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Estimating Software

Estimating software by SmartTrade allows quick and accurate costing of quotes and estimates, particularly when using electronic price files downloaded from suppliers.

Features that make estimating in SmartTrade quick and easy include:

• Using template jobs or duplicating existing jobs to speed up the estimating process. In many cases, templates jobs can effectively replace spreadsheets.
• Creating kitsets (assemblies).
• Subtotalling
• Entering costing items from a user created database of frequently used items, or direct from imported supplier price books, or as one-off items.
• Unlimited text entry allowing narratives to be inserted.
• Importing price files from suppliers, ensuring that up to date prices are available. Suppliers that provide price files in formats capable of being imported into SmartTrade include:
  - Ideal Electrical Suppliers
  - Rexel NZ
  - J. A. Russell Ltd
  - Stewarts Electrical Supplies
  - PlumbingWorld
  - MasterTrade
  - Corys Electrical
  - Chesters Plumbing and Bathroom
• More and more suppliers are providing price files in SmartTrade compatible formats, often at the request of their customers who use SmartTrade and recognise the considerable benefits of this feature.
  
• Exporting estimates to spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

While SmartTrade is suitable for most contractors, it may not be suitable for those that require integrated costing and project management, or use quantity surveying. However, some businesses can SmartTrade to create the initial costing, and then export it to a spreadsheet for completion.

Users equipped with the optional mobile version of SmartTrade (SmartTrade Mobile®) can prepare estimates in the field.

SmartTrade provides a practical and easy to use estimating solution, and for many businesses is the smart choice for estimating software.