DYCE Professional Services Suite
The DYCE Professional Services Suite is the central package for companies that bill for services on a project basis. It supports you with project management, budgeting, time recordings, and the billing of professional services - including periodic prepayments and integration with Microsoft Subscription Billing.
This suite provides you with powerful tools for all core processes in the project business.
The suite is available for purchase as a bundle only. Please follow the links below for more information on the components. The bundle consists of the following apps:
- DYCE Project Billing - Project-based invoicing, flexible billing models, surcharges for work outside standard working hours
- DYCE Time Tracking - Modern time recording for services, mobile and web-based
- DYCE Prepaid Services - Management of Prepaid Services, one-off and periodic billing
- DYCE Cockpit - Configurable cues for tasks & priorities in the Role Center
- DYCE Easy Bundle Seller - Compilation of several products into a package; control which information appears on the customer side
- DYCE Happy Texts - Formattable long texts, greetings/after texts and images in documents; Defaults for professional documents
- DYCE Record History & Favorites - Quick access to recently opened or favorite data records, directly in the Role Center
- DYCE Essentials - Position numbers in sales documents, print preview of sales documents not yet posted, report configurations
Further information and prices can be found on the related website.
Periodic Prepaid Services
For periodic Prepaid Services, integration with Microsoft Subscription Billing is used.
Core benefits at a glance
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Project-oriented billing
Flexible invoicing based on time & material, budget or fixed price. -
Time recordings made easy
Modern web and mobile interface for quick entries. -
Prepaid Services
Management of quotas for services with one-off and periodic billing. -
Integration with Microsoft Subscription Billing
Automated processes for recurring services. -
Time saving and clean communication
DYCE Happy Texts for formatted long texts, pre/post texts and images; DYCE Easy Bundle Seller for a simplified external offer structure. -
Productivity at a glance
DYCE Cockpit for configurable cues; DYCE Record History & Favorites for quick access and tracking.
Most important features of the Professional Services Suite
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Project billing
Billing according to project progress; support for fixed price, budget and Time & Material models; rule-based surcharges for work outside normal working hours. -
Time Recording
Recording of working times per project and task; mobile and web clients for flexible use. -
Prepaid Services
Management of quotas for services - one-off or recurring; Automatic invoicing in conjunction with Microsoft Subscription Billing. -
Productivity & communication
DYCE Happy Texts: formattable long texts, images, templates; DYCE Cockpit: configurable cues; DYCE Record History & Favorites: Quick access -
Integration with Subscription Billing
Automated billing of service quotas in conjunction with DYCE Prepaid Services.
Overview of all features
| Area | Feature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time Recording | Web App for Time Recording | DYCE Connect as an intuitive web application for recording, correcting and approving times outside BC |
| Time Recording | Bidirectional synchronization of the web application with Business Central | The synchronization between DYCE Connect and BC offers seamless integration. Data is automatically available in BC for further processing. Times are synchronized bidirectionally and in real time between BC & DYCE Connect |
| Time Recording | Fast Time Recordings via Templates | Templates for recurring activities to record times as quickly and efficiently as possible |
| Time Recording | Control the use of tasks | Centralized control option so that resources can only record times on tasks assigned to them in advance |
| Time Recording | Task-based Time Recordings | Overview of the assigned tasks of the respective project employee and the possibility to record task-based times |
| Time Recording | Light / Dark Mode | Individually switchable interface mode in light and dark mode as desired |
| Time Recording | Outlook integration | Display of the Outlook calendar as the basis for time recording in DYCE Connect |
| Time Recording | Dashboard for overview of Time Recordings | Display and control of recorded times in a visually appealing dashboard |
| Time Recording | Integrations to Jira and Azure DevOps | Times can be recorded directly within the tasks in Jira and Azure DevOps and are immediately visible in DYCE Connect |
| Time Recording | Mobile Version | Time Recordings also possible on smartphone or tablet |
| Time Recording | Information on incomplete Time Recordings | Color highlighting and separate menu category for incomplete or missing times |
| Time Recording | Multilingualism | Support for German and English |
| Time Recording | Absences | Recording of absences as a list. Time Recordings are not expected for days with absences. Absences are displayed in the calendar as all-day appointments. |
| Time Recording | Attendances | Attendance times can be recorded regardless of Time Recordings. In many countries, the recording of daily working time is required by law. Recording the start and end of working time (duration of working time) and breaks. |
| Time Recording | Storage of different working time models & regional holiday calendars | With the help of working time models and resource calendars, any number of individual working time models can be realized |
| Project billing | Linking sales orders and projects | By linking sales orders with projects, BC Sales and the project module grow together and enable control and billing of project-related services via the sales module |
| Project billing | Creation of project tasks from the sales order | Generate project tasks directly from a sales order and plan the Budget for them |
| Project billing | Different billing models | Time & Material, Budget (capping), Fixed Price |
| Project billing | Project-related inclusion of external services/resources | Purchase and allocate external services or resources for projects |
| Project billing | Automatic rounding of time recordings | Rounding of billable times to individually defined work units (e.g. quarter hours, half hours, etc.) for standardized and automated determination of the times to be billed |
| Project billing | Possibility of pro-rata invoicing | Pro-rata billing of project employee times (e.g. 3h billable / 1h goodwill) |
| Project billing | Central overview of open/released/to-be-booked times | Project billing includes a simple overview of open/released/to-be-booked times, which provides a central location for all open project times. |
| Project billing | Creation of invoices with service details | Billed times can be automatically shown in the invoice, providing the customer with a detailed overview of the services performed, including the times recorded as goodwill |
| Project billing | Saveable views & filters for billing | Users (e.g. project managers) can create views & filters for the approval & booking of times and save them as templates |
| Project billing | Quick filter / Quick filter in view | Ad-hoc filter in Project billing for exceptions / special cases |
| Project billing | Proof of activity before invoicing | Create a proof of activity for the customer as proof before creating the invoice |
| Project billing | Batch posting of checked times | Book any number of times easily and with just one click |
| Project billing | Batch creation of invoices | Create any number of invoices with just one click |
| Project billing | Review and release of time recordings | Review and release of time recordings by the project manager for forwarding to invoicing |
| Project billing | Cancellation of Time Recordings | Cancellation of times in the event of an incorrect booking/complaint by the customer. This applies to both approved and booked times |
| Project billing | Automatic creation of dimensions per project | Automatic creation of dimensions (so-called "tags") for evaluations for the respective project |
| Project billing | Determination of invoiced shares | Determination of invoiced shares to allocate the revenue generated / billable times to the respective project employees based on the work performed. As the allocation is based on the Services provided, the allocation can vary (e.g. 50/50, 80/20 etc.). |
| Project billing | Profit and loss account (P&L) for individual projects | Profit and loss account (P&L) for individual projects with statistical accounts |
| Project billing | Exact determination of the contribution margin by separating revenues & costs | The separation of revenues (sales) and costs (recorded times of the respective employee) shows exact profitability of the services sold in the project |
| Project billing | Automatic determination of time-related bonuses | Bonus for Service Commitments of employees outside regular working hours are automatically determined and billed (e.g. for weekend work) |
| Design sales documents | Create product bundles | Combine several products or services into one package |
| Design sales documents | Predefined product bundles via item master data | Frequently used product bundles can be created as a separate item for easy and recurring use |
| Design sales documents | Automatic price calculation and adjustment | Automatic calculation of the Bundle price from the individual prices as a proposal that can be adjusted |
| Design sales documents | Distribute discounts | Distribute discounts to Bundle components as desired |
| Design sales documents | Bundle prices | Definition of a Bundle price, which is distributed proportionally to the components |
| Design sales documents | Format Bundles as desired | Control visibility/highlighting of Bundles and components |
| Design sales documents | Subtotals | Freely definable subtotals in the sales documents |
| Design sales documents | WORD and RDL layouts | Attractive Word and RDL layouts |
| Design sales documents | Automatic Position Numbers | Automatic Position Numbers in Sales Documents |
| Design sales documents | Configuring the footer | Setting up the footer depending on validity date and language |
| Design sales documents | Configure logo position | Set up logo position left, center or right |
| Design sales documents | Advanced description in sales documents | Unlimited and formattable texts in sales documents |
| Design sales documents | Personal salutations & farewells | Individual greetings and closing texts in sales documents |
| Design sales documents | Images in texts | Embedding images in texts |
| Design sales documents | Editor add-in | Editor with paragraphs, lists, font formatting |
| Design sales documents | Automatic integration in sales processes | Automatically insert texts in offers, orders, items |
| Design sales documents | Text templates | Default templates can be defined and used automatically |
| Design sales documents | CSS setup | Standard formatting customizable via CSS template |
| Credit management | One-off Prepaid Services | Management of Prepaid Services that can be topped up as required |
| Credit management | Prepaid Services with recurring top-up (e.g. monthly / quarterly / annually) | Prepaid Services in amounts that can be topped up as required |
| Credit management | Prepaid Services in amounts or quantities | Prepaid Services can be displayed in amounts or quantities |
| Credit management | Definition of the term | A start & end date can be defined for each Prepaid Service in which the Prepaid Services can be used |
| Credit management | Definition of validity period (expiry date) | A validity period can be defined for each Prepaid Service. After the validity period has expired, the entitlement expires. |
| Credit management | Link with projects / Customers | Assign Prepaid Services to customers or projects |
| Credit management | Integration with Microsoft Subscription Billing | Seamless integration into the BC Standard Sales & Subscription Billing module (e.g. for topping up periodically recurring Prepaid Services) |
| Credit management | Automatic Offsetting | Automatic offsetting of invoice item and Prepaid Services |
| Credit management | Remaining credit display | Display of remaining hours or amounts of Prepaid Services |
| Credit management | Display whether a Prepaid Service is used in the project | Prepaid Services appear in the project billing |
| Credit management | Topping up / extending existing quotas | Extending or extending Prepaid Services |
| Credit management | Manual top-up | Prepaid Services can be topped up manually |
| Credit management | Prepaid Services Statement | Status report on the status of the Prepaid Service(s) |
| Credit management | Automatic release of remaining amounts | (Partial) automatic release of remaining quantities or amounts |
| Credit management | Automatic Dimension Value | Automatic Dimension Value per Prepaid Service for Evaluations |
| Credit management | Automatic deferrals & revenue posting | With the initial invoicing, the amount is posted as deferrals and transferred to the revenue account upon consumption |