CASE STUDY: CALIBRE

Simplifying Federal Contracting Time & Expense Reporting Complexity With DATABASICS

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CALIBRE Systems, Inc. (CALIBRE) is a management consulting and information technology solutions company supporting the federal government. Its project-based business model entails a great deal of complexity and compliance, especially in the area of timesheets and expense management. Tracking accurate data on employee time and cost tied to specific projects involves an almost endless number of business requirements and rules across and within projects. CALIBRE requires a simple way to capture this data that integrates to the back-end ecosystem, while providing the organization with real-time tracking, compliance and analysis.

Solution highlights

Fast and easy entry for employees
Support of complex rules and accounting logic requirements
Corporate policy management
GSA per-diem calculations and validations
Allowable and unallowable cost categorization
Project cost accounting
Flexible approval workflow and notifications
Allocation of expenses to the Contract Line Item (CLIN) or other levels of billing or substantiation
Full DCAA auditability of data and processes
Integration with billing, project management, accounting and payroll systems

10+ Years of Continued Success With DATABASICS

CALIBRE has relied on DATABASICS for over 10 years to meet their industry and company-specific challenges related to capturing project details, labor and travel cost. CALIBRE’s Time and Expense reporting was originally integrated with MS Dynamics SL for accounting and ADP for payroll. Since the original roll-out, CALIBRE has expanded their use of DATABASICS, by adding leave management and P-Card processing.

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DATABASICS provides CALIBRE’s end-users with a simple and intuitive experience, allowing users to enter data on their mobile app from anywhere. Sophisticated payroll and accounting requirements are handled in DATABASICS’s accounting logic engine, utilizing a bi-directional integration utility to sync data across multiple business application platforms on the back end. The end result is up-to-the-minute business intelligence that is available to assigned resources.

The ongoing relationship between CALIBRE and DATABASICS has been instrumental in supporting their continued growth and compliance in a DCAA controlled environment. Business process transformation initiatives, as well as changes to statutory requirements, are continuously addressed with ease enabling CALIBRE to thrive in a competitive business landscape and be recognized as an industry leader in management consulting and digital transformation.

“DATABASICS successfully serves as our hub for Employee Reporting,HR, Payroll, Procurement and Accounting functions — creating acomplete reporting platform for our employees and unprecedentedcontrol and visibility for our management and leadership teams.”
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Tyler Kim

Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting | Controller

 

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