HomeFront™ was designed with the needs of residential builders in mind. Designed to assist in managing the front-end sales operations, HomeFront‘ provides builders with the ability to maintain an electronic price book of Models and Options broken down by Community, Model and Series.

Track each customer along with their contract and change order details. With information stored in a central database, all individuals* within the organization can access the same information, eliminating lost paperwork and the need to re-input the same information into other systems. HomeFront™ is ODBC compliant, making your data available in Microsoft® Office products, Crystal Reports®, and Sage Timberline Office® Software’s Accounting programs.

*Remote access to show home sales people requires Microsoft“ Terminal Services which is available as an add-on to Windows 2000 Server®.

Key Features:

• Eliminate duplicate entries and clerical errors
• Track Customer Exterior and Interior Color Selections
• Control selection of Option’s with construction cut-off points tied to the construction schedule of the home.
• Control sales commissions
• Easily create price books by community with model and options
• Generate sales contracts from word document templates
• Sales Management Profit Margin reporting
• Change order Management
• Settlement reporting
• Process settlement adjustments
• Integrate information with Sage Timberline“ Office Job Costing including customer deposits, sales amounts, mortgage draws and user defined date information
• Lot inventory control

The Homebuyer's Information Page is the Heart of HomeFront.

• Easily identify the model and options the customer selects
• Generate sales contracts on the spot utilizing word document templates
• Manage and track Customer Change Orders, Lot Inventory information
• View Sale Amounts, Customer Deposits and End Settlement information from one convenient location.

Track Important Date Information

• Track key date information such as Deposit due dates and amounts, Architectural Permit application and approval dates etc.
• Generate notification reports or form letters for items requiring notification.
• Link date fields to custom fields stored in Sage Timberline“ Office Job Cost for reporting

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HomeFront™ was designed to help prevent costly errors in production home building. Customer option selections are dependent on user-defined cutoffs in change order and design center option selection.

Customer Options

Eliminate costly errors in the sales department by

• Distributing to estimating a list of options selected by the buyer.
• Monitoring structural changes to the home design .
• Restricting the sales person from entering unverified pricing.

Contact the estimating department for pricing requests on custom options and structural change requests.

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Contract Documentation

Generate contract documentation utilizing Microsoft Word Templates, minimize typing errors, and identify all options selected by the buyer as an addendum to the contract prior to contract signing. Sales information for base home, lot and options are sent to Sage Timberline® Office Job Costing for internal tracking and reporting.

Change Orders

• Track change orders for options selected after contract signing.
• Update sales information and contract totals in Job Cost automatically upon change order approval.
• Restrict option selection based on stage of construction.
• Custom Option requests can be emailed directly to estimating for quotation.

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Contract Summary

HomeFront‘ keeps you well informed of all information relating to each sale.

• Maintain a constant recap of the contract
• List of option details selected as part of contract addendums
• List of Change Orders and associated details
• Track customer deposits and mortgage draws which are also available for posting within Sage Timberline“ Office Accounting
• Sales Closing information is detailed including adjustments such as; taxes, interest, legal fees which can be posted to Sage Timberline“ Office Accounting
• Generate Homebuyer Worksheets for Sales Closing Documentation

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Process Commissions

• You have full control on how and when commissions are to be paid. Whether it’s a lump sum at closing or staged throughout the building process, information can then be generated to either Sage Timberline Office Payroll or Accounts Payable
• Integration with Sage Timberline“ Office Accounting and Job Cost means you will always be up to date with what happens in your sales center.

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Model and Options

Organize your Options by Community and Model.

• List standard and upgrade options for each model
• Track design centre options for each area of the home. Identify customer color selections for each option.
• Set the cut off status for each option so you don’t get caught in a change when it’s too late to implement it.
• Import Option pricing from BuilderMT® SIM application (Sales Interface Module)

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Lot Inventory

• Identify lots by community; Land developer, Job number etc.
  Lots are automatically removed from inventory when assigned to a customer.
• Track installment due dates and amounts. Post installment amounts payable to the land developer directly to Sage Timberline“ Office Accounts payable.
• Track Lot status by identifying lots in Inventory, Sold, Pending Sale, On Hold, Traded etc. Or create your own status codes for reporting in addition to the system defaults

Add New or Modify existing reports utilizing Crystal Reports®.

Automate internal paperwork processes and end duplicate entry. Customer information, Accounts Payable, and Job Cost updates are done at every stage of the construction process, providing you with accurate and timely information.

Combined with Sage Timberline Office“ and BuilderMT’s Prohome® software, HomeFront™ is an integrated and secure way of ensuring you are provided with accurate and timely information.

HomeFront™ helps you reduce errors, increase communications, be more effective and build on efficiency.

HomeFront™ - Sales Management System for Home Builders