The results spell "profit." This custom report saves on the average about one hour per job.
		Based upon the fact that this contractor performs over 2,500 of these jobs per year, this one report has saved the contractor at least 2,500 man-hours every year.
		What could you do with an extra 2,500 hours per year?

Seamless Integration with Existing Systems - A large general contractor using eCaliper needed to export information from eCaliper to a mainframe accounting system.

		We created an export format that precisely met the import requirements of the mainframe accounting system.
		The custom export took just a few hours for us to develop, and saves the contractor hours of data entry on each job.

Custom Markup Calculations - A site utility contractor wanted to export information from eCaliper to the company's job cost system to suit their special business situation.

		This export involved spreading some costs for certain items (such as general conditions) across other items, plus other calculations.
		The development of the custom export took only about 16 hours.
		The contractor is certain that it saves him about four hours per job. Job after job, day after day.

Estimate Exactly Your Way - A large casework contractor switched from a limited homegrown estimating system to eCaliper.

		We duplicated the report formats of the out-of-date legacy system
		The dollars saved avoiding countless hours of retraining and hassles commonly associated with a new system are now in the "profit" column.

Custom Calculations Built into eCaliper - A concrete contractor wanted to see certain custom extended calculations for specific line items during the takeoff process.

		We added the information to the eCaliper takeoff program in just a few hours, meeting the precise needs of the contractor.
		eCaliper graphical reports enabled our client to see financial trends previously overlooked in tables of numbers.

Estimate on Your Terms - A large general contractor using eCaliper demanded that the software terminology of eCaliper match his company's specific terminology.

		They wanted phase codes to be described as "cost codes," and "cost types" to be called "cost categories," along with a number of other terms.
		With eCaliper's "open system" development strategy, we were able to make these changes in only a few hours.
		Now, eCaliper custom fits their company culture and work practices.

Store Client Specific Data - One of our clients needed some custom fields for cost items to identify various colors, styles, and other item specific data for their cabinet products.

		Creating separate items for all the different combinations would have delayed the implementation process given the vast amount of combinations to build.
		eCaliper added the fields to the cost items and the forms displaying the cost items in less than four hours.
		This saved a great deal of time during the setup of eCaliper, and time is money.