, 98SE, 98ME, Windows NT 4 (SP 6 or higher), Win 2000 500MHz or higher CPU 28MB RAM 1GB free hard drive space for SQL client 200MB free hard drive space for MSDE SQL 7 Client software These are the company listed minimum requirements, and as most folks know, you just never ever want to depend on software in any minimally configured machine. I recommend users seriously consider 128MB as the minimum RAM, and of course, the faster the processor, the more responsive the system. The size of hard disk space needed varies according to the size of the user-created databases. About Sage U.S. Holdings, Inc. Dallas-based Sage U.S. Holdings, Inc. is the developer of Timeslips Time and Billing software. The company also publishes Carpe Diem Electronic Time Sheet and TimeSheet Professional, two leading time tracking products for large corporations, as well as TeleMagic, a leading sales force automation product. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sage Group plc, located in Newcastle-upon-tyne. Contact Ashley Simerman Public Relations Manager Time Division Sage U.S. Holdings, Inc. 17950 Preston Road, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75252 972-818-3900, ext. 2775 asimerman@sageus.com www.sageus.com www.timeslips.com |