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BQE Software

Gold Stevie Award Winner 2012, Click to Enter The 2014 American Business Awards

Company: BQE Software
Company Description: BQE Software is a world leader in time tracking, billing and project management software for professional services firms. Its products, including BillQuick®, ArchiOffice® and EngineerOffice®, simplify the way information is entered and utilized by firms. With over 250,000 users, BQE is the trusted solution worldwide for architects, engineers, accountants, attorneys, IT consultants and bu
Nomination Category: Products & Product Management Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: New Product or Service of the Year - Software - Project Management Solution

Nomination Title: BillQuick with Forecasting and Intelligent Analytics

Tell the story about this nominated product or service (up to 525 words). Describe its function, features, benefits, and performance to date:

At its core, BillQuick is a time tracking and billing solution. But to confine it to that definition is the equivalent of using a smart phone solely to make or receive calls. It can perform so many more functions that limiting its use to its original purpose would be wasteful. The developers of BillQuick, former service professionals themselves, know that workload scheduling, budgeting, and document management are huge issues for firms, so they created a product that not only helps users track their billable hours with incredible speed and accuracy, but also helps them allocate their resources and manage their employees and projects with ease.

Proactive Performance Analytics

BillQuick doesn’t just passively store information. It provides in-depth analytics on the data to help firms assess their performance and make informed decisions quickly. Users can even schedule reports to be created and delivered to them at the intervals of their choice. In 2013, snap-shot analytics for projects were also added to BillQuick, allowing users to easily compare past performances to current at a glance. By analyzing utilization and realization percentages, managers can quickly determine which projects and employees are truly their best performers. 

Preemptive Alerts

Firms don’t have time to dig through their software to discover potential problems. Issues need to be immediately and proactively brought to their attention. So BillQuick added custom alerts and notifications to make users aware of possible hazards on the horizon before they become real problems.

A Clear View to the Future

In 2013, employee workload forecasting was added to BillQuick. In a color-coded calendar, project managers can now quickly determine which employees are overextended or under-utilized and schedule them accordingly to get a more efficient performance from their entire staff. Managers can even use this tool to forecast their revenue and budget wisely.

Great Isn’t Good Enough

When you hear of a product being so aggressively re-tooled, it’s easy to assume the former version left a lot to be desired. This is not at all the case with BillQuick 2013. In fact, the 2012 version far exceeded industry expectations and earned several prestigious honors and awards.

2012 Awards:

Sleeter Awesome Application Award
Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Award (CPA Practice Advisor)
5-Star Review (CPA Practice Advisor, Time and Billing Software Category)
Stevie American Business Awards Finalist (Bronze, Best New Business-to-Business Product)

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Provide a brief (up to 125 words) biography about the leader(s) of the team that developed this nominated product or service:

The status quo is just the starting point for Shafat Qazi, CEO and Founder of BQE Software. What others accept as good enough, he’s quick to reject or rebuild, and the results of his insight are evident in the success of BillQuick.  
 
Qazi started out as a structural engineer with a computer science background, and realized that he could combine his unique skills to help professional services firms accurately capture their valuable billable hours and simplify project management. 18 years later, BillQuick is still winning awards for innovation, and BQE Software has become a worldwide leader in time billing software, with over 300,000 users. 

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