Deltek Costpoint Erfahrungen

Easy-to-use program for tracking hours worked.

Kommentare: I used this program daily to track my hours worked for each pay period. It was pretty easy to use and did not take much time out of my day.

Vorteile:

This program was very simple to use to track your hours worked. It was efficient, easy, and did not take much time to learn or to use it daily.

Nachteile:

I cannot think of anything specific that I disliked about this program.

Cumbersome

Kommentare: Overall, I wish the system retained it's functionality with an easier to use interface. The reporting in the Costpoint system should be more customizable without having to be a report writer and be forced to use the business intelligence module to build reports from the ground up.

Vorteile:

The system can do almost anything you want it to in terms of setup. There are more options and specifications than any one company could ever need or want.

Nachteile:

Because the system is so customizable from an admin side, it becomes very cumbersome. A single update needs to be made in multiple screens in order for it to show up everywhere and be accessible to everyone. The User Interface is complicated for everyday users and troubleshooting issues is difficult and time consuming because of all the areas where there could be an issue.

COSTPOINT IS LAZY AND STUPID

Kommentare: There is not a day that goes by that I am not pissed off at this software. It's 10:00 A.M and I have stopped working to come here and post about how awful cospoint is. Example: While creating a Purchase order costpoint tells me there are 10 PR's total for the PO. I continue to the PO and start pluggin in the information and realize there are only 9. What hapenened? Did I do something wrong? So I go back to create the PO and run it again and it says that 1 is processed. No problem right? sure, but this kind of thing happens all the time. Why would software only do part of a task? why does it get lazy and decide it doesn't want to do it. This happens all the time and it isn't always so simple. This can cause huge problems on a larger PO. Another example I am going through right now is when costpoint is assigning PO's it will do it with multiple people so someone cannot use it. They won't know until later when they open the PO that it was assigned to someone else and have to back out everything they did and start over. I have to back out 30 PR's right now but wanted to say how absolutely awful this software is. If you are working you need to save after each thing you do or every couple things. yyou can't just work through something and hit save at the end because you will confuse cospoint and it will generate an error. then you have to refresh the screen thus losing all data input and start over again. you have to realize that cospoint is lazy and stupid and you have to work with it slowly to avoid doing things twice. This is the worst software I have worked with for inventory and everyone I work with will agree across all departments. It is like an ongoing joke. I left working for my current employer and then returned a few years later and when I returned I realized I had forgotten what a piece of crap costpoint was and should have held out for more pay due to having to deal with it again. It will put you in a situation where you will look like you made a mistake countless times. It will create more work for you over and over again.

Vorteile:

There really isn't much that I like about costpoint except that it is an online database that can be accessed from the internet instead of being hosted on a server at the company. however this also limits it as well so I remain neutral on anything positive. Over several years of working with it my hatred of the software has grown to the point of me not seeing any thing really that good about it. It completes tasks sometimes.... which is unacceptable. it should complete them all the time.

Nachteile:

You cannot work fast and have to save often because the program will get confused if you do too much at one time. It creates extra workload due to the time it takes to undo the problems that it created. program seems to be lazy and does tasks intermittently. When you click the save button it is like a gamble as to whether or not it will carry out the task. it will assign key tracking numbers to multiple people at the same time without the users knowing and they will have to back out all their data.

Costpoint

Kommentare: This was a lot more time consuming to implement. Other softwares we surveyed before going with CP had a tool that would export our data from quick books into their system. Not sure why CP doesn’t have this feature.

Vorteile:

The reporting feature. We really liked the cognos relationship, and the ability to export directly to excel as well as upload from excel.

Nachteile:

The revenue to income statement. I have never worked with an accounting system where once I created and posted an invoice, the total revenue for that product on the income statement is different then what was billed. I do not understand why I have to tell my system to recognize or “pick up” my revenue. It’s redundant and causes a lot of headaches.

Easy-to-use but doesn't work for every situation

Vorteile:

I use costpoint daily at my job and the software is very easy to navigate. I have no issues searching for BOMs (Bill of Materials) and costpoint interacts relatively seamlessly with the systems that we use for engineering drawings and shop floor instructions.

Nachteile:

A lot of the materials in the BOMs seem to be controlled by effectivity dates. This may work well for companies that have interchangeable parts with planned obsolescence dates, but the industry I work in has variable production schedules where it'd be preferable to control materials by engineering drawing effectivity.

Poor user interface

Vorteile:

Don't like it, but I'm required to use it.

Nachteile:

The cumbersome user interface. I have a PhD in machine learning, since I find hard navigating the plurality of tables and fields. The system displays "unfillable" forms, for example for a certain configuration there is no "Charge Type" possible. However, you cannot submit the form without this. It even doesn't save drafts, despite pressing save, so it lost all my records I've added.Imagine you send a janitor to buy two bottles of floor cleaning. However, the janitor bought three, one being for personal use. I wish the janitor a good time to enter the miles driven, the cost of the cleaner and the personal deduction. Each entry needs to be assigned to the correct project. What a waste of time and energy! The Janitor experiences a user interface no less complex than a helicopter dashboard.

Simple software everyone understands

Kommentare: Deltek helps us take care of our timesheets in short order, with very helpful search and report functions to boot.

Vorteile:

I always like how easy it is to use. I create favorites so I don't even have to search for the right codes - they're just right there. And the web pages load very quickly on our awful work computers!

Nachteile:

Depending on how your company set it up, it can be confusing to find your codes initially... but all they have to do is give them to you and then it's super easy.

Work Smarter not Harder

Kommentare: The Costpoint enterprise suite allows a complete set of tools that can influence critical business decisions in a vertical business. What sets this software apart from others, is the tools available to customize the software using Extensibility.

Vorteile:

ease of use and customization features

Nachteile:

native application limitations out of the box.

Use daily reports work well

Kommentare: Just in time reporting

Vorteile:

It combines accounting and contracts. Easy to use and run reports and pull data from system. Love the real-time reporting

Nachteile:

The contracts model needs more attention. It could be more robust. It is really not functional out of the box

Awesome ERP Software for medium to large scale business/organization

Kommentare: Using the robust ERP software Deltek Costpoint, organizations can operate and manage their finances more effectively.

Vorteile:

With the help of an ERP solution, the company may simplify a challenging process. Businesses may automate their departments, project budgeting, and forecasting with the aid of useful tools to boost their profitability. A single, comprehensive solution is provided by Costpoint. As a result, businesses can have an easy HR procedure from enrollment through recruitment. Because of its strong web service design, integration is simple. Thus, any production setups may easily deploy and use the Deltek software.

Nachteile:

You will encounter more annoying messages while using the software.

Costpoint is an extremely powerful project based accounting system

Vorteile:

The flexibility it provides. With both private and public clients, we are required to provide invoices to clients in many different formats, and some project setups can be quite complicated. Costpoint allows us the flexibility we need to manage our projects effectively and also meet our client's needs. We also love the extensibility tool introduced with Costpoint 7 that has allowed us to customize the software in order to enforce many of our internal procedures and business rules.

Nachteile:

Because of it's flexibility, it can be complicated, which leads to errors. We hear from our new users that systems they worked on previously provided more of a standard workflow that guided them through the project setup process. We realize this is very difficult to do with some many different project setup requirements, and we've tried to accomplish some of this through the extensibility tool.

Wow!

Vorteile:

I'm still looking. Give me more time, I'm sure it's there somewhere. My accounting department sold this to the company as an upgrade.

Nachteile:

Ok. My firm used to use the time & expense for timekeeping and concur for expenses; great user experience there. Then we switched to costpoint 60 days ago. It reminds me of a slapped together MS Access database. The interface is awful, just awful. Why didn't Deltek just keep the time/expense user interface? Deltek Time/Expesne had mobile options, I've yet to find that for costpoint (..come back, your going the wrong way!!). As a manager, approving sheets is no picnic either and heaven for bit I want to look at an employee across 2 pay periods (deltek expense you clicked an arrow, costpoint you double or triple your clicks for the same task). And then there's the Expense module in costpoint, oh my. I have no idea what I'm looking at sometimes. You have to download the attachments to view them instead of opening inline for quick reference (clunky). There doesn't seem to be any sort of natural workflow for the expense reports. There's a bunch of links and buttons that I don't need. And why not just have an approval button for managers? All I've ever found is a "perform selected task" button. Not intuitive at all from a company that aims at setting the pace. Or.... maybe my firm botched the rollout?

7.1.1 Admin disappointed with the constant updates but the end-users like it

Vorteile:

Our end-users generally have zero complaints with the software. We use it for everything from purchasing and receiving to HR functions.

Nachteile:

I'm not a fan of the new update model they have rolled out with 7.1.1. It seems there are constant updates and, unlike previous versions where you only installed the updates you needed to fix a particular issue, they now expect ALL updates to be installed. I realize they are trying to get away from the need for major revision upgrades by doing this but the load on the IT department is WAY more than it used to be for day-to-day operations.

Costpoint

Kommentare: Overall, it's not bad if you have proper training. But bringing someone new in to use it, is a difficult task and requires a sit down training. I wish it was more user friendly.

Vorteile:

It gets the job done and ensures we are in compliance

Nachteile:

It is not intuitive, so you need all the training you can get to know what simple buttons you need to do, to put out results you want.

Using Deltek is by far the Worst Part of my Day

Kommentare: If you miss the 90's, Costpoint is the product for you. Inspired by timeless Windows Vista design this is a "glossy buttons and drop-shadows" galore.
Escape your mundane day-to-day activity, and embark on an adventure trying to log your hours.

Vorteile:

It's nice to talk to someone out of my department once in a while. Since the product is not usable, I get a lot of help from our accounting.

Nachteile:

I can't think of a product more "Frankenstein" than this ... it's a collection of fragmented features. Terrible usability, poor design and implementation including: 1. Tracking hours is overly complex 2. Help is lacking or outdated 3. Interface/workflow design is terrible (full of meaningless popups, lacks instructions, poor labels) 4. Update Password workflow is unnecessarily complex

Work Smarter not Harder

Vorteile:

The Costpoint enterprise suite allows a complete set of tools that can influence critical business decisions in a vertical business. What sets this software apart from others, is the tools available to customize the software using Extensibility.

Nachteile:

Limitations on customization unless you have in-house experience or willing to pay for consulting which is a consideration.

Incredibly inefficient system

Nachteile:

The amount of keystroking required to complete a simple task is staggering. It takes hours to complete a simple task that should only take minutes to complete due to the number of separate steps required. It's like working with 1970's technology. The system will not allow even minimal customization, i.e. menu fonts/set-ups. I would rather work in an old DOS program than this one.

Controller

Kommentare: Costpoint is a dynamic system with many features that are automated. We use it for not only our accounting system, but also our budgeting and reporting. It is complex and able to do many things, but the right people must be in place to ensure the system works for you and is used to it's fullest. We are only using some of the capabilities of the system, and have only started to unlock all the possibilities of the system 2 years into implementation.

System

Kommentare: We track all our financials, invoicing our costumes and track our incur costs submmtion

Vorteile:

Very easy to use and easy to learn’ very robust system from the beginning of a project all the way to the end

Nachteile:

Flexibility sometimes is not your best, if you set up a project wrong you got live with it until it end

Deltek is a reasonable timetracking tool

Vorteile:

It does what it needs to do. It is pretty simple to use and get setup, and allows you to track what needs tracking.

Nachteile:

All time tracking is harder then we would like. Deltek at times needs work to be configured to be as helpful as I wish it could be.

Worked in Costpoint for 7 yrs.

Kommentare: It makes my job easier. Less paper needed

Vorteile:

Its security controls. Its checks and balances. It's user-friendliness. Its fixed asset module.

Nachteile:

the Fact that you can't have more than one user in everything other than reports. The fact that you can't approve and postin the same window.

too many steps

Kommentare: If I had anything to say I would demand a refund until it became usable for what it is intended for.

Nachteile:

selecting print to pdf or printer only gives the date user interface is overly complex and the shortcut buttons are deceptive repeated login faults even with valid information entered

Good product that meets our needs

Vorteile:

Deltek is always making sure they are improving the software. Lots of add-ons fit about any need or want the customer may have.

Nachteile:

Pricing structure is not great for our small business. Add-ons are great, but come with additional cost (of course)

Big fan of Time & Expense

Kommentare: We moved from an Excel, paper-based expense reporting system to Deltek and it has drastically reduced the number of errors we see (and the number of expense reports we send back to employees for revisions). We are spending less time processing expense reports and employees are getting paid faster. Like any new software, there's been a learning curve with our users but overall, most people prefer this system over our old method of reporting.

Vorteile:

Hard edits prevent people from making many of the mistakes we saw with our paper-based system, the approvals are automated and done electronically

Nachteile:

You can't have more than one window open at a time (unlike CostPoint).

Long time customer

Vorteile:

Customer support and responsiveness, ease of use

Nachteile:

Nothing comes to mind. I have been using Costpoint and T&E for 20 years. Improvements have been made during this time. It is a good product.