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Abak Pro is a more powerful version of the timesheet software. Its extensive invoicing and report generating capabilities are unparalleled while enabling more “in-depth” budgeting capabilities to individual projects than the Abak Small Business version. Thus, also enabling more powerful management capabilities for organizations that have a larger number of projects and employees. Abak Professional timesheet software is the perfect solution to manage time, expenses, and detailed specifics within a project, as well as invoicing with precision and integrity and generating various reports in real time. After timesheet software installation, the program opens into a highly functional and attractive Windows environment that includes drop-down menus for File, Management, Invoicing, Tools and Help across the top, as well as a vertical icon toolbar field on the left. The timesheet software toolbar provides tabs to move between the four primary tasking areas: Enter, Management, Invoicing and Reports. |
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The newest version of Abak (Version 6.0) timesheet software was released in May 2002, and includes a redesign with an MS Outlook look and feel, as well as new features including a mail-merge process from the Abak database to the invoice program. In the short term, AGTI is not planning to use the new version for their consultants as it requires that a small program be loaded on the workstation or the server. When consultants are working at a client’s office and using their computers, this would be a problem for AGTI. Another challenge to AGTI not attributed to the timesheet software is in expense reporting. The auditors of AGTI stressed the importance of having each consultant sign a hard copy of their expense reports with a copy of the receipts attached. |
Abak 6.1 actually comes in three versions, a “Small Business” version, a “Pro” version, and an “Enterprise” version. All are built on the same core timesheet software framework, but include or eliminate various bells and whistles. We reviewed the “Pro” version of the software We found the installation of Abak 6.1 to be greatly improved over the timesheet software version that we reviewed last year. Abak is still a client/server application, but the server is automatically installed as part of a single-user installation, rather than requiring the somewhat bothersome configuration that was required in the last iteration. The server launches automatically and seamlessly when you launch the application. AGI has also done some work on the user interface. The result is very positive, with attractive and easy-to-navigate screens. |
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