Digital Production Control Training Curriculum - Comprehensive

Software Overview

• Main Menu
• Main Toolbar
• Tabs
• Quick Start Guides

Authorization/Licening

• Activating a License
• Difference Between Project Manager and Foreman Licenses/Roles

Setting Up Project Express

• Register for Project Express

Setup Database

• Options - New Bids
• Options - DPC
• Master - Employees (Project Manager, Foreman or Foremen, and Work Crew)
• Master - Job Statuses (In Progress, Sold)

Preparing a Project for DPC (while still in Takeoff Mode)

• Duplicate Bid and Archive Original
• Update Project Name and Status
• Collate Drawings
• Assign All Takeoff to Bid Areas
• Typical Takeoff in DPC Mode

Preparing a Project for DPC (after "flipping" to DPC Mode)

• Set Project Manager and Foreman(or Foremen) (set Work Crew if known)
• Set DPC Options

Sending Project to Foreman

• Review Budget Tab
• Send Project via Project Express
• Session 2 Training Curriculum

Foreman

• Project Express Inbox and Image Tab
• Selecting and Percenting Labor Cost Codes
• Production Planning

Project Management

• Timecards and Payroll Reports
• Sending Changes to Project manager
• Budget Analysis
• Daily Log
• Working with Change Orders

Recap

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