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In This Issue:

Director's Message

End of Financial Year  -  Planning for next year

Feature Review  -  Funds

Quick Tip  -  Personalise Timeslips Today with your Company Logo

Share the Resource and Get Connected

Training

Program Updates

Take Time Out


MICHELE MCSHERRY

Hello ,
Welcome to the May issue of our E-newsletter.
This month is the 1 year anniversary since we started publishing a monthly E-newsletter. I hope you have gained some more insight into the features of Timeslips through this E-newsletter and I would like to send out a special thank you to those who have shared their Timeslips experiences and tips with the community.
If you have a tip or trick that you think might be useful to another Timeslips user, please send me an email and we will publish the tip with your name in our next issue.
It's been just over a week since I returned from the annual SAGE partner conference in Nashville, Tennessee and what a great conference it was. There were over 2,500 in attendance between SAGE employees, business partners, trade show exhibitors and media.
A lot of exciting things are happening with the SAGE product line at this time. From rebranding to integration with social media like Facebook and Twitter, as well as embracing new technology so all the SAGE products can compete in this tough market.
And I am happy to say there is a lot to look forward to with the coming versions of Timeslips - so stay tuned!

Sage Goes To Nashville: Scenes From The Insight Channel Partner Conference. Photo by Rick Whiting.

Photo Source: ChannelWeb; "Sage Goes To Nashville: Scenes From The Insight Channel Partner Conference". To view more images follow this link. Photo by Rick Whiting.

As we are fast approaching the end of another financial year, it's time to review and plan for 2009-2010. Below I have outlined some of the reports you should be printing and analysing as well as some considerations for your action plan for next year.
If you have any specific questions about how Timeslips can help you to better manage your business please feel free to contact me.
- Michele
 
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End of Financial Year Reports and Planning for 2009/2010

 
     
 

It's that time of the year again - time to review what's been happening in your firm and planning for the next financial year.

Top Year-end Reports to Review

(if you don't already have a special reports group tab created you will find these reports under the default menus)

Aged Accounts Receivable - From the reports menu go to Billing, Aged A/R Balances.

This report will tell you which clients currently owe you money and help you gauge how your collection efforts are going. The longer an accounts receivable is outstanding the greater the probability of it not being paid in full (or at all).

 

Aged Invoice Listing - Run this report by going to Client, Aged Invoice Listing

This report will give you a breakdown of the invoices that make up the Aged Accounts Receivable.

 

Aged WIP (Aged Work in Process) - Run this report by going to Client, Aged WIP (do not include any date filters).

This report will tell you if any clients have unbilled time or expenses and how old they are (30, 60 , 90 days etc).

 

Invoice Listing - Run this report from the A/R Transaction tab - Filter for the date range of the financial year and under options choose to just show subtotals and totals or no detail.

This report will give a total of Invoices that have been approved in Timeslips and sent to clients.

Charges on Hold Analysis - Run this report from the Client tab

If you have slips on Hold this report will show them, additionally if you have a client hold (arrangement 1 of client information) this report will display which clients are on hold.

 

Funds with Running Balance - Run this report from the Funds tab

If you have placed any money into the Funds account this report will show you the current running balance of the clients with Funds.

Staff/Timekeeper/Consultant Productivity - Run this report from the Slips tab and select Productivity by Period. Filter the report by slip transaction date for the financial year.

This report will show you a breakdown of Billable and Unbillable - Hours Worked - Fees & Costs. You can sort this report various ways depending on how you wish to analyse the productivity of staff.**note if you have purged slips in the date range they will not be included. If you have closed or made inactive client or timekeepers be sure to remove the slip classification filter**

 

Staff/Timekeeper/Consultant Profitability - Run this report from the Slips tab and select Profitability by Period. Filter the report by slip billed on invoice date for the financial year. This report will show you Slip Fees (actual slip value) Billed Fees (billed value of slip) and Difference (profit or loss).

By running this report you will be able to determine how profitable a Staff person is. Additionally you can run this report by client/project to determine the profitability/margin of a client. This report can help you to increase the awareness of your project managers and staff to profitability.

 

After running these reports it's time to analyse them and make an action plan for next financial year.

Here are some things to think about:

1. Increase billed hours by ensuring all hours worked (both billable and non-billable)

are recorded daily.

2. Analyse Administrative time and convert it into billable hours or more productive time.

3. Reduce duplicate entry by making Timeslips available to all staff to input time - there

are various entry methods including slip entry, timesheet view and tstimer.

4. Use Budgeting Feature or Custom Fields to increase monitoring of budgets.

5. Reduce the time it takes to bill clients by making Timeslips available to project

managers to monitor time - use Timeslips Today Dashboard and Reporting to assist.

6. Consider billing more regularly - twice a month or weekly.

 

 

Time & Data Management is here to help you get the most out of Timeslips. We can review your current time capture and billing processes and make recommendations on ways to improve workflow and procedures in your firm.

 
 

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Feature Review- Funds

 
     
 

What is Funds?

 
 

The Timeslips Funds accounts are separate accounts that allow you to track retainer fees and manage trust funds for clients. The Funds account does not affect Accounts Receivable until money is transferred from the Funds to pay off an invoice.

You can setup multiple Funds accounts per client if necessary. This may be useful if you receive a retainer for Fees and a separate retainer for Disbursements (Expenses).

After you receive the Funds payment, the money is held until you apply it to an invoice or you set Timeslips to automatically apply it at the time of billing.

There are 4 transactions associated with Funds

Two that increase the Balance

1. Pay to Account
2. Deposit to Account

Two that decrease the Balance

1. Pay from Account
2. Withdrawal from Account

 

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Deposit to Account and Withdrawal from Account are considered third party transactions - meaning they do not come from or go to the client.

If you would like to know more about how the "funds" feature can be used in your firm, drop us an email so we can schedule a web meeting to discuss.

 
 

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Quick Tip - Personalise your Dashboard

 
     
 

Personalise your Timeslips Today Dashboard with your company logo

 
     
 

Did you know you can display a graphic on your Timeslips Today Dashboard? Displaying your company logo is a nice way to personalise the dashboard.

Personalise your Timeslips Today Dashboard with your company logo

  Personalise your Timeslips Today Dashboard with your company logo

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Share the Resource

 

 
Do you know someone who's frustrated with their current timekeeping and billing software? We encourage you to share this newsletter with a colleague or business acquaintance who may benefit from implementing Timeslips.
 

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Ever Wanted to Connect? Get Connected Professionally

 

 
Take five minutes to setup your profile on LinkedIn. Within minutes you'll have access to introductions to hundreds of other professionals. Be sure to "connect" with me while you are there.
 

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Training

 
     
 

Time & Data Management will tailor it's training services to meet your needs and budget.

 
 

Proper training is an essential part of making Timeslips work effectively for you.

We can offer any or all of the following training options:

On-site training at your office with your staff

On-line via a secure remote connection to your office

Group training with your staff on-site or remotely

One-on one training with you or your billing staff

• On-site "Lunch and learns"  -  designed to occur at lunch

time with a short agenda so you can minimise downtime in

your office

• We also have Training guides to allow you to learn at your

own pace

Let us help you make the most from your technology investment.

 
ONLINE TRAINING SUPPORT - COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT

Visit the remote access login page - don't forget to bookmark the site while you're there

 
 
 

Bookmark this site »

It will take you directly to our remote access login page.

 

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Program Updates

 
     
 
Are you on the latest Service Release for your version of Timeslips?
You can check this by going to Help, About Timeslips and verifying the build number with the list below. If you are not on the latest service release let us know and we can assist you with downloading and installation.

• Timeslips 2009 - SR 2 (12/1/2009) - Build 17.0.2.0481

• Timeslips 2009 - SR 1 (15/8/2008) - Build 17.0.1.0473

• Timeslips 2008 - SR 1 (29/10/2007) - Build 16.0.1.237

• Timeslips 2007 - SR2 (18/6/2007) - Build 15.0.2.36

• *Timeslips 2006 - SR 2 (1/2/2006) - Build 14.0.2.34

• *Timeslips 2005 - SR 2 (7/7/2005) - Build 13.0.2.28

Notice to all Timeslips 2006 and lower users:

Timeslips 2006 and all lower versions are no longer supported by the manufacturer (SAGE US) and we encourage you to upgrade to the most current release in order to be eligible for support and to be compliant with new operating environments.

SAGE SOFTWARE AUTHORIZED PARTNER

 
     
 

Time & Data Management is the face of Timeslips in Australia & New Zealand, so please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.

 
 

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