The Solution
Coretime was chosen as the preferred software solution by The Berkeley Partnership after a process of evaluation of a number of systems. Initially 74 consultants would be using the software including 10 full function users with the rights to set up, administer and allocated user rights as well as to record time and expenses and manage projects. In addition the Staff Planner module was chosen to aid efficient planning of resources on projects and allocation of tasks.
The system was a good fit for their needs across both fixed fee and time charged projects. Among the different software features which were valuable to their business were the ability to assign different user rights across their staff; management of timesheet approvals; the ability to use a variety of charge out rates by position and project. The advantage of the Coretime and Sage 50 Accounts link meant that there would be less duplication of effort and data could be fed from one system to the other. With Consultants out of the office and working remotely on a frequent basis, the ability to track time on mobiles was also a key requirement which Coretime was able to meet.