This module provides the ultimate in convenience when preparing budget data. The Budgeting module is integrated to Payroll , Vehicle Maintenance, Work Management and Inventory Control . Users can also build manual budget items with a free-form integration tool. A factoring option provides for multiples of a budgeted project, such as a fire hydrant overhaul. Three budget cycles are provided - provisional, final, and revised.
Security is provided so that access can be restricted to each stage of the budgeting process.
A comprehensive suite of reports are provided. Any report written with the included report-writer can become a program menu item. Budget work-sheets Provisional budget work papers Budget prioritization reports Provisional budget reports, including transfer to final budget Final budget reports Budget variance reports, which show dollar and percentage comparisons between budget and actual expenditures for current year, last year, and year before last. General Ledger unit cost reports and General Ledger Budgeting unit costs reports, which permit the user to analyze the cost on different parameters for different accounts, e.g. cost of road repair by mile, by service level per population, etc.