Company Profile and Product Range

Agenda PART 1 - Company Profile PART 2 - StarProjects and TimeRecorder PART 3 – Other Star Modules

Global Enterprise

Global Representative Customers

Existing clients in UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Asia.

Broad Industry Application: Customers include: Professional Service Organizations.

Time Billing and Fixed Billing Organizations.

Project Costing Organizations.

Cross Industry Applications Australian Government, Research & Development, 1000+ Employees Siemens Building Technologies/ Industrial Security, USA, 400+ Employees Salamis (M&I) Ltd, Construction & Maintenance, 1000+ Employees Artemis, Project Management, Boulder USA, 600+ Employees Second Foundation, Consulting/ Software, Ontario Canada Kingston Business Communications, Telco, UK,

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Cimtek Automation, Engineering/ Computer Design, Ontario Canada Golders, Engineering, Australia, 240+ Employees Sage Publications, Publishing, UK & USA, 200+ employees Lowe Lintas, Advertising, China, 5 th Largest Advertising Agency World-wide Halifax International Airport Authority, Halifax Canada Accelent Systems, Software Technologies, Ohio USA

Epicor Experience Value Added Reseller of Epicor Solution Provider for Epicor Epicor Solution Provider Award of Excellence Source Code Rights to eDistribution for Australia, New Zealand and Asia Provide Modifications and Customizations to Epicor users worldwide

Well Designed Integration Star integration uses existing fields in accounting software, and Stored Procedures or Dynamic Links. Upgrades and customizations to Back Office products do not affect StarProjects.

Integration Overview

Total Back Office Integration: Two Way Transaction Flow 1.

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StarProjects interfaces with Accounts Receivable. Invoices can be generated in StarProjects and/or Accounts Receivable.

Accounts Payable vouchers generate Disbursement Journals in StarProjects.

Approved Expenses generate vouchers in Accounts Payable for reimbursement.

Generate General Ledger journal entries using the Percentage Complete workbench or Timesheet Posting routines.

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General Ledger Journal Entries can be coded to a Project.

Purchase Orders can be reported on giving details of commitments, received goods and items outstanding.

Inventory adjustment transactions generate Inventory Journals in StarProjects.

Shipped Sales Orders generate transactions in StarProjects.

StarProjects Integration

CRM Integration Integration with Epicor Front Office Organizations Opportunities Quotes Service Agreements Budgets Project Drilldown to transaction level

eFO Integration

MS Project Integration StarProjects also Integrates with Microsoft Project for: Budgets Tasks Detailed Scheduling Resource Allocation Resource Planning Task Allocation

MS Project Integration

StarProjects Reporting Hierarchy Company View Consolidated, Company, Divisional, Departmental, Resource Reporting capabilities Project View Client, Project, Phase, Task and Activity reporting capability

Company Structure

Project Structure

Project Structure

TimeRecorder Flexible Design: Rename column labels Easy to configure Tight security controls Local Reporting capabilities Web or Desktop Versions Easy to use – Repeat & Copy Functions Track Time by charge ratio, billable, non-billable, leave Handles Multi Currency Expenses

Employee Data Input

Visual Analysis Tools

Web TimeRecorder

Employee Expenses

Flexible Design StarProjects fits to your business Over 100 Modifiable Object Names Configurable Validation Rules Optional Fields Various Invoice Layouts (or custom design in Crystal) Crystal Report Pack Additional Reports added to menus

Project Breakdown Reporting

Limitless Budgeting Options Include: Multiple Budgets MS Project Integration Transactions on both Cost and Charge Basis Resource Planning Copy Function Actual/Budget Analysis Lock/Unlock Controls

Budget Reports

Plan & Prioritize

Percent Complete Workbench Options include: User defined calculation of % complete, WIP, Deferred or Earned Revenue Ability to Review and Assess % complete Upload values into General Ledger based on user-defined Chart of Accounts Crystal Reporting capability

Completion Analysis

Completion Report

Flexible Rate Tables Options include: Limitless Rate Configuration Easy search tool to identify which rate is used Multiple views for rate entry and maintenance Allocations Multiple Rates grouped into Scales Rates applied to Client/Project/Phase/Activity Type/Activity/Resource Class/Resource combinations Rates used for Resources in MS Project

Flexible Rate Tables

Resource Planning

Project Management Tools Resource Allocation Microsoft Project Integration Task Allocation Various % Complete Calculation Methods Resource Planning Drilldown Project Activity Enquiry Project Based Time & Expense Approval Target/Actual Analysis

Resource Allocation

Flexible Invoicing Invoice Scheduling capabilities including: Milestone Billing – percent complete, task, date, project stage/completion Invoice Cycles Fixed Fee, Time & Materials, Fixed plus Disbursements

Invoicing

Extensive Reports Over 50 Standard Reports User Designed Reporting Tree Written in Crystal Report Writer User Defined Reports easily added to menus Security on Individual Reports

Report Manager Windows

Report Example: Project Ledger

OLAP Reporting Tools Graphical and multi-dimensional view of data Utilize existing WIP and Income views or create your own views Drilldown from output into supporting detail StarProjects WIP and Income Cubes are viewable in many formats including; SQL

Analysis Server, Microsoft Excel, Cognos Powerplay or Epicor eIntelligence

Other Star Modules

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Advice Electronic Transfer via Fax/e-mail Remittance Advice for EFT, PO, Invoices and Customer Statements Multiple Contacts maintained per transfer type Print/Reprint Ranges of PO’s and Invoices Include a fax cover page and unique E-mail message to each transfer

Landed Cost One-Step Receiving Multiple PO/Vendors/Currency on one Receipt Bin Validation Calculation of Tariffs on Item/Group Indirect Costs allocated by: Monetary value, weight, volume and/or quantity Updates Inventory Cost Layers immediately Posts all adjustments to designated General Ledger Accounts/Reference Codes

Landed Cost Data Flow

Quick Invoice Sales Order Shipment, Invoicing, Payment and Posting in 2 steps for: Counter Sales Manual Invoices Customer Log, Notes and Comments Automatically releases shipped items and tracks by location

System Information Platform Windows NT Windows 2000 Server Database Microsoft SQL 7, SQL 2000 Integration Epicor Back Office (PSQL, ERA, e by Epicor), Epicor Front Office Clientele MS Project Platinum for Windows

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