You need a minimum of one part-time office staff person to run Smart Contractor. This should be the same person who does your QuickBooks. In a "one man operation," it's usually the wife.

In outfits with an office and at least one staff member, it will be the office manager/bookkeeper. In a small business like that, usually the owner enters the estimates, and the office manager will do the rest.

In bigger companies, that have estimators and project managers, the estimator will enter the estimates, and generate the proposals and contracts; the project managers will generate the schedules, purchase orders, work orders, change orders; and the office staff will enter the materials and subcontract purchases and labor hours, generate the customer invoices, and enter the payment receipts.

If this sounds complicated, don't worry... we've been through it hundreds of times; we'll get you through it. The fact is, if you're in business in construction, you've already been trying to do all of this manually. Even if you have a computer, using Word and Excel is still only using the computer like a typewriter. When you see what Smart Contractor can do for you, you'll be relieved.