Purchasing
Purchasing, developed and supported by Builder MT, streamlines workflow and optimizes business practices. Get control of the essential homebuilding functions by automating the flow of information. Coordinate accounting and estimating applications to better manage the entire production process.

Features and efficiencies
Purchasing optimizes business processes while integrating your estimating and accounting.

• Contact trades and suppliers automatically and issue purchase orders in hard copy, via fax, or by e-mail.
• Track multiple vendor and trade prices by model and option and community via the price book database.
• Track price quotes for every model, option, task, or activity.
• Acquire vendor and trade contractor pricing and other information electronically.
• Define the scope of work and payment schedule to reduce overpayment, or even double payment, to trades and suppliers.
• Automatically generate payments based on PO approvals.
• Generate POs based on your buyer's selection and release in stages to trades and suppliers at current prices.
• Perform profit analysis, cost control, change-order tracking, variance cause analysis, payment processing, custom reporting, and labor, or sub-trade cost management for optimum efficiency.
• Analyze vital information with flexible and easy-to-use report design and drill-down inquiry capabilities.