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Managing Time & Billing

Time & Billing functionality forms the core of Star PM. Design principles have been focused on providing extensive and easy to use functionality that will address the requirements of the most demanding clients.

Time & Expense Entry
With Star PM Time & Expense entry, developed using Microsoft Smart Client technology to ensure ease of use and flexibility of deployment, you will:

• Ensure that the maximum amount of time and rechargeable expenses is captured for every job resulting in improved billing and recovery.
• Provide users with intuitive software, enabling rapid deployment and requiring minimal training.
• Provide users with the ability to capture Time & Expenses irrespective of where they are working thus ensuring that WIP is updated as quickly as possible.
• Ensure that time targets can support flexible working, whether this be for part time staff or accounting for time in lieu, meaning better control and streamlined administration.
• Have the ability to record Time & Expenses in multiple currencies, meaning simplified billing and accurate recording of exchange profits and losses.

Billing
With Star PM Billing you will:

• Have complete control over the appearance of the bill, utilising standard paragraphs and having the option to automatically email a PDF of the bill to the client. This will ensure speed of delivery as well as generate time and cost savings.
• Be able to identify billing opportunities easily, enabling you to bill more quickly, reducing lock up and improving cash flow.
• Automatically generate billing budgets for the following year, making fee forecasting a painless exercise.
• Be able to exploit a range of approval processes, ensuring that bills are approved and printed only when your own guidelines have been met.
• Be assured that the most complex requirements, including multi currency and multi entity, can be addressed.