Pacific Crest Communities, builders of some of California’s most elegant homes, has elected to implement MARK SYSTEMS’ Integrated Homebuilder Management System (IHMS), providing everyone involved in the building process with easy access to the information they need to ensure things run efficiently throughout the process. Pacific Crest, recipients of numerous building awards, continues to build in some of Southern and Central California’s premier communities, including Vedemont Hill in San Bernadino and Haciendas at Rancho Carrillo in Carlsbad. They currently close around 350 single-family detached units per year.

Committed to providing good old fashioned “pride” in the craftsmanship of every home they build, Pacific Crest wanted to stand by that promise 100% throughout the entire building process. This meant creating a seamless flow of information through all departments, giving them timely access to the information and updates. They decided a new homebuilder specific software package was required to replace their current software, Deal Builder. After a few demonstrations of various software applications, the team became aware that there were not many complete packages available for today’s production homebuilder. Many offered a certain module for a department, but didn’t offer additional modules to address the needs of the other departments in the company. Others required the purchase of a third and fourth party package to create a complete homebuilder specific software solution, but they required constant importing and exporting of information as well as additional time consuming data entry.

Upon speaking with Christopherson Homes in Santa Rosa, CA, Pacific Crest was urged to consider MARK SYSTEMS’ Integrated Homebuilder Management System. When Pacific Crest started their review of IHMS they were impressed when they found that it offered the entire package from Sales through Warranty Service. They were also impressed by its real-time Web interface, IHMS Internet ToolKit, which was being used to instantly connect all parties in the building process, including homebuyers, homeowners and prospects. In addition, they were surprised to see the growing number of West Coast homebuilders that use IHMS. Following both a remote and onsite demonstration of IHMS and an on-site visit to Christopherson Homes to observe IHMS in use, Pacific Crest had found their solution.

MARK SYSTEMS’ Integrated Homebuilder Management System is the industry’s finest enterprise software system developed exclusively for residential builders and developers. Using single database technology, it is fully integrated from Sales Agreements and Traffic Analysis through Contract Management, Cost Accounting, Scheduling, Warranty and Customer Service, providing high-end information processing tools for every homebuilding function. MARK SYSTEMS’ software is used by hundreds of homebuilders with thousands of users throughout the nation, and will help manage the construction of over 46,000 homes in 2005.

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