How to Handle Tariffs in HeavyBid
Here is a quick run through of how I would address tariffs on purchased materials in HeavyBid using the escalation tool. Let me know if you enjoy following along to videos like this.
Export to P6 from HCSS HeavyBid
If your company has P6 and you are not export from HeavyBid you need to explore this great feature of HeavyBid. There is some upfront work connecting HeavyBid to P6 but once it is connected you shouldn’t have to do it again. I took the…
HeavyBid Versions – An Honest Discussion from a HeavyBid Trainer
This LINK is the comparisons of the three versions of HeavyBid. I see a fairly good matchup of the version to the company but every now and then I find a company who should have gone up a version. For example, if a company has…
V2018.1 HeavyBid Now Available
August is here and that means there is a new update to HeavyBid. HeavyBid 2018.0 is amazing and I highly recommend updating your install to this version in the near future. Lots of new features that will set the stage for future awesome elements. V2018.1…
Securing Your HeavyBid Setup
Goal: Protect the System Wide Codebooks and Setting from accidental modification but the secondary goal can be to also protect the Master Estimate(s). The problem with passwording the Master Estimate is that every estimate created from that Master will require a password to access it….
Search Biditems or Activities by Description in Tree View
This might not seem like a very useful feature until you have hundreds of biditems or activities. In the TreeView and on the biditems right-click and you will get a pop up screen that has two radio buttons. One is searching on Biditem description and…
HeavyBid Path to Success for a New Customer
HCSS recently put this out. It is a good guide for a new HeavyBid customer. LINK HCSS Academy is not mentioned in the document but is an excellent source also for videos on HeavyBid subjects. The list of videos will grow and I expect the…
Export All Quote Folders to One Excel Spreadsheet
You get done with an estimate and want to export all the quote folders with vendors/sub quotes to one Excel spreadsheet. Maybe it is for the job handoff or for a bid review. Before you export a setting has to be adjusted first in Excel….
Subtotals using Summary Group Values
Summary Groups (Adv/Comp Version) provide a quick way to get subtotals. A lot of users bypass this feature of HeavyBid as they think it is hard to understand. I will cover in another post how to setup Summary Groups but once values are assigned to…
Training Value: Flying with an untrained pilot
Pretend for a minute that you are a CEO of a large company (and maybe you are) with a company jet. One day you join the pilot in the co-pilots seat and begin asking him questions about all the various switches and knobs and their function….
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