“Engineering firms like ours have very unique software requirements. We’d tried many different accounting packages without any luck…then we found Maxim. It’s a good thing.” (Orlando Robbins, Amtec Engineering Ltd)

Engineering companies can have a mix of job types. Large jobs, small jobs, one off jobs or jobs that manufacture products for resale. Maxim copes with the lot. This places heavy demands on an accounting and operations management system. Maxim was designed to handle those demands.

The typical engineering firm requires a sound job management system that handles job quoting as well as tracking of costs against the quoted or budget hours and costs. Having complete control over labour hours is also crucial to success for engineering firms. Maxim allows timesheet input to flow directly into jobs with employee hours and allowances being exported to payroll.

Maxim also provides an effective purchasing management engine, and inventory control that allows quantity and cost tracking of raw materials, packaging and third party costs. It can calculate the area and weight of materials (ex: steel sections and sheets) and convert from purchasing units of measure to selling units of measure.

Seamless linking of jobs to the manufacturing process, which in turn creates inventory stock on hand, also provides for increased control. And, you have visibility into the true cost of manufactured products.

Quality Management
Companies that have a Telarc or ISO Registration have additional challenges. Maxim helps in this area by tracking material test certificates and other material documents that are used on jobs requiring Quality Management.