Professional Services Automation (PSA)Published Articles Product Listings There are
systems that have been targeted to specific types of PSO’s such as accountants
and lawyers. Another class of PSO’s referred to as AEC (Architects, Engineers
and Contractors) also have software specifically designed for their industries.
There are also many other PSO solutions that meet the needs of any PSO. At one
end of the continuum of PSO solutions are timesheet systems that provide timesheets,
expense reporting and project management. Next there are time billing systems
that include billing, and sometimes purchasing, allowing for accumulation of external
costs for products and services that need to be allocated to projects. Many of
the solutions available to accountants are really time billing systems. Next there
is Professional Service Automation (PSA) that usually includes timesheet and billing,
but also extends the solution to include customer relationship management (CRM),
opportunity management, resource management, and knowledge management. With timesheets,
time billing and PSA, accounting (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts
Payable) is often not included. We have not included the major accounting
and ERP systems in the links below. For these vendors, click here
for our links to accounting/ERP systems. We have provided below only a partial
list of some of the available products for PSO’s. It is not necessary to purchase
all components in the software products. For example, if all you want is timesheets
for now, you could purchase just the timesheet functionality from one of the PSA
products. Timesheet solutions Time
Billing - Generic solutions Time Billing - CA Firm solutions PSA |
