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   List of Videos
   Update 2011 - b    Updates 2009 - 2010    More videos

     Daily Work
     Timekeeping
     Activity Report: Vacation in hours
     Activity Report: Overtime report all staff
     Fertiliser selection
     Stock
     Create chapters for different product types
     Settings
     Database - backup, copy to USB device, remote service tool
     MultiSite Version: Allowing separate cost centers
     Separate cost centers - reports and Daily Work



     Changes in Menus

     Daily Work

     Work Report

     Machines

     Stock

     Holes

     Budget
     General interest

     Introduction to Punctus

     Cost management



Daily Work: Timekeeping (2:30 min)                    Back to top
The timekeeping function is switched on in the Settings menu.
Jobs are put into the Daily Work menu as usual, creating a job list.
Staff can be assigned to the tasks.
* staff assigned:      only the assigned staff can see the job in their personal job lists.
* staff not assigned: job is visible for all staff.

Logging on and off jobs can be done on a touch-screen PC or using a normal mouse.
The timekeeping screen shows an image of each staff member.
By clicking an image that person's job list opens.
-> start a job:              click on one of the jobs
-> stop/interrupt a job: click it again

The recorded times and activities are fed into all reports.
This version was developed closely with a customer, GC Hardenberg (Germany). The development continues
to cover wider requirements.

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Daily Work: Activity Report, show vacation in hours (0:30 min)           Back to top
Vacation can be shown either in days or in hours. This function is switched on/off
in the settings menu. This is helpful where vacation can be taken by the hour.
(Suggested by Rien Hardeman, De Lage Vuursche, Netherlands.)

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Daily Work: Activity Report, overtime report all staff (0:30 min)           Back to top
The report summarises hours worked and overtime. The new feature allows to get this
summary for the entire staff in a selectable time frame.
Select "All Staff" in the drop down menu and refresh the table. (Darron Mather, Pleasington GC, England).

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Daily Work: Fertiliser selection - show all products (0:30 min)                    Back to top
A check-box allows to mask/unmask parts of the drop down menu for product selection:
* checked:    Show all products in stock
* unchecked: Show only fertiliser
This helps until the chemical spray report and its functions are implemented. (Marty Brown, Sharjah and Jebel Ali, UAE)

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Stock: Create chapters for different product types (2:30 min)                    Back to top
Three chapters are preset: Fertiliser, chemicals and machine parts.
Other product types can be created.

The table is ordered alphabetically.

Re-sorting a product from one chapter to another:
* in the main table - right mouse-click, select the other product type.
* or in product master file: change selection in the drop down menu "Type of product".

Different types of master files are provided.
To be selected in product master file, button "Edit".

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Settings (2:00 min)                    Back to top
Button "Backup" saves the database to the directory "c:\Punctus Backup" (Frank Pätzold, GC Wiesloch, Germany)
Button "Copy to USB" copies the database to other drives, e.g. a USB device.
The remote service tool can be started from here. If it is missing it will be downloaded from our server.
More settings:
- Timekeeping on/off.
- Timekeeping in a network -> switch on automatic refresh of tables in Daily Work

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Separate cost centers - reports and Daily Work (2:30 min)                    Back to top
This version was developed together with a gardening company.
A golf course and a multitude of customers - municipal, private, and companies - are managed.

This version is also suitable for golf courses requiring separate cost reports, e.g.
- the course can be separated from the club area
- a larger operation can be separated into various cost centers

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New features 2009 - 2010


Daily Work (5:00 min)                    Back to top
Page 1:
- easier to select items from Calendar

Page 2:
- add comments, e.g. health and safety
- layout is optimised for faster inputs
- short drop down menu for "Activities" -> faster input
   e.g. select "Bunkers" -> only work related to bunkers will be shown in activity box
- assign machines and products to a task
- tank mixture for fertilisers, nutrients are calculated automatically

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Work Report (4:30 min)                    Back to top
Page 1:
- graphics

page 2:
- graphics
- cost report - translates greenkeepers' language (time) to committees' language (money)
   includes man-hours, machines and materials.

page 3:
- fertiliser report for single holes.

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Machines (1:30 min)                    Back to top
Maintenance costs displayed on main page.
Input of hourly costs for cost report.

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Stock (0:30 min)                    Back to top
List of in and outgoing materials.
Materials used on a job - generally fertilisers and chemicals - can be registered in Daily Work.
The outgoing amount is taken off the stock amount and listed in the in/out list.

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Holes (0:30 min)                    Back to top
Images can be added for better documentation.
Various images can be added per hole.

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Budget (2:00 min)                    Back to top
Compact annual overview in which all planning can be done.
The budgetary year can be adjusted in the menu "Settings" (Darron Mather, Pleasington GC, England).
Account entries changed:
* triggered by a right mouse-click on an account, i.e. the green cell (Rien Hardeman, GC De Lage Vuursche, Holland)
* accounts now accept positive and negative balance (credit items or revenues can be enetered).
* Entries for delivery of goods can usefully be made prior to recept of the invoice:
   enter all details and zero amount -> colours the line red
   when invoice arrives enter amount - the red line is easy to find. (Andri Jörger, Domat Ems, Switzerland).

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Introduction to Punctus part I and II                    Back to top
Part I  - Daily Work and the reports (5:30 min)
Part II - Machines, Stock, Budget   (3:30 min)
Part I
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Part II
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Managing costs sensibly (5:30 min)                    Back to top
Together with customers we analyse the level and the distribution of cost in greenkeeping.
This video gives a brief introduction into key aspects of managing cost levels in Greenkeeping.

Salaries and machine costs are the main cost factors.
Knowing where man and machine hours go is therefore key.
Without good documentation Greenkeeping is a bit like a “black box”.


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