Based on a user created library of parametrically driven product templates. Our software features robust estimating tools, to meet unique requirements like:

• User created product library consisting of customizable product templates.
• Each product template contains materials and labor operations parametrically customised per takeoff usage.
• Each product template may optionally contain alternate configuration sets.
• Takeoff the project scope for group breakdown or holistic costing.

With a robust workflow engine, Our software easily handles task assignment and task completion monitoring for performance accountability.

• Description: Used to establish the task purpose, i.e., mandates, reminders, event occurrence, or decisions
• Assignment: Tasks may be assigned based on project role or default assignment. Multiple task assignments are also supported.
• Dependency: Task sequencing is determined by its dependency on its respective predecessor.
• and others…

Management of the project engineering phase offering shop drawing, RFI, RFQ, and material submittal approval tracking. Create manufacturing releases matching your shop’s net resource capacity.

• Shop Drawing Register: Track each shop drawing progress and status via milestone dates such as required, submitted and returned dates.
• Revision History : Each shop drawing line item tracks the revision history until final approval is received.
• Material & Finishes Approval: Submit Material Samples and Finish Samples for project owner/architect approvals. Submission history such as date sent, approval/rejected date are tracked.
• And more…

Requisitions and Purchase Order Management with real-time inventory visibility for lean execution and processing.

• Requisition Linkage: Each line item may be directly linked to a project Work Order, Shop Drawing and attachment.
• Requisition Data: Item description, including modifiers such as finish, pricing, vendor, payment and shipping terms when negotiated outside of purchasing are provided to procurement personnel for their purchase order facilitation.
• Purchasing: Satisfy all requisitions by either allocating from inventory, issuing a purchase order or rejected back to the requisitioner.
• and Others…

Dynamic operational and production scheduling in conjunction with net resource capacity.

• Separate your project into workorders and track each individually.
• Scheduling is driven via Crows Nest Task Management
• Visual, Drag & Drop
• Project & Production Scheduling
• and more…

Create works orders of size, scope, and type around your production capabilities and capacities. Track works order milestone dates unique to each works order.

• Split Projects into smaller manageable works order releases
• Define unique Dates/Tasks per individual works order release
• Releases may be quantity driven based on custom defined Unit Of Measure (UOM)
• Create custom works order templates specific to each type types of Works order Release

• PC stand alone program to capture individual clock-ins to a project, project Work Order, Project Labour Department and Labour Operation.
• Clock Into or out of a Break
• Clock In times may be rounded up, down to the nearest increment specified.
• Assigned Tasks may be marked as “complete” by the user.
• and more…

Scan bar-coded shipping labels via the Crows Nest Mobile App for the listing of all items to reside in a shipping manifest. Then print Shipping Tickets to travel with the goods listed in the manifest to their destination

• User Defined Bar-Code Labels
• Mobile Barcode Scanning (Android, iOS)
• Windows Mobile CE Support for Industrial Laser Scanners
• Manifest list may be imported from 3^rd party solution.
• and more,,,

Progress billing with Retention Tracking, Change Order and Payment Receipts Tracking and Real-Time Budget vs. Actual Costing Analysis.

• Schedule Of Values
• Change Orders Processing (submitted, pending, approved, rejected)
• Invoicing (with Retainage Processing)
• and more…

Crows Nest will develop Custom Reports to user requirements for new customers as a standard service offering. “If the data exists in Crows Nest, then a custom report can be created to your design around it”

• Over 300 standard report layouts shipped with Crows Nest Software.
• Standard report layouts may be “tweaked” to customer preference.
• Custom report layouts based on user specification are optionally available.
• Reports may be automatically run on a configured repeating schedule

Crows Nest provides PC based timeclock station software or mobile app (IOS and Android) for fast, easy, and convenient labor data entry at the work location.

• Timeclock: Clock in or out of a project, work order or assigned task directly to the Crows Nest server or via the TimeSheet when a data connection is not available. View entered hours over a data range.
• Project: emotely capture GPS coordinates and view all project CONTRACTS.
• Manifests: Use your mobile device’s camera to scan bar-coded shipping labels as you load for shipment or unload at the job site.
• and more…

Crows Nest Software offer a range of support plans, these plans cover the needs of small workshops of the larger commercial joinery companies