Creative Manager Pro, web-based Project Management Software for the Creative and Design industries, announces improved benchmarking and expense reporting, in its new version 6.3 release.
April 5, 2004
Creative Manager, Inc., provider of Creative Manager Pro announced today improvements to its industry leading benchmarking tools and enhancements to the expense reports, approvals and menu navigation in its 6.3 release.
The metrics used in the improved benchmarking tools were designed and defined by creative industry experts, well-known in the Creative industry for taking the lead in this area. By utilizing the data that already exists within a creative firm, with the proper management and presentation, decisions about future direction become clear, and precise.
Ron Ause, Director of Marketing, said " Integration is the key. Design firm management consultants and industry associations have all said the same thing: In order to succeed, critical benchmarks are key to being able to measure your firm against the averages of other firms in the industry."
Available now, this update brings Creative Manager Pro beyond its competitors. Ause said today, " With Clients & Profits data and Adman data easily imported into our programs, Creative Manager now surpasses project management softwre large and small - from JobOrder, OmniPilot and InfoWit to even Advantage Software, Clients and Profits, and Adman. We're going beyond the expected functionality, integrating new management abilties for the Creative industry."
When asked about the new features, Ause said " It's already taken for granted that project management in the creative industry is key to a creative firm's success. By utilizing the industry metrics and incorporating them into our system, we're winning our the major accounts with ease."
The details of these enhancements are listed below:
Benchmarks:
Creative Manager is the only product that defines benchmarks according to industry experts, calculates your progress against those benchmarks, and presents your progress in a graphical manner.
Expense Reports:
You are now able to automatically generate Vendor Invoices from an
approved expense report.
Approvals:
Instead of having to go to several different areas within the system to
approve transactions, we have developed a common approval screen that
allows you to quickly and easily view and approve all of the different
type of transactions in the system.
Menu Navigation Changes:
The menu has been modified to more closely group all project related
items under a single tab.
Creative Manager Pro (at http://www.CreativeManagerPro.com), is the leading Project Management Software for the Creative Design industry, produced for design firms, ad agencies, in-house creative/MarCom departments, and creative service firms. It is a web-based integrated project management software and job tracking solution which streamlines the entire firm, from developing new business, to staffing, managing, and executing projects through to accounting and financial reporting.
Creative Manager Pro is a full-featured, intuitive system which makes project and agency management a breeze. Creative Manager Pro supports Customer Relationship Management, Document Management, Shared Calendaring, Accounting and much more. Because it is web- based, there is nothing to install and it can be set up in a single day. It works with both PC and Macintosh from any location over any connection. It may also be installed locally on the client's own servers. All options include training and support to ensure that clients are up and running quickly.
Among the many features of Creative Manager Pro:
- Graphically view your firm's metrics - manage your firm by the numbers.
- Manage Contacts and Leads
- Create Project Schedules, Calendars and Manage Tasks
- Take your contacts and calendar on the road with iCal, AddressBook & Outlook
- Approve Timesheets, Purchasing, Billing and Budgets
- Review and Approve Artwork Online
- Store and Manage Digital Assets
- Manage and Balance the Books
- Free client and vendor access to streamline workflow.
- Quick startup/import from Clients & Profits, Adman and other systems
- Full-featured CRM (Client Relationship Management)
- Extranet capabilities.
- Charting of important industry metrics and firm statistics
The team members at Creative Manager, Inc. have been leaders in project management software for the creative industry and on the Mac OS for over 25 years. They provide their clients with two major offerings: Creative Project Manager and Creative Manager Pro. Both programs work seamlessly with the Mac OS and Windows.
Creative Manager, Inc. is not affiliated with Clients & Profits, Inc., the distributor of Clients and Profits. All trademarks are owned by their respective companies. Clients and Profits is not a trademark of Creative Manager, Inc.
Creative Manager, Inc. is not affiliated with the Advantage Software Company, the distributor of the Advantage Software and Adman software. All trademarks are owned by their respective companies. Adman and Advantage Software are not trademarks of Creative Manager, Inc.
Creative Manager, Inc. is not affiliated with Omnipilot Software, Inc., the distributor of the Omnipilot software. All trademarks are owned by their respective companies. Omnipilot is not a trademark of Creative Manager, Inc.
Creative Manager, Inc. is not affiliated with Management Software, Inc., the distributor of the JobOrder software. All trademarks are owned by their respective companies. JobOrder is not a trademark of Creative Manager, Inc.
Creative Manager, Inc. is not affiliated with Rothstein & Memsic, a creative design firm and the distributor of the Infowit software. All trademarks are owned by their respective companies. Infowit is not a trademark of Creative Manager, Inc.
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