Viewpoint Spectrum
About Viewpoint Spectrum
Designed with construction contractors in mind, Spectrum enables you to realize the power of connected construction management functionality with a single-source of data truth. As part of the connected Trimble Construction One suite of solutions, Spectrum’s connected workflows allow you to effectively manage your entire construction process, including:
Complete construction accounting capabilities
Powerful operations and project management solutions
Streamlined employee onboarding, and payroll functionality
Leading-edge document management and collaboration tools
Intuitive web and mobile solutions to empower your teams in the field
Seamless materials, inventory and equipment management and tracking
Full-featured service management and dispatching capabilities
Dynamic reporting, analytics and business intelligence tools
Spectrum is designed for construction, with its features and functionality mapped to how real-world contractors like you operate. Whether you’re a growing small- to mid-sized company or an enterprise-level contractor with multiple companies and divisions, the Trimble Construction One suite can meet your specific construction business needs.
The Trimble Construction One Spectrum is ideal for all types of contractors — from general and heavy/civil to electrical, mechanical and other specialty contractors. The ease of use and flexibility that Trimble Construction One Spectrum provides means contractors can tailor their construction management solution to meet the specific needs of their business.
With a single source of truth and real-time analysis tools, you can do more with your data than ever. The best part is that contractors don’t need a team of expensive data scientists and hours of labor-intensive work to get to this level of insight. Virtually anyone can get the data relevant to them or their teams in a matter of minutes.
Work with confidence knowing that all of your data and workflows are protected in a secure operating environment. Spectrum is supported by the very latest security measures to ensure that you have the highest security protocols in place at all times. In fact, many of the solutions you’ll find in the Trimble Construction One suite are SOC 2, Type I and SOC 2, Type II certified, signifying that our cloud systems and associated control processes satisfy the SOC security control standards as denoted in the AICPA Trust Services Criteria for Security. Trimble Construction One Spectrum relies on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and benefits from its tremendous investment in security.
Furthermore, the Trimble Construction One suite is flexible, allowing users to bundle the functionalities they need to properly scale for their business, while providing a secure platform to grow their technology capabilities as they need. This allows you to maximize your technology investments. Further backed by the powerful construction technology ecosystem of Trimble, you have one provider to meet all of your construction technology needs.
Key benefits of Viewpoint Spectrum
- Spectrum helps teams get more done in less time, by eliminating duplication, coordinating functions, cutting steps and automating processes
- With Spectrum, companies can handle more work and grow revenues, while limiting overhead and controlling expenses
- Web-based construction ERP software accessible anywhere, any time for real-time collaboration
- Intuitive tools and workflows designed to meet the needs of today's contractors for smarter work
- Comprehensive software provides complete view of projects and scope of work
- Powerful data analytics tools for business intelligence and planning future projects
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- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
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Reviewed on 2018/08/07
I am a project accountant and have been a Spectrum user since 1996 when it was called ForeFront and...
I am a project accountant and have been a Spectrum user since 1996 when it was called ForeFront and this is the only construction software I've used. Overall I find the software easy to use. I've participated in training led by Spectrum trainers and their help and advise is invaluable. The ability to export data in different file types for analysis - exporting to excel file, data only is one I use regularly. We're also lucky to have an IT software support specialist with extensive Spectrum background who is able to provide SQL reports for those times when the standard reports and exports don't give us enough flexibility with the data for analysis.
Pros
Most processes in Spectrum are intuitive for the user.
Cons
As a long time user of Spectrum, we have a heavily customized Job Cost Report. It's becoming more difficult to accommodate our custom needs as new versions are released.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Solid product across the board
Reviewed on 2023/07/17
Pros
I find it easy to navigate through, most options are intuitive and easy to figure out, problems are easy to trouble shoot as far as reconciling and researching transactions.
Cons
I wish report customization was available to the average user, not just to those trained in Crystal report writing, or for hire at prices that make it unattractive. The data is all there at the fingertips, its frustrating to not be able to pull down exactly what you want. That being said, there are a lot of canned reports available, they've done a fairly decent job of anticipating most needs, especially in the payroll area with work comp and payroll tax reports. I also would like to see payroll tax reports available to print/file out of Spectrum.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
General Usage of Spectrum for Construction
Reviewed on 2023/07/25
Its okay, but hard to get things accomplished some times. Too many stiff programs, not workable...
Its okay, but hard to get things accomplished some times. Too many stiff programs, not workable like excel spreadsheets are. I worked with Deltek products for Engineering and they're product for building jobs was Excel based and was easy to maneuver around so you were able to copy things and place them where you wanted them to be. It was like you had the whole job/report in front of you at once and could place things where you wanted them to be instead of putting in a transaction and finding out afterwards where it sits or how it looks by running a report. To set up a job with cost codes, etc in Spectrum is a bit scary if your not used to it. Once you do some things in the setup, it cannot be changed, or easily changed. It feels like a big production if its a big job with a lot of phase codes and a lot of moving parts. if it was as easy to create as an excel spreadsheet, it wouldn't be so hard and not as scary, then you wouldn't feel like your going to really screw it up.
Pros
I had no choice in using Spectrum for this company and do not know about other programs for construction other than Sage products.
Cons
I do not like the fact that you can't drill down from reports to get information without having to open up another tab to go searching for the info your requiring. Sage 50 was wonderful in that respect. You could find exactly why a number was appearing on the report and where it came from or why it was there. Many errors were caught that way and were able to be changed before they began to snowball.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Foundation Constructors, Inc. Review
Reviewed on 2023/07/13
Our initial set up did not go smoothly at all and we were very unhappy. Once we got things set up...
Our initial set up did not go smoothly at all and we were very unhappy. Once we got things set up correctly for our use, we really like it. We are familiar with the data entry, reporting and more advanced options now and it works great for us! Now that we are set up and have some custom reports, things are good!
Pros
Once things were set up properly for us, it is fairly easy to use. Running reports is easy and the job costing works well for us.
Cons
Customer service is terrible! Response time is slow and the help feature doesn't provide much guidance. I used the help feature more often in the past but, after one of the recent updates, it doesn't help me much at all. The other "Con" would be custom reports. We were surprised by how many reports we needed to customize for every day information.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Review by W.Mills for Alterman
Reviewed on 2023/07/12
Overall using Spectrum for 5 years has been very positive. The site is easy to navigate, and I...
Overall using Spectrum for 5 years has been very positive. The site is easy to navigate, and I like that I can increase the size if needed as well. .
Pros
I have used several General Ledger products in the past. I find Spectrum user friendly, easy to use and teach to others.
Cons
The sales tax feature could be more robust for reporting of sales tax.
Viewpoint Spectrum FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Viewpoint Spectrum.Q. What type of pricing plans does Viewpoint Spectrum offer?
Viewpoint Spectrum offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Not Available
Minimum of 5 users; additional field users $65
Q. Who are the typical users of Viewpoint Spectrum?
Viewpoint Spectrum has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Viewpoint Spectrum support?
Viewpoint Spectrum supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Viewpoint Spectrum support mobile devices?
Viewpoint Spectrum supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Viewpoint Spectrum integrate with?
Viewpoint Spectrum integrates with the following applications:
ON!Track
Q. What level of support does Viewpoint Spectrum offer?
Viewpoint Spectrum offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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