Eprints4u's Online
Plan Room Software
is a complete, secure solution for the Internet enabled business.
Eprints4u Online PlanRoom provides bid management tools,
revision updates and archiving with one seamless easy-to-use
web browser interface.
BID
BLASTER SENDS
PROJECT
INVITATIONS VIA EMAIL
Eprints4u
Online Plan Room Bid
Blaster module can handle sending out bid invitations and addenda email
notifications by the thousands economically, without tying up your
server or
phone lines. When invitees receive their invitations via email they can
click
on their unique link to view the project without logging in. They can
provide
immediate feedback to General Contractors on whether they will bid and
order
plans.
FLEXIBLE BID PACKAGE
CONFIGURATION
In addition to,
and independent
of, the document folders, bid packages can be created for each category
of
subcontractor involved in the project. The bid packages are then
populated with
the documents that the bidder is required to order.
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT WITH
BID PROCRESS INDICATOR
Another cost
saving feature for
your projects is the ability to instantly view the status of every bid
invitee
on a project, if they've
viewed the bid request, if they decided to bid or not, if they have
ordered
prints and when the prints were delivered. This way a
construction manager can become alerted of situations of low bid
responses for
certain trades in time for them to send out more
invitations. The subcontractors whose bids have been accepted are added
to the
Project Team.
AUTOMATIC
PLAN HOLDER
LISTS
Customers who
place orders
through the planroom are automatically added to the planholder list for
the
job. This list can be made available to the general contractor. E-mail
notifications (i.e. regarding an addendum) can also be sent to this
list.
CONTACT
MANAGER
Project Managers and Site Administrators can
quickly access
reports on everything ever ordered for a project, who ordered it,
and when it was delivered.
ORDER
MANAGEMENT
General
Contractors and
Construction Managers love the ability to import their contacts from
their
email system and spreadsheets.
Each user has their own Master Contacts list, as well as access to a
shared
Company Contacts list for their organization.
EASY
INTUITIVE
PROJECT SETUP
Creating and posting a
project has never been easier. Simply fill out a project
description page, set the ordering options,
upload the project logo and a project rendering and off you go! Our
bulk upload module allows you to upload files in one step.
Indexing is built into the viewer allowing heads-up data entry capture
of title block information. You can even set permissions to allow a
customer to setup their own projects, send nvitations, upload
revisions, send addenda notifications, and manage reports.
ORGANIZE
PROJECTS WITH FOLDERS
Project document sets can be organized into
folders with no limitation on naming convention or levels of nesting.
Folders
can be used to designate disciplines, specifications, addenda,
etc.
BUILT-IN VIEWER
WITH WINDOW ZOOMING
AND PANNING
Eprints4u Online Plan Room includes a lightning fast,
feature rich document viewer that runs on the host. The user interface
is
intuitive and the image area self-adjusts to display resolutions from
640 x 480
to 1600 x 1200 and beyond.
COMMERCIAL
SHOPPING CART AND
CHECKOUT SUBSYSTEM
Our advanced ordering system allows users to select shipping
destinations and payment methods with ease. The itemized shopping cart
makes every item in the order visible to the user prior to checkout.
Your production personnel and project managers can be notified every
time a new order is received.
REPORTING
Contractors improve communications and shorten decision
processes with the reporting capabilities of
Eprints4u Online Plan Room. Reports include bid responses, project
print orders history, project activity log
and more. Reports enable fast implementation of decision processes.
JOB
SHIPMENT TRACKING
Subcontractors who request shipping can track the status of
their own orders online including links to UPS
and FedEx embedded with the tracking number.
SCALABLE
FOR COLLABORATION
Eprints4u Online Plan Room can help streamline collaborative
activities such as uploading, vaulting,
document check-in/check-out, revision control and notification, project
contact management and
communication, metered downloading and self-printing, and online
takeoff and markup during the design
phase of projects.
KEEPS EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE
Eliminate the possibility that not everyone is working from the
most current drawing. Eprints4u Online Plan
Room provides a real-time repository of the most current drawings.