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At Schumaker & Company we've spent years listening to various clients describe their problems and concerns. One thing we've discovered is that many of our clients have similar problems that can be easily solved by similar solutions.

That's why we offer a number of flexible software tools that we can customize to meet your specific -- but commonly experienced -- problems.

To get a brief description  select one of these technology solutions:

        Time and Expense Information Reporting System (TEIRS)

Time and expenses are tracked for several reasons:
        Firm management
             Firm performance can be measured through staff utilization and other reports.
             The system provides a database of information.
        Client relations
             The system provides assignment management reports—actual to budget, invoiced to actual, etc.
             Professional fees & expenses associated with assignments are billed to client.
        Employee reporting
             The system tracks paid time off.
             The system automates employee expense submission and reimbursement.
             The system provides various reports for individuals to measure performance.

With TEIRS, one can easily monitor the total time and expenses spent by assignment, work area, task, or by personnel. The application has been designed to run on a client/server environment and has been web enabled.

Assignments can be invoiced by fixed fee, time and materials, or other variations.

In a nutshell, the Schumaker & Company Time and Expense Information Reporting System puts all time and expense information in a single application—a system that yields comprehensive management information and gives insight into employee productivity, profit margins, project schedules, and resource management.

Having used the system on more than 30 major projects, Schumaker & Company has succeeded in increasing the quality and velocity of communication helping to build more effective business teams. Teams were able to eliminate manual workflows with minimal customization and realize direct benefits through cost savings and enhanced delivery of services.

PMIA performs a variety of important tasks, both technical and administrative, including:
        Creating an orderly information collection process that brings standardization and accuracy to the task
        Providing an interview and information request tracking system that allows for the early identification of fulfillment delays, thereby facilitating corrective action at an early point in the project
        Establishing request interview times with specific time and range, and the ability for clients and companies to confirm interviews
        Organizing document filing and retrieval through a built-in cross-referencing system between the database and paper files
        Automatically numbering each request form sequentially and printing labels listing the project name, request number and the information requested
        Permitting searches on the database by keyword, subject and many other criteria, allowing for quick and easy information identification and retrieval
        Managing the flow of requested information through a variety of standard reports that give managers instant summaries of the current status of a project
        Allowing information requests and reports to be sent electronically, eliminating the need for consultants and clients to send paper forms back and forth
        Providing a consistent structure for creating interview summaries
        Providing a higher level of information management through a checkout process

In summary, PMIA software establishes the foundation for a methodical approach to gathering, filing, retrieving, and tracking critical information. Past clients of Schumaker & Company have been impressed with the manner in which the Project Management Information Application improves communication and minimizes the opportunities for error. Additionally, they have seen first-hand the amount of administrative time that the system has saved Schumaker & Company, time that could then be spent productively on performing the actual investigative and analytical work of the project at hand.