Ad Agency Project Management – 3 Ways Our Advantage Software Can help Your Agency!

Advantage Software is designed by agencies, for agencies.  You’ll find customizable desktops, menus and applications that conform to your agency brand or individual preferences.

Innovative and flexible ad agency software applications meet the needs of mid to large-size agencies with multiple offices or profit centers but also serve smaller agencies with easy-to-use features and efficient design. 

Role-based methodology and extensive collaboration tools ensure that everyone benefits; making your agency more efficient, productive and profitable.  Extend connectivity beyond typical boundaries with tools such as Webvantage Mobile and the Client Portal!

3 Ways Our Advantage Software Project Management Software Can Help Your Agency

1.  A good Agency Project Management system includes Resource Management tools that allow you to see into the future and predict both short-term and long-term staffing needs.

2.  A good Agency Project Management system provides accurate task lists and project timelines and calendars without making your project manager a data entry clerk.  It automates the task routing through intelligent workflow templates that you define.

3.  Agency Project Management systems that centralize all information, communications and documents allow companies to stay informed, up-to-the-minute on important events, changes, or problems that may affect the timing or accuracy of the finished product.

If you would like more information about Advantage Software Project Management software, please call us at 800.841.2078 or contact our Regional Sales Managers:  Dominique Lacerte - dlacerte@gotoadvantage.com or Mike McGee - mmcgee@gotoadvantage.com .  We look forward to working with your agency soon!

 

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Ad Agency Software from Advantage Software Delivers Major Project Management and Production Upgrades in Webvantage v3.20!

There is more exciting news for Ad Agency Project Management and Production users with the latest Webvantage Agency Management Software v3.20 upgrade from Advantage Software!

We added a number of Agency Project Management Maintenance applications to Webvantage which can be controlled by security but allow Project Managers to manage maintenance items from Webvantage!

All of these agency software items can be exported to Excel for reporting:

• Alert Assignment Maintenance – Required to use the new Alert Assignments feature.  This application is used to create States and Workflow Templates used for Alert Assignment routing;
• Alert Groups
• Phase
• Status
• Tasks and Task Templates
• Roles
• Project Schedule Settings

Other items of interest to the agency Project Management and Production users of the software include:

• Purchase Order Search – added filter options to omit Voided Purchase Orders or Closed Purchase orders from the search results
• Job Jacket Event Scheduling – added filters for Cutoff dates and Event ID’s
• Estimates – added new signature option for 5 client signatures
• Project Viewpoint Hours Viewpoint – added the Job Description and Job Component Description

Webvantage is an extremely powerful, reliable, robust and scalable web-based version of our Advantage Software.

We'll be covering more details from our Webvantage v3.20 release soon.  If you would like more information about Webvantage, our web-based ad agency software program, please call us at 800.841.2078 or contact our Regional Sales Managers:  Dominique Lacerte - dlacerte@gotoadvantage.com or Mike McGee - mmcgee@gotoadvantage.com.  We look forward to working with your agency soon!

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Ad Agency Finance & Accounting Webvantage Software from The Advantage Software Company Includes Nice v3.20 Financial Enhancements!

The Advantage Software Company has released Webvantage v3.20 with some very nice enhancements and upgrades for all ad agency departments and roles!

Today, we wanted to share with our accounting and financial agency software team members some of the specific enhancements that we think you will really enjoy!

Billing Approval Batch Options in Webvantage

We added additional options for selected billing for approval to match new options in the Billing Command Center.  These include:

• Select Jobs with Unbilled or Other Charges (means that jobs will be displayed if they have unbilled charges or have been advance billed or have an approved estimate or open purchase orders).
• Select Jobs with Unbilled Charges Only (limits selection to jobs that have unbilled or un-reconciled charges).
• Select All Open Jobs (includes all open jobs for a complete review).

Accounts Receivable Statements

We added the ability to “check all or uncheck all” to email or print!

Employee Utilization Dashboard

These dashboards provide interactive, visual information on Employee Productivity and Realization billability, including a simple Fee Analysis view. They are locked by default (activate in System Locking) and include security for each option (productivity vs. realization).

We'll be covering more details from our Webvantage v3.20 release soon.  If you would like more information about Webvantage, our web-based ad agency software program, please call us at 800.841.2078 or contact our Regional Sales Managers:  Dominique Lacerte - dlacerte@gotoadvantage.com or Mike McGee - mmcgee@gotoadvantage.com.  We look forward to working with your agency soon!

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Advantage Software Company - Ad Agency Software: Advantage Ad Agency Software Releases New Webvantage Web-based Agency Software Version

Advantage Software Company - Ad Agency Software: Advantage Ad Agency Software Releases New Webvantage Web-based Agency Software Version

Advantage Ad Agency Software Releases New Webvantage Web-based Agency Software Version

The Advantage Software Company has just released v3.20 for our Webvantage software that includes some really exciting upgrades and updates to our web-based agency software!

The Alerts application has been enhanced to include many new features that are designed to improve communications but also facilitate issue routing. Below is a list of key changes:

• Added Alert Assignments, which are used for issue and task routing. This feature can be used to supplement regular project schedules, but can also be used to automate issue tracking on digital or other programming projects.

• Alert Assignments may be filtered to view the current employee (logged in) or all employees for complete visibility into the assignments made at all levels, to all employees.

• Redesigned the Alert page to bring comments onto the first tab.

• Changed the comment option so that it is a 'popup' and is easier to access and add new comments.

• Added the ability to edit the Category, Priority, Due Date, Due Time, Subject and Body on Manual Alerts and Alert Assignments. Automatic commenting keeps an audit trail of what was edited and when.

• Filters have been replaced with easy-to-use buttons that instantly filter for the type of Alert or Alert Assignment you're searching for.

• Group By options have been changed to group by main Alert levels and include alerts at most main levels and below (client, job, job component and task).

• Added the ability to exclude attachments from the email generated, at the Alert level.

• Added the ability to upload the documents sent with Alerts to the Document Manager at the same time the Alert is sent.

• Added option to send or not send a copy to the Sender at the Alert level (defaults to last selection by user).
• Changed "Sent" box to display the Alert for the Sender regardless of whether or not they are a recipient.
• Added 'paging' to the Alerts main pages to speed up page loading for users with a large number of alerts (all inboxes).
• Added Task Assignments list and link to Assignment Alert to the Task Alert Detail page.
• Added Job Alert View filter to hide or show completed Alert Assignments.
• Added the ability to print the Alert as a report.
• Added the ability to create a report based on the Alert View (complete grid utilizing all filters and criteria) by exporting to Excel.
• Modified all Print/Send features to utilize the new Alert options. Allows for any report to be sent as either an Alert or an Alert Assignment. Changed Print icon to read "Print/Send".
• Added the ability to Group Alerts by Due Date and Priority in both the Alert Main View and the Alert Desktop Object.

We'll be covering more details from our Webvantage v3.20 release soon.  If you would like more information about Webvantage, our web-based ad agency software program, please call us at 800.841.2078 or contact our Regional Sales Managers:  Dominique Lacerte - dlacerte@gotoadvantage.com or Mike McGee - mmcgee@gotoadvantage.com.  We look forward to working with your agency soon!

Ad Agency Digital Asset Management – Advantage Software to the Rescue!

Advertising agency clients of all sizes are embracing our Advantage software and technology with questions like, “What exactly is Digital Asset Management?”

Digital asset management (DAM) consists of management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets. Digital photographs, animations, videos and music are samples of media asset management (a sub-category of DAM.

Digital asset management systems includes computer software and/or hardware systems that aid in the process of digital asset management.

The term "digital asset management" (DAM) also refers to the protocol for downloading, renaming, backing up, rating, grouping, archiving, optimizing, maintaining, thinning, and exporting files.

The term "media asset management" (MAM) is a sub-category of "Digital Asset Management," mainly for audio, video and other media content. Generally the "asset" being managed is collected and stored in a digital format.

Advantage includes a built-in and fully integrated document and digital asset manager. You can now upload and track documents or creative assets by simply linking to key levels within Advantage. A folder system is created and maintained automatically. Metadata is created and attached to each document, making it searchable as well as exportable.

Search for all assets by client, product, campaign, job, etc. Additionally, a complete audit trail of document transactions by job illustrates why it may have gone over budget!  Security may be applied to protect confidential documents such as contracts, so that all information can be safely stored in the system.

If you would like more information about the Advantage Software Digital Asset Management program, please call us at 800.841.2078 or contact our Regional Sales Managers:  Dominique Lacerte - dlacerte@gotoadvantage.com or Mike McGee - mmcgee@gotoadvantage.com.  We look forward to working with your agency soon!

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In-House Ad Agency Software from Advantage Software is a Totally Custom Experience

Advantage Software provides your In-House Agency with all the tools needed to automate and optimize the work you do!

Project Management for In-House Agencies

· Job Jacket - Creative Briefs, Specifications, Work Orders & Change Orders

· Digital Project Issue Tracking

· Project Schedules & Timelines

· Estimates & Vendor Quote Requests

· Purchase Orders

Resource & Workload Management for In-House Agencies

· Calendar

· Workload Projections

· Resource Management

· Task Management

· Time Entry

· Expense Reports

Media Buying & Reconciliation for In-House Agencies

· Media Estimates

· Media Orders - Newspaper, Inserts, Direct Mail, Magazine, Out of Home, Internet & Broadcast

· Publication Specifications

· Media Calendar

Communications, Collaboration & Information

· Role-based Dashboards

· Alerts & Workflow-based Assignments

· Client Portal

· Extensive Reporting

Document & File Management for In-House Agencies

· Documents, Files, Assets & Links

Accounting & Finance for In-House Agencies

· Complete Financial System

· Budgets & Forecasts

· A/P, A/R, Billing

· Bank Reconciliation

· General Ledger - with Import/Export Capabilities

Management Information Reports for In-House Agencies

· Executive Dashboard

· Project Statistics

· Productivity Analysis

· Job Cost Analysis

Contact Ellen Coulter with questions or to schedule an online demonstration by calling 800-841-2078 x414, emailing ecoulter@gotoadvantage.com and visiting us online www.gotoadvantage.com .

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