Creative Manager Pro Adds New Scheduling and Reporting Features

Creative Manager Pro, Ad Agency Software and Project Management Groupware for Creative and Design firms, released today version 7.5 adding new scheduling features, new reporting features, tighter integration with Mac OS X 10.3.7, and more.

Lakewood, NJ (PRWEB) January 24, 2005

Creative Manager, Inc., provider of Creative Project Manager and Creative Manager Pro, announced the release of version 7.5, adding features to more easily manage schedules using multiple task assignments. Among the new financial reports that were added are Cash Basis Income Statements, and Statement of Cash Flow.

Current clients are being offered free training in order to take advantage of the new features.

No installation or conversion will be necessary, and the update is free to all users of Creative Project Manager and Creative Manager Pro.

Using the new features, many assignments for one task can now be assigned to people within your organization, and they will appear on their calendars, and dashboards. These are baby tasks and part of the larger task that users estimate and schedule with. As each assignment finishes their part of the task, the next person assigned receives a message that their assignment is now ready to be worked on.

Ron Ause, Director of Marketing for Creative Manager, Inc., said "The new scheduling features were implemented directly as a result of client input. Our consultants spent days working closely with clients to determine the right approach to solving their problems. We're Listening!"

Building on their long string of successful monthly releases and in response to increasing demand for these new features, Creative Manager Pro continues to invest heavily to add the new features which work with Apple's OS X Unix-based Operating System and Microsoft Windows.

When asked about the new upgrade, Ause said "We continue to make advances on TWO fronts - Apple's Mac OS X and Windows. Now that we've got the synchronization complete with iSync, iCal and AddressBook, we've gone beta with the sync to Outlook on Windows."

Additional enhancements to the system were made in the following areas:

• New reports: Cash Basis Income Statements and Statement of Cash Flows
• Modified the Add Project Screen to include all options and all fields, making it easier and faster to start a new project
• Added a Percentage of Budget option to the project over budget notification
• Expanded the missing time sheets option to catch timesheets that were never started
• Expanded Menus to allow for faster access to functions (Example:

• Added a Calendar View of the project schedule
• Added additional formatting options to the Invoice Templates to match Estimate Templates
• Enhanced our WIP Posting to better reconcile WIP Postings
• Beta Release of the Outlook Synchronization Tool (Sync Contacts and Appointments both ways)

Creative Manager Pro goes beyond costing to offer full Project Management, CRM, Digital Asset Management, billing and accounting, and Extranet capabilities.

Creative Manager Pro (at http://www.Creative-Manager.com), is the only Ad Agency software and Project Management Software for the Creative Design industry, created exclusively for design firms, ad agencies, in-house creative/MarCom departments, and creative service firms. It is a web-based integrated project management software and job tracking solution which streamlines the entire firm, from developing new business, to staffing, managing, and executing projects through to accounting and financial reporting.

Creative Manager Pro is a full-featured, intuitive system which makes project and ad agency management a breeze. Creative Manager Pro supports Customer Relationship Management, Document Management, Shared Calendaring, Accounting and much more. Because it is web-based, there is nothing to install and it can be set up in a single day. It works with both PC and Macintosh from any location over any connection. It may also be installed locally on the client's own servers. All options include training and support to ensure that clients are up and running quickly.

Among the many features of Creative Manager Pro:

• Graphically view your firm's metrics - manage your firm by the numbers.
• Manage Contacts and Leads
• Create Project Schedules, Calendars and Manage Tasks
• Take your contacts and calendar on the road with iCal, AddressBook & Outlook
• Approve Timesheets, Purchasing, Billing and Budgets
• Review and Approve Artwork Online
• Store and Manage Digital Assets
• Manage and Balance the Books
• Free client and vendor access to streamline workflow.
• Quick startup/import from Clients & Profits, Adman and other systems
• Full-featured CRM (Client Relationship Management)
• Extranet capabilities
• Manage media with an interface with Strata
• Charting of important industry metrics and firm statistics

Take a test drive at http://www.Creative-Manager.com

The team members at Creative Manager, Inc. have been leaders in ad agency software and project management software for the creative industry and on the Mac OS for over 26 years. They provide their creative clients with two major offerings: Creative Project Manager and Creative Manager Pro. Both programs work seamlessly with the Mac OS and Windows.

Creative Manager, Inc. is based in Lakewood NJ, with offices at

111 Madison Avenue

Lakewood NJ 08701

800.203.7684

http://www.Creative-Manager.com

Contact Info:

Ron Ause rona@Creative-Manager.com

Creative Manager, Inc.

800.203.7684 x3051

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