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Since 1981, MARK
SYSTEMS Home
Builder Software
has helped builders
control costs and
streamline the entire
purchasing process.

BID / PRICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

One of the biggest challenges in home builder purchasing is maintaining accurate, current vendor prices, and this is another area where

MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Home Builder Software excels. Automatically generated Contract Bid and Material Price worksheets let trade partners communicate price changes easily and accurately, with NO DOUBLE ENTRY after prices are received.

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VARIANCE PURCHASE ORDERS

Variances happen. Unfortunately, that's a fact of life in residential construction. Fortunately, the Variance Purchase Order modules developed in MARK SYSTEMS' IHMS Homebuilder Software provide builders

unprecedented control over the entire variance process. User defined approval routing, coupled with graphical variance analysis, let's builders both control and prevent overruns in every case.

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INSTANTANEOUS FIELD COMMUNICATION
For most builders, clear, efficient communications between back office and field personnel is an on-going challenge. MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Home Builder Software changes all that.

MARK SYSTEMS IHM Internet ToolKit brings real-time, transparent access to vital construction information to team members outside of the main office.

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Best-In-Class Purchasing
for Residential Construction

Accurate purchasing is the backbone of residential construction efficiency, especially in the current market. Now more than ever, MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Homebuilder Software gives purchasing departments the tools they need to create dead-on accurate work orders and purchase orders regardless of house type. Using the same common knowledge base as all other MARK SYSTEMS software, MARK SYSTEMs' Homebuilder Purchasing Software is the most comprehensive purchasing product on the market, including:,

Common vendor file across all companies with project-specific preferences for each vendor
Fixed-price contracts with unlimited pricing history
Unit prices from unlimited vendors with primary and secondary designation and unlimited pricing history
Multi-level take-offs with inheritance down to the community, model, elevation and option level
Work Orders and Purchase Orders automatically generated from sales agreements and selection sheets
Direct Excel integration for Bid Management and Unit Price Lists, allowing easy subcontractor bidding and supplier price updates with no manual entry
Web-based payment approval with complete approval audit trail
Web generated Variance Purchase Orders with user-defined approval heirarchy
Automated Option Pricing by community with margins set by category

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Fixed Price Contracting

Fixed price contract management is integral to the cost management function, and MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Home Builder Contact Management software lets builders maintain up to the minute, acccurate contracts for both base house and option costs. WIth unlimited contract history by community, mutlple subcontractors per trade, and effective and expiration dates for each contract line, purchasing managers can define every contracted paypoint before construction begins.

Just as importantly, MARK SYSTEMS' IHMS Contract Management provides automatic generation of Subcontractor Bid Worksheets that improve trade partner communication and completely eliminate the entry of contracts and price changes.

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Unit-based Contracts & Material Purchasing

For companies that use unit-price contracts or that purchase materials by piece, MARK SYSTEMS' IHMS Homebuilder Purchase Order software provides the most efficient take off and price management system available to residential builders and developers. Whether a straight production, semi-custom or completely custom builder, MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Homebuidler Software lets you easily maintain unit costs and material lists at multiple levels. Utilizing the same knowledge base as all MARK SYSTEMS IHMS modules, the Purchase Order system lets you automatically create detailed purchase orders that exactly match the configuration of each house, including options, ugrades and custom options. Automated Back Charges and Variance Purchase Orders combine with Base House and Option detail to reduce or eliminate cost overruns.

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MARK SYSTEMS' IHMS
Home Builder Purchasing Software

Whether you're a high-volume production builder, a high-end custom builder or anywhere in between, MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Home Builder Software gives you the tools you need to control costs, streamline purchasing and reduce employee effort. Using the same data base as all MARK SYSTEMS modules, MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Purchasing Software lets you build more houses, more accurately, with less personnel than any other software tool.

Mark Systems Homebuilder Purchasing Software Beginning with MARK SYSTEMS Contract Management System, this software reduces purchasing effort and improves costing accuracy.

By automatically gerating Subcontractor Bid Worksheets, MARK SYSTEMS Purchasing Software gives subcontractors a potent tool for simple, accurate price communication on every bid.

The same principles apply for unit-based purchasing. MARK SYSTEMS IHMS Material List and Purchase Order systems let estimating and purchasing personnel define both base house and option products at whatever level makes sense. Pricing updates follow the Bid Worksheet model, and a suppliers price changes can be updated to any or all communities in seconds with no data entry.

Mark Systems Home Builder Software Work Orders

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Best-In-Class Purchasing for Residential Construction

Fixed Price Contracting

Unit-based Contracts & Material Purchasing

MARK SYSTEMS' IHMS Home Builder Purchasing Software

The Bottom Line: MARK SYSTEMS Purchasing Software lowers construction costs, reduces personnel effort and improves accuracy and profitability.

Best-In-Class Purchasing
for Residential Construction

MARK SYSTEMS' IHMS
Home Builder Purchasing Software