PENTA ERP
1 Review 5/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★PENTA ERP is an enterprise construction management ERP for large-scale firms and specialty contractors.
Product Overview
PENTA is a construction management software handling project tracking, accounting, labor management, and equipment cost control. Key features include real-time data updates, trend analysis, and comprehensive forecasting. PENTA also offers specialized functions for accounts payable and receivable, auditing, budgeting, and more.Pros
- Strong financial management
- Offers construction payroll module
- Real-time updates from point of data entry for labor management
Cons
- Human Resources Information System could be more comprehensive
- Limited user-driven custom report generation
- Not suitable for smaller construction firms
Target Market
Large-scale construction firms, A/E/C (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) organizations, and specialty contractors. It suits large firms with complex management needs across multiple companies, diverse project requirements, and international operations.PENTA offers a range of capabilities to improve job and cost control. It enhances labor productivity, manages complex work breakdown structures, provides accurate forecasting, and facilitates inter-departmental information exchange. The management of unresolved claims is also a key feature. Moreover, PENTA’s flexible and open information technology foundation allows for seamless integration with external products.
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Key Features
PENTA offers a wide range of functionalities through different modules:
Financial Management
- Balance maintenance with edit controls and recovery functions
- Unique Organizational Unit structure for intricate financial reporting
- Automated closing features and foreign exchange capabilities
- Integration across the complete suite of PENTA modules
- Comprehensive solution for diverse organizational financial needs
- Job cost and multi-company accounting, including all core features like accounts payable/receivable and general ledger.
- Auditing
- Budgeting, planning, and forecasting
- Construction payroll
Equipment Management
- Worldwide tracking of equipment location and usage
- Automated project charges based on equipment location
- Integration with other modules for fixed asset depreciation
- Various rate schedules and reporting capabilities for expense, revenue, and usage tracking
Project Management
- Manage RFIs and submittals
- Role-based workbenches
- Job cost management - from estimate to final invoice
Labor Management
- Rate tables and calculations for fringe benefits
- Automatic Davis-Bacon work calculations
- Handling of reciprocity cross-charges
- Automation in layoff check distribution
- Detailed reporting for leased employee payroll
In addition to these features, PENTA includes:
- Mobile field service app
- Subcontractor and change order control
- Service quoting
- Open system design using Oracle
- Bill of materials
- Fixed asset management
- Foreign currency conversion
- Inventory control
- Purchase orders
- Report writing
- Time & billing.
- Open system design using Oracle
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- Internet Software & Services
- 11-50 employees
- Annual revenue $1M-$10M
Good fit for mid-sized to large contractors
PENTA is a good fit for mid-sized to large commercial and industrial contractors, including Electrical Contractors, Mechanical / HVAC Contractors, Fire Protection Contractors, Heavy Civil Contractors and EPCs-- particularly those who manage a lot of labor – but not typically for those who are focused on residential construction.
Pros
PENTA was built to meet the demands of commercial and industrial field service organizations that manage equipment, maintenance agreements, inspections and more. PENTA makes field techs, crew foremen, service managers and support staff more efficient with a complete system designed to manage: • dispatching, work orders, customer service history, maintenance contracts and more • mobile field service using an iPad app • recording and transmitting of job labor, equipment, and production data from the field • inspections • info flows into core financials. With PENTA, you can even give your customers self-service access to service history via a Customer Portal, reducing your support costs, building stronger customer relationships, and enhancing revenue.
Cons
PENTA isn't an estimating package, but it does allow you to use an estimating tool you prefer.
