CTimeMS is an application developed by Timelink for the Estimating phase of a project. It complements the Candy System, by enabling the automation of repetitive tasks that take up a lot of time during the preparation of the estimate budget.
It consists of several applications that are useful throughout the various phases of preparation of the estimate, and also allow detailed analysis of the tender and cash flow analysis, thus ensuring the user a significant gain of time.
Fast tender estimates. Comparison of tender versions. 360º Report of budgets. Estimating Dashboard.
Find out moreAutomatic consolidation of bill items spread across several files or sheets as provided by the tender client. Write-back of the selling rates from Candy to the corresponding bill items in the original files from received from the client.
Find out moreCreation of Excel files for the subcontractor enquiries, each in an individual sub-folder of the project folder.
Find out moreAutomated creation of personalised e-mails for subcontractor/supplier enquiries to multiple contacts, with attached documentation and files if required.
Find out moreConsolidated graphical analysis subcontract proposals of by project
Find out moreTransfer of rates, from subcontractor proposal data files, to Candy-linked files, from which subcontractor rates can be easily pulled into the Candy Subcontract Adjudicator.
Find out moreCalculation and optimisation of project cash flow and simulation of financial scenarios.
Find out moreCreation of detailed rate breakdown sheets, in Excel in accordance to any template that has been specified by the tender client.
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• Based on the ratios of similar projects.
• Multiple ratio types available. (ex:Â per m2 construction, per number of rooms, or beds, per km, etc.).
• Possibility of using average, maximum and minimum ratios.
• Possibility of applying price revision factors.
• Based on the Price Ratios of similar projects.
• Selection of projects by various criteria.
• Possibility of using average, maximum and minimum Price Ratios.
• Validation by different types of Price Ratios.
• Possibility of applying update factors to the Price Ratios.
• Viewing the budgets from different perspectives
• Automatic and simultaneous processing of data tables with data as selected.
• Transferring of data selection to external files.
• Making the most of existing coding structures definable in Candy.
• Central configuration table.
• Consolidated analysis of budgets per price code.
• Easy identification of the most relevant price codes.
• Table and matrix of item numbers against global value
• Selection of projects / versions by several criteria.
• Possibility of using average, maximum and minimum ratios.
• Validation by different types of Price Ratios.
• Possibility of applying update factors.
• Powerful and configurable information cube.
• Built on SQL database.
• Visualization of tender performance by several perspectives.
• Analysis in number, sales value and margin.
• Several types of Price Ratios available.
• Selection of projects by different criteria.
• Historical trends of Price Ratios.
• Alignment of item fields.
• Generation of missing descriptions.
• Extraction of data from problematic files.
• Correction of files with errors.
• Processing unlimited number of files and worksheets.
• Ability to process different configurations.
• Ability to exclude worksheets from inclusion.
• Consolidation of data fields distributed over several columns.
• Non-processing of hidden lines.
• Automatic write-back of selling rates to client file(s).
• Possibility of applying a factor to the prices.
• Report of detected errors.
• Automatic creation of each subcontract's folder.
• Creation of excel files for each subcontract.
• Recording of each subcontract's excel file in the respective folder.
• Possibility to include/exclude comments and sub-notes.
• Quick selection of the entities to be consulted for each subcontract.
• Easy organisation of the documents to be sent for each subcontract.
• Possibility of using personalised e-mail templates.
• Control of the subcontractors' replies.
• Statistical analysis of the consultations and respective replies
• Organised archive of the e-mails sent.
• Consolidation of all subcontract enquiries in a single analysis file.
• Graphical display of results and the composition of each proposal.
• Automatic classification of the subcontract proposals in each subcontract.
• Rate transfer to the consolidated (Candy / CTimeMS) file prepared for easy importing into Candy.
• High flexibility of configuration.
• Possibility of transferring data in rows to columns.
• Creation of schedules in table format from Candy listings.
• Report of transfers.
• Optimization of data for ERP's.
• Importing production and billing quantities from Excel files into Candy.
• Multi-project / multi-review / multi-currency.
• NPV (Net Present Value) analysis.
• Split receipts / payments.
• Retentions and retention payments.
• Advance payments and payback.
• Finance loans and related charges.
• VAT.
• Specific collection and payment deadlines.
• Currency Exchange Rate factors.
• Listing of price sheets (Candy worksheets) in the format required by the client.
• Separate reports for main and auxiliary (complex) worksheets.
• Dual-currency reporting format.
• Handling of estimates calculated using macro price codes.
• Ability to capture variables (e.g. number of men and machines, production rates,...)
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