1. Architecture Firm Management
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Get started

Get Architecture Firm Management running in four steps.

Prepare an accepted design fee and the people responsible for its billing cycle.

  1. Create your account

    Click Start now and create your ERP.AI account.

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  2. Download Proto

    Proto is the desktop app you use to set up Architecture Firm Management. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.

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  3. Make it yours

    Open Architecture Firm Management in Proto and adjust fields, steps, roles and approvals to match how your team works.

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  4. Bring your data and team

    Import your records, then invite your team and assign their roles.

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Create your account

Click Get started, then use Proto to configure Architecture Firm Management for your business. Describe the practice organization, the people preparing and reviewing fees, and the design milestone you want to pilot.

Prepare the first operating cycle

Bring an accepted drawing issue, the client’s acceptance correspondence and the agreed fee. Identify the business partner and document owner. Add the chart of accounts, an Open accounting period and a verified receipt to use in the rehearsal.

Ask Project Architect and Practice Principal to agree the milestone evidence. Billing Coordinator and Finance Manager should review the invoice and journal handoffs together. Cash Specialist should be able to explain both a partial payment and unapplied money before importing the next bank file.

Review before release

Run the ordinary fee cycle and the changed-drawing case. Return a document for correction, reject an unbalanced journal and replay a receipt event. Confirm the outcomes and the authorized access to documents, supporting files and Operations Overview.

Reconcile the opening amounts to the source records. Agree who resolves uncertain operations and how an incorrect import is corrected. Release the reviewed configuration to the pilot team, then extend it after the first cycle has been reconciled. Read the implementation plan and pricing before expanding automated activity.

Set up Architecture Firm Management your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

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