Key Features

Key Benefits

• Create phase, stages and activities within projects, with options to add Operations, planned purchases, plant hire and tasks at an activity level.
• Budget by cost heading and optionally by period and cost heading.
• Labour can be recorded directly into a Project, with an option to plan on the built in scheduler to create committed labour. Labour can also be recorded against a project via Sicon Approvals or Sicon Shop Floor Data Capture, (available as an additional purchase).
• The Project Enquiry and Management screen provides a simple view of any project, showing all costs and revenues.  Drill-down to any detail or transaction history and instantly identify outstanding Sales/Purchase Orders as commitments.
• Purchase Invoices can be linked to multiple projects and cost headings at entry.
• Each SOP & POP line can be linked to a separate project and show as commitments.
• Stock issues and returns can be made to projects and cost headings.
• Cost/revenue at completion functionality provides a mechanism to re-forecast a project, generating Accrual Journals. The in-built CVR enquiry provides a single screen showing the YTD current period and overall actual, accrued and total sales, costs.

Sicon Modules that Integrate with Sicon Projects

• Contracts | An ideal option for businesses that need to be able to link a Sicon Contract to a project to capture invoice revenue alongside standard Projects functionality to record costs, therefore providing visibility of overall contract profitability.
• Documents | Documents can be added against a project once it has been initially created and viewed against a project by using the option to view the Project Enquiry and then the Sicon Documents tab.
• Documents Automation | Reading the project number on a document to be able to verify the transaction to the project.
  Sicon CRM | Create CRM Tasks against Sicon Projects to enable you to track progress of those tasks.
• Sicon Fixed Assets | Sicon Fixed Assets integrates with Sage Project Accounting and Sicon Projects for depreciation postings.
  Intercompany | Enables the ability to copy a project from one company to another as well as being able to select a project when creating IC transactions.
• Barcoding & Warehousing | Enables handheld users to issue and return stock to/from Sicon Projects from within the warehouse with those transactions being immediately reflected against the relevant project.
• Construction | This provides users with a single view of the performance of their construction projects.  Full Nominal to Project Reconciliation ensures all Sage 200 Sales, Purchase and Stock transactions are recorded against a Project.  Labour is captured in Projects via timesheets entry or through the Sicon Approvals Platform, a web-based data entry solution, that is available as an additional purchase.
• CIS | Those dealing with the Irish Revenue, will require Sicon Projects as an additional module to allow the verification of project information.
• Distribution – Material Planning | Stock on operations are included in the Future Stock Movements screensbe considered in Material Planning calculations.
• Distribution – Warehouse Replenishment | Stock Transfers can be created to fulfil project stock issue requirements.
• Service | Sicon Projects provides the holistic view of all collated costs and revenue that are both service case and contract related.
• Self Service | View project details and objectives via the Project Lists screen.
• Material & Resource Planning | Stock on operations are included in the Future Stock Movements screensbe considered in Material Planning calculations.
• Works Order Processing | Integrates perfectly into bespoke manufacturing environments to capture Stock, Purchase Orders, Timesheets and other costs to give budget versus actual comparison.  Alternatively, when combined with Sicon Works Order Processing, this is an ideal solution for businesses wanting to manufacture and install for projects.
• Shop Floor Data Capture | SFDC users can logon to project operations to record actual time spent.
• Approvals – Purchase Requistion | Project details can be selected on a line by line basis when creating a requisition, with the resulting PO cost appearing on the relevant project once approved.
• Approvals – Invoice Approval | Project details can be selected on a line by line basis when creating a requisition with the resulting PO cost appearing on the relevant project once approved.
• Approvals – Expenses | Project details can be selected on a line by line basis when creating an expense claim, with the resulting purchase invoice cost appearing on the relevant project once approved.
• Approvals – Holidays | A default project can be set for an employees holiday with the resulting labour transaction appearing on that relevant project once approved.
• Approvals – Timesheets | Project details can be selected on a line by line basis when creating a timesheet with the resulting labour transaction appearing on the relevant project as a committed cost, converting to an actual once approved.
• Approvals – Sales Orders | Project details can be selected on a line by line basis when creating a sales order, with the resulting revenue appearing on the relevant project once approved.