Argus ERP for Contracting Companies

Argus ERP for Contracting is an integrated Business Operation Solution that brings effectiveness on operations and people with high competitive edge in the industry. It provides easy, accurate and timely retrieval of files and activity-oriented information through menu driven, user-friendly functions

• v  Project Levels and Cost Codes - Unlimited level of project structure / categorized project levels, unlimited number of cost codes
• v  Project Budgets, defining project cost estimates and budgets by cost codes or project levels. . In so doing, the management will have an overview of the cost allocation and decide what action to take if a particular cost element exceeds the budgeted cost.
• v  Budget Revisions allows budget variations and budget transfers. Track project budget Variations from the submission stage till approval for any addition or omission to the initial contract specifications. A history of contract revision is kept for comparison purposes
• v  Project Contract, project file information such as client profile, start & completion date, original project sum, project quantities, retention rates, terms and conditions, and other important project information
• v  Retention amounts are automatically computed based on contract specification and kept in a Balance Sheet account. It allows for full or partial retention release. Once approved for release it will then be reflected in Accounts Payable module for payment.
• v  Sales Invoices, revenue recognition through manual invoices or recurring invoices based on the project contract terms. Revenue is captured via Sales invoicing. The system allows the specification of the retention amount and the corresponding GL Account code during invoicing. This saves time and reduces the mistakes that can be made with the re-keying in of information.
• v  Project in Progress, the expense claims booking against projects. It tracks all project revenue and cost in detail, including committed cost on a cumulative real-time basis as well as the financial progress of each project over the life of the project and segmented into its respective reporting periods.
• v  Project Costing, the system allows preparing the project cost based on the project completion %, through easy steps. So that the Project in Progress value will be moved to expense account for the selected project.
• v  Overhead Cost/ Administration Cost distributions, the system can distribute the common over head cost or administrative expenses through automatic process among the running projects or jobs. The distribution can be based on the value or activity percentage.
• v  Project Level Ledger, the system keeps the entire transaction on project levels and cost codes, so that project level ledger brings you the entire picture of the project
• v  Project Ledger, the project ledger gives you the full analysis of the project with expenses and revenues incurred for the project
• v  Project Variance List, the system generate a project variance list to compare the actual verses budget
• v  Project Profit Analysis, the project profit analysis shows the project revenues, actual expenses and the profit and can drill down to the detailed reports
• v  General Ledger - The chart of accounts with general and sub account types. The sub account type includes job and cost codes for entries to job cost control accounts
• v  Payroll - Powerful easy method of controlling the most complicated payroll process and Allows daily labor costing to job cost. The system allows for an employee's time to be posted to Jobs with multiple workers’ Compensation codes based on the employee's specific task of the day or Labor Classification. Payroll module lets you to choose pay methods, set user-defined deductions and automatically calculate employer burdens. Prevailing wage reporting for state and federal projects can be based on job site location.
• v  Accounts Payable - System control over disbursements, cash requirement projections, immediate review of each vendor's payable and paid items, distribution of charges and discounts to the general and job ledgers, and prevention of costly errors such as duplicate invoices, P.O., or subcontract overruns, accidental charges to closed jobs, etc.
• v  Accounts Receivable - Sales gives you the information you need to manage the most important aspect of your business - your cash flow. Manual invoices can be distributed to any number of jobs and revenue codes or to general ledger accounts. Invoice detail is retained for as long as you need it.
• v  Subcontract Management - The system gives you the complete control over your subcontracts. Each contract retains its original contract amount and the contractor details.
• v  Purchase Order Management - Purchase Orders allow you to hold your vendors to the agreed upon pricing conditions. A purchase order can be coded to an inventory item, job and cost code, or straight to a general ledger account.
• v  Inventory Control - Inventory system gives you the complete control over your inventory. The system allows receipt of inventory through the purchase order system and issue materials to multiple jobs and cost codes or return excess materials from jobs back into inventory.
• v  Fixed Assets – the system keeps the information for Vehicles, buildings, tools and equipments. The depreciation can be calculated monthly or yearly through easy process.

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Argus RIMS - Real Estate Management Software from Argus Qatar

The Property Information Management Software [RIMS] provides a new and innovative way to perform property management tasks more efficiently. The RIMS is a Residential and Commercial Property Management Software solution designed specifically to help today's Real Estate professionals work more easily and effectively. The RIMS includes a H.R and Payroll Management System facilitates extensive employee information at your fingertips.

The payroll Management section reduces payroll processing costs, ensures accuracy and increases efficiency
The RIMS includes a completely integrated Financial Accounting system that offers a General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Drill-Down Financial Reports that integrate seamlessly with a powerful property management system. With extensive Security Controls you can limit your users to the specific Files, Documents, and Features that you want them to not only use, but see. The System Log tracks each user and their actions within the program keeping your data and money safe.

eRecruit - Online Recruitment Solution from Argus Qatar

Argus HRMS – HR & Payroll Management System from Argus Qatar

The H.R Management System facilitates extensive employee information at your fingertips. The payroll Management section reduces payroll processing costs, ensures accuracy and increases efficiency.

Argus HRMS is a comprehensive HR and Payroll Management Solution that brings greater organization and effectiveness to the full range of Human Resources functions and responsibilities. It provides for easy, accurate and timely retrieval of Employee and activity-oriented information through menu driven, user-friendly operations.

Argus HRMS makes payroll processing a simple job that any company can accomplish in-house. Our payroll management software gives you all the information and options you need to process your own payroll in house and save money.

The benefits of Argus HRMS software is its ease-of-use and ease of implementation. Our users tell us that they have been able to implement our system in a fraction of the time and cost of previous payroll products they have used or evaluated. Ease of implementation is due to the extensive features and reports, as well as having our team of HR and Payroll software experts there to train, implement, data migration, and post-implementation support

Employee dissatisfaction and turnover are costly to companies and can reduce the competitive edge in this challenging market. HR is faced with the daunting task of keeping costs under control, keeping employees motivated and productive. This is a delicate balancing act that requires; planning, precise execution and sophisticated tools to manage the process. With ‘Argus HRMS’, you would have employees that stay longer and perform better making your company more competitive.

ARGUS HRMS FEATURES

 Workforce management

 Workflow management

 Reminder systems

 Integrated HR functions

 Employee history

 Over time management

 ID Card expiry alert

 Payroll

 Salary distributions

 I N F O R M A T

ARGUS HRMS BENEFITSI O N T E N O L O G Y

 Increased savings

 Efficiency in processes

 Faster ROI

 Control on workforce

 Employee productivity

 Document control

 Easy Job handover

 Decision maker

 Clarity in HR functions

Argus Qatar Internet Marketing Solutions

Argus Qatar can boast of this venture as a pioneer step in providing Websites, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) solutions in Qatar with highly talented technical team who enables and monitors website activities at all time.

What are Online Advertisement Campaign Goals?

• Increased Visibility -Number of people who see advertisements.

• Increased Response- Number of people who go to the website.

• Increased Inquiries - Number of people posting an inquiry on website

How Argus does it?  

In 3 steps

1. Target audience segmentation, media planning, and execution.

2. User experience design.

3. Analytics consulting. 

What matters most in Search Engine?

1. Which websites link to you

2. Number of websites linking to you

3. Google Page Rank (PR) of the website linking to you

4. Anchor text used in the link linking to you

5. Number & type of links linking to the website links to you

6. Whether or not the websites linking to you are deemed by Google as authority website

Why Argus technologies?

Because of the extensive research, development and execution experience by creating search engine friendly website and content management systems, backed by an excellent off shore research team capable of analyzing global internet ideas & trends.

Qatar’s IT sector set to grow: BMI report

Qatar’s IT sector may be worth in excess of $400mn this year and about $600mn by 2014 given the country’s prospects in energy, banking and telecom sectors, researcher Business Monitor (BMI) said in its latest report.

Qatar may not have the largest IT market in the Gulf, but in 2010 it appears ‘better positioned’ than some other markets in the region to benefit from economic recovery, it said.

“Despite a deceleration in many market segments last year, 2010-2014 IT spending compounded annual growth forecast (CAGR) for Qatar is forecast at 10%, with opportunities in sectors such as hydrocarbon, banking and telecoms,” Business Monitor said. 

In 2010, IT managers will probably remain ‘cautious’, after some projects were scaled back last year. However, there could be a boost, particularly in the second half of the year, from computer hardware tenders delayed from 2009. The Qatari IT market has a number of ‘positive factors’ that should help it going forward, Business Monitor said. The government ‘remains keen’ to promote economic diversification and aside from oil and gas, banking is likely to be the one of the more important sectors in terms of IT investments.

Qatar’s IT sector received a boost last year when Qtel announced that broadband Internet speeds had been doubled to 1Mbps from 512Kbps. Research released by Qatar’s Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology in Qatar (ictQATAR) showed mobile penetration exceeding 120%. The Qatari ICT authority has a number of priority policy areas, including telecoms liberalisation, online government, e-learning, e-health and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A government target is to increase utilisation of ICT by SMEs. The government is also implementing a major IT initiative in the healthcare area, namely the development of an integrated national health information platform.

BMI forecasts a software market value of $77mn in 2010, up from $69mn in 2009. With the evolution of the Qatari IT market, a stronger strategic focus on software spending is being seen, with procurement decisions often taken at a higher executive level. Software spending is expected to grow to at a CAGR of 10% during BMI’s five-year forecast period.

Growth areas include business intelligence and other information management applications, as Qatari companies seek more efficiency in both internal collaboration and relationships with international customers and partners.