If you are still wondering why your stock portfolio plummeted 50%, why your IRA lost 60%, why your home lost 40%, why your business grosses 50% less today than it did  2 years ago, or why your credit card company has unexpectedly closed your account or transferred it to another banking institution, the answer is simple: we outspent.

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A1 Tracker is easy for your staff to understand and use, and may be extended to outside auditors, your customers, vendors, and suppliers. A1 Tracker is a management software that breaks down project processes such as budget requests, budget approvals, invoice submissions, plans and specifications, status updates, and cost audits in a way that allows each person to view project data most relevant to their role in the project. A1 Tracker benefits projects involving 5 people, or 300 people, and provides a consistent format for reporting costs, budgets.

A1 Enterprise is proud to offer our newly trademarked online project management software to businesses around the world and is now building a strong base of sales representatives to promote and market A1 Tracker. Businesses will appreciate the detailed accountability and controls that are built into A1 Tracker. Read more or contact us for more information. ...<< MORE >>

There are many project management, project control, and contract control software vendors to choose from. When searching for a project control software for contract management, one of the most credible attributes for the software vendor is that the vendor uses their own software to manage projects. When a company uses the product the company markets and provides to customers, customers are ensured that the company will maintain and support the product because doing so is in both the company and customer's mutual interest.


Take the questions out of our project management software selection equation and realize a software company's performance with customer support, upgrades, and properly working features accelerate when that software company also depends on the same software the company markets. The A1 Tracker has been the project management software that has led A1 Enterprise into bringing resolve to project management issues since 2004. A1 Enterprise continued to refine A1 Tracker for 5 years before introducing A1 Tracker to the market for online project management and online contract management. This makes A1 Tracker and A1 Enterprise among the strongest case studies for project management and contract control. A1 Enterprise uses A1 Tracker to measure budget and cost performance of project resources, enabling stronger performing resources to be recognized for their project successes and identifying weaker performing resources and understanding how to improve those weaknesses for stronger over-all project outcomes. ...<< MORE >>

When selecting a payroll card vendor, there are many things to keep in mind to ensure you select the best payroll card for your business. When considering a payroll card for direct deposit, you want to ensure you have the maximum participation possible from you employees, vendors, and contractors. By gaining maximum participation from those your business pays, your business will recognize cost savings from printing and distributing paper checks.

The benefit of using a direct deposit payroll card should benefit your business and your employees equally. Many companies use a payroll card provided by their payroll service provider, however the payroll card is provided as an optional form of payment and because employees have little benefit in using the payroll card they opt instead to receive paper checks. The reason for this is simple. Payroll cards have been presented as an optional payment method for employees however the benefits to the employee in choosing to receive payroll on a payroll card have been neglected. The payroll card in many cases has certain limitations that prevent the employee from accessing their cash in a cost effective manner, or the payroll card has so few benefits that the payroll card is unattractive to the employee. Some payroll cards for example may only be used for cash withdraw which incurs an ATM withdraw fee and are unable to be used as a VISA purchasing card. Many payroll cards do not offer online or telephone banking, and therefore have limited means for allowing employees to manage finances. ...<< MORE >>

With families paying closer attention to family finance and cash control, A1 Enterprise offers a new VISA debit card that allows family members to allocate cash to one another. Each family member has access to their own online banking, telephone banking, and ATM debit card purchases that controls spending within the family budget loaded onto each card. Family members cannot overspend and there are no overdraft fees as with standard bank accounts.

Any family member can qualify and enroll in our VISA debit card and enrollment is free. Family members can enroll online or download paper enrollment forms in Spanish or English and submit via fax or email. Your VISA debit cards may be used to track and control family budgets, and control family spending. VISA purchases are covered with VISA's Zero Liability policy. Family members may also use the card to receive direct deposit rather than receiving cash or paper check and funds are FDIC insured. Our VISA debit card provides a safe and secure place for each family member to deposit and manage cash. Our debit card is as good as cash and family members may transfer cash to other family members or card holders either online or by telephone.
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In May 2009, A1 Enterprise released an update which allows A1 Tracker to be further extended into product and sales management. This online sales software makes it easy for sales reps to access online sales documents and sales support through a secured web site. Sales reps in multiple locations can login and view product brochures, product sales scripts, and specifications. Sales managers can publish press releases and product updates to help support sales activity and provide guidance to sales reps in the field. Sales managers can publish sales content which is then distributed to each sales rep with minimal effort. This process can save sales managers hours of emailing sales documents and content updates to sales reps. Sales managers can publish case studies, product brochures, or articles that support the sales process and agent understanding of new product developments. ...<< MORE >>

Among the many hidden costs of casino, hotel, and resort management, payroll and check distribution for employees, vendors, and from employees cashing their pay checks on site and creating traffic at the cash cages. The time spent printing, cashing, then redepositing employee pay checks is literally eliminated with our VISA® debit card. Small vendors such as floral delivery companies, massage therapists, artists, decorators, cleaners, delivery drivers, food services and distribution companies, security personnel, and bakeries are among the many vendors that can be paid with our direct deposit VISA® debit card. The hidden cost of return, canceled, and reissued paper checks due to address changes is entirely eliminated when using our direct deposit pay card. ...<< MORE >>

Restaurant Cost Control | Cost Reduction for Restaurants, Bars, and Food Service Companies with Direct Deposit Debit Cards

If you own or run a restaurant and seek effective cost control methods, our pay card is among the most inexpensive means to reduce costs for your restaurant and does not cost your company anything. There are a number of hidden costs in the restaurant business and one of them is how vendors and employees are paid. If you are paying your employees via paper check, or cash, then our VISA payroll debit card will eliminate the costs of your employee payment process within the first pay period. ...<< MORE >>

A1 Tracker is an online project management software offered by A1 Enterprise allowing project managers to access projects anytime and anywhere. Project managers can administer custom projects using custom project management screens because A1 Enterprise made this project management software very customizable. One of our newest features lets customers and project managers use any international currency symbol when managing projects. Since the A1 Tracker for project management and contract management now supports dynamic project currency symbols, any customer in any country may benefit from the convenience of using their native currency symbol or currency abbreviation. ...<< MORE >>

A1 Enterprise released www.direct-deposit-payroll-card.com which introduces our new
direct deposit payroll card benefits
direct deposit payroll processing options for both employers and employees. This web site focuses on the benefits of direct deposit payroll to both the employer and the employee.


The employer benefits from a cost effective means of payroll processing for both domestic and international employees. Payroll companies do not cater to providing
direct deposit payroll for non US employees,immigrants, foreign workers, unbanked workers, and international workers.


The employer can now take advantage of our new direct deposit payroll pay card by adding any employees and contractors who were being paid in cash, or via
PayPal, or with paper checks, to a new
payroll direct deposit card that costs
the employer nothing. The employer can in fact put employees not receiving direct deposit payroll on direct deposit payroll in less than 1 payroll period. Employers can either enroll the employees, have us enroll the employees, or have the employees enroll themselves where upon the direct
deposit payroll pay card will ship within 5 to 10 business days. Our employee direct deposit payroll card enrollment process may be done via fax, online, or via telephone. We will also batch enroll your entire employee workforce into employee direct deposit at no cost to your company.



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Need better construction project cost control or resort construction cost control software?

A1 Enterprise will work with your company to replace time consuming construction project cost control steps so people working on your hotel, resort, or casino construction project follow standard guidelines for project communication and record keeping. Our construction project control software targets hotel, resort, and casino budget control and construction project change control. We will help define a series of steps that make the most sense for your hotel resort construction project based on your available and the level of detail of record keeping desired for your hotel, resort, or casino construction cost control management.

A1 Enterprise will setup your existing current hotel, casino, or resort construction project data in an online project management software to help your company immediately take advantage of project efficiencies with no setup time on your part and minimal training time. We will also setup construction, hotel, resort, or casino project templates to help your company budget and manage future hotel-resort construction costs without having to go through project setup processes again. 

Our hotel construction budget software is ideal if your company seeks to implement hotel construction control now. We also provide accounting software integration with your construction cost accounting software to reduce accounting and financial transaction data entry, increase work efficiency, and improve accuracy of accounting data. ...<< MORE >>

Corporate performance control and corporate planning control require pro-active thought and business analysis. Working with the necessary tools allow a company to maintain corporate plan control over how time and money is spent, and how corporate performance control is maintained. There are several key factors to consider with corporate plan control and corporate performance control:

• How quickly information can reach employees or management?
  
• How accessible and easy to find information is to employees or management?
  
• How exposed corporate plan control systems are to employees, vendors, suppliers, vendors, and contractors?
  
• How to corporate plan control and corporate performance control systems influence work ethic and work behavior?
  
• What steps are involved in setting up corporate plan controls and corporate performance controls in a business?
  
• How do the corporate performance controls and corporate planning controls impact company policy?
  
• How do the corporate performance controls and corporate planning controls impact strategic planning?
  
• Who benefits from the corporate performance controls and corporate planning controls and how?
• How are corporate performance controls and corporate planning controls perceived throughout the company?

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Maximize your family spending control, family cash control, and family financial control within with our new VISA debit / online direct deposit and family cash control card. This family cash control card gives parents the flexibility of online banking with spending control within their family while reducing bank fees, credit card liability, and interest fees.

Our card lets members in your family  wire transfer money free of charge, making cash instantly available. Our money card increases family cash control and family spending control by setting limitations on what can be spent on the card without depending on or increasing credit card debt.

Our flexible online banking features offers a full online bill payment and online money transfer services at far lower rates than other banks. By using our family cash control card with a financial control budget software, a family  can better manage and control family cash and control family spending patterns. Parents can also track a history of transactions such as deposits and purchases through one account.

Parents can add children and other family member budget control cards to their account to control and encourage responsible spending habits. As children mature having learned cash-based spending patterns, they continue managing spending habits based on available cash. From early on, children can learn to exercise good judgment and spending control which benefits them throughout their adult life. Such family cash control practices early on help children become more successful later in life when budgeting, financial planning, and even professionally. ...<< MORE >>

It is a great time for your business to find new and creative ways to use software cost control models to get the most out of your financial and labor resources.

If your businesses seeks a great cost control software, try out our online cost control software
which provides real time cost control for your business
or project. Cost control software must be set in place to ensure ensure time and money get used effectively and without dispute before costs reach a customer, an accounting system, or money is already spent.

The key to great cost control software is to have the cost control process visible and distributed to those performing work and reporting costs against budgets. It is imperative that cost control software hold accountable people to their budgets.

Customers who implement our cost control software will recognize considerable gains and more a fluid operational model. Once having our cost control software in place, customers take advantage of max budget control, change budget control, work unit tracking, and unit of materials tracking. Vendor and contractor invoices will be submitted and accompany cost control data and may be required to contact a manager once a cost control amount has been reached. ...<< MORE >>

A1 Enterprise offers a new internet direct deposit and combined payroll debit card that helps develop responsible spending and cash control behavior. There is no system in place to teach our younger generation to remain debt free and manage spending patterns. Many teenagers these days who use credit cards do not understand  the long term consequences of leveraging credit to cover living costs. By enrolling in our this online direct deposit transfer card, students for example can receive financial support from parents using our internet direct deposit transfer benefit that the card offers, and then further use the card to access cash, or make purchases at any POS, VISA, or debit approved store.

If the student is employed or even works for the parents, the card may used for internet direct deposit payroll and ensure that the funds are in a safe place. Parents can login to a secure website to do an online direct deposit into another card holder account, such as their children, spouse, or other family members that need access to cash. ...<< MORE >>

To select the best service to wire money over the internet and for internet wire fund transfer there are a number of things to look out for that should shape your decision. The first and foremost is the base fees for the internet direct deposit and wire funds transfer fees. Many internet direct deposit wire funds services charge a percentage-base fee for the amount of the  internet wire funds direct deposit. On top of that percentage fee, there is an additional wire funds transfer fee for currency exchange, which is calculated off a percentage of the direct deposit wire transfer amount. This means the more the person transfers, the more either the sending party or the person receiving the direct deposit funds will pay in transfer fees.

An additional issue that comes up is the limit as to how much one can transfer using an internet direct deposit and wire funds transfer service. Some online direct deposit wire fund transfer services we have evaluated have a limit of $1,200 per day in internet wire fund transfers and direct deposits allowed. Any amount beyond this limit are rejected until the following day. Where the other internet wire fund transfer services limit you in your allowable amount of wire transfer funds, our internet direct deposit funds transfer card has a limit that exceeds every competitor. ...<< MORE >>

Our new CARA MoneyCard has the lowest rates on the market for online direct deposit wire transfers and internet payment processing. Our card also has the greatest flexibility over every other online direct deposit payment processor on the market. We have evaluated 7 different direct deposit payment processors and wire funds transfer services between 2004 and 2004 and this product. This MoneyCard serves as an ATM cash withdrawl card which may be used around the world, a debit card for purchases, and a VISA card for purchases.<< MORE >>

How do you select an online payment processing vendor?

It's simple.

Understand the high fees and limitations of every other online payment processor and internet direct deposit processor out there, and then compare how A1 Enterprise provides the leading internet direct deposit payment solution world wide. Every internet direct deposit payment processor has some form of limitation. As a global software development company A1 Enterprise has tested multiple different internet payment processors and direct deposit transfer vendors. Every other direct deposit payment processor

That is why A1 Enterprise expects to start offering in early 2009 a new has so far failed to meet A-grade expectations.internet payment processing and online direct deposit processing option to not only the global development community, but every company that prints paper checks or pays high costs in direct deposit fees when paying employees, contractors, vendors, or suppliers.

This new internet direct deposit transfer processor reduces check printing costs, check shipping costs, and simplifies direct deposit payroll processing costs. A company can now hire and pay a contractor who does not even have a bank account. If your company is looking to reduce payroll costs, this is the way to do it. ...<< MORE >>

Project management office (PMO Service) is the process by which a project manager and project resources share project information and communicate on project issues. Project management office may be broken down in any number of ways, depending on the type of project.

When planning to setup project management office (PMO) one should cater to several key points:

• The nature of the project. Is this for construction project management? Engineering project management?
• What staffing is available for project management office data entry?
• What budget does the project manager have available for PMO services and administration, project records, and overhead?
• Who must have access to project management management office data?
• Who will the project manager submit project management office data to?
• How will project resources submit project management office data such as time, costs, budget requests, change order requests, and change order approvals?

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Construction project managers commonly considers who is managed to be resources working on a construction project. Although project management involves project resources such as employees, contractors, vendors, and materials suppliers, there are other elements on construction project management to be considered that are often overlooked. Virtually any party that impacts a construction project must be managed, in some way, and factored into the success of the project. Large construction project managers, for example, like hotel-resort casino construction projects, have an incredibly diverse number of audiences to report to that range from the investors, the general public, financial institutions, other construction managers, city planners, accountants, and financial auditors, to name a few. Why is this important? It helps a construction project manager understand how to track construction project data in a way that caters to each party without duplicating construction project reporting efforts. ...<< MORE >>

It is often the case where a project manager becomes ingrained in a set pattern of behaviors when managing a project, or when managing a business. Problems often lay lurking within basic project management practices that go unnoticed because they are not obvious. Depending on the size of the project, different levels of project controls should be implemented to ensure that basic project management practices remain smooth and cost efficient. One project management method
that worked well for a small scale project may be inefficient and costly when used for a project twice the size. That is why A1Enterprise designed online project management software to service companies and projects of various sizes. Before implementing our strong>online project management software, we like to understand the nature and scope of the project tracking as well as the project management staff  the customer has available for tracking project data. These types of conditions should also be considered when determining whether or not certain project process should be changed to better suit project management needs. ...<< MORE >>

Selecting the Best Project Management Software that caters to unique project requirements. When selecting a software to run a project or business, many buyers overlook key factors that ensure a successful project management software implementation. The purpose of this article is to provide business
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The design and release of the new A1 Enterprise company website has been under way since July 2008 and the primary focus of this website is to boost internet visibility for A1 Enterprise's online project management software, software integration services, custom software, and ScanTrust software security.

The website has far greater optimization than any prior website A1 Enterprise has yet published and we expect to see positive results in website rating improvements and sales over the next 6 months.
In this site A1 Enterprise gave a thorough introduction to one of our proprietary products, an occupational safety and injury reporting software that helps companies maintain OSHA and corporate safety compliance. A1 Enterprise will continue to fill in rel event web site content for the additional business software applications designed since 2001. These business software applications include custom asset management software, human resources software, workforce management software, risk management software including insurance-related tracking, content management software, event registration software, and organizational reporting software. ...<< MORE >>

Software vulnerability scanning and software threat assessment for business software applications are valuable assets and can expose software vulnerabilities to malicious or otherwise irresponsible behavior. Sometimes the software threats are due to nothing other than the providing publicly accessible information through a web page. This article demonstrates how A1 Enterprise ScanTrust software security helps organizations take pro-active steps to ensure that their software technology assets remain secure from vulnerabilities and malicious threat of software attack. ...<< MORE >>

A1 Tracker provides a foundation for tracking and maintaining project management software data online at the lowest level possible on a project. Best project management practices that ensure the most successful project involves two factors: accountability for human behavior and a tool from which to base sound decisions. A1 Tracker for project management assumes that a project manager or a business will take full advantage of the available project management software features and in doing so hold all project resources and contract parties accountable for tracking project requirements, tracking project time, and controlling project costs.
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What is ScanTrust?

ScanTrust is a software security service offered by A1 Enterprise that ensures a customer Intranet or web site is secure and cannot be hacked.
Many customers ignore web application security until after data is stolen, deleted, or compromised in some way. The benefit of ScanTrust software security is that the service gives a customer an Inexpensive way to start doing business with A1 Enterprise without having to purchase a new software application. Once A1 Enterprise scans web sites and intranets and those scans come back showing the software is liable to be hacked, the customer is very likely to hire A1 Enterprise to resolve software security issues. This process is good for building work as well as strong customer relationships and has the customer's best interests at heart. ...<< MORE >>

Accounting software handles financial & accounting records, balancing financial accounts, cutting payments, and running financial statements. The primary function of accounting software is accounting and book keeping. Accounting records are kept pristine and are limited to those qualified for managing accounting records, typically book keepers and financial management staff. There is, however, another process that takes place before costs hit the accounting software and that done using project management software. Project management software

is used to control work performed, manage employees, quality assurance,  budget approvals, invoice submittal, contract approval, document control, task approval, work orders, change orders, and of course task documentation.A1 Tracker is an on-line project management software with different modules that resolve the pre-accounting project management process. It tracks budgets and budget caps for work. For example, a project manager may want to run an on-line cost report to view cost data to find out how much money was spent on project requirements and estimating. Managers and assistants can be given access to their specific project location to monitor productivity without giving access to the accounting software. A1 Tracker is a web-based project management software giving access to, for example, costs per unit and number of units budgeted and used on the project and by each employee. This on-line cost data may then be imported, once approved and finalized, into an accounting software. The project management software process keeps the accounting software data clean and secure from additional users. ...<< MORE >>

Congratulations to Miko's Izakaya, a local Las Vegas sushi restaurant who has recently opened for business. A1 Enterprise will be responsible for designing, implementing, hosting, and maintaining a competitive website for this new organization. Responsibilities of A1 Enterprise will include SEO, web marketing, routine competitive analysis, and ensuring content for the website, website blog, and restaurant menu remain accurate and current. ...<< MORE >>

A1 Enterprise, Inc. rolls out Phase II of a ScanTrust software security project for an Online Event Registration software. This
completes the process of enhancing code as it relates to web application security. The emphasis of this phase was to conduct penetration testing for the Online Registration software system for critical web vulnerabilities that might allow the web security threat of a hack to delete or alter company data. After penetration testing, A1 Enterprise updated code, functions, and technology
to prevent such internet hacks such as sql injection and cross site scripting.

A1 Enterprise completed Phase I implementation of ScanTrust software security in July. Phase I entailed updating the web-based content management CRM software for company news, events, registrations, customers, and memberships. This will complete the third ScanTrust software security implementation for A1 Enterprise since January 2007. ...<< MORE >>

A1 Enterprise, Inc. has deployed an online contract management software for a Southern California city for online contract management and agreement renewal tracking. Project managers, risk managers, and contract administrators may now track contract agreement documents and contract expiration renewals  in a shared, online contract management system.

This contract management tracking software is highly flexible and offers online access to contract agreements such as prime contracts and multiple sub contract agreements. The system accommodates a multiple contract hierarchy where contracts and sub contract agreements may be organized in a hierarchical order of priority by vendor, contract type, or contract key words. Users may also upload and share contract agreements and contract addendums from multiple locations and run reports to track contract agreement costs, contract renewal dates, and contract expiration dates. ...<< MORE >>

A1 Enterprise extends a warm welcome to F & F LLC, a CA based commercial real estate development and investment firm that has opted to use  A1 Tracker for construction project management software for construction management, construction cost control, online document control, construction resource management, and construction data processing. F & F LLC is currently building an 18 million dollar shopping center called Victoria Promenade which includes approximately 1.3 million square feet of retail (Phase 1) and office space, 14 acres of peripheral (out-lot) retail area, and 20 acres of multi-family housing. The project's location is Northwest quadrant of US Interstate Highway 15 and Foothill Boulevard/Route 66 right in the middle of Rancho Cucamonga in Southern California. ...<< MORE >>

In order for a company to provide Green Business Services to other companies, it must first maximize it's own operational costs and operational efficiency. A strong green business operating model has many facets including use of  productive time, optimizing human resource utilization, optimizing usage of office supplies, and business equipment among other things.

My objective with A1 Enterprise has always been and still is to evolve the company into the highest and most efficient operational model possible and to utilize time and money in a manner that yields the greatest results with the lowest operating cost without sacrificing quality or the ability to collaborate. In fact, I have through the years only sought ways to improve team collaboration while researching and testing new means of a Green Business operation.

I embarked on a conceptual idea for A1 Enterprise back in 2001, when I setup a garage-network with a 384k DSL circuit to feed our programmers with the necessary business collaboration software and network tools to provide our business software products and business services. The reduced overhead costs of hosting all network services and our network infrastructure in a garage kept our billing rates lower than that of our competition and enabled me to reinvest in other facets of A1 Enterprise, such as our own Saas (Software-as-a-Service) signature product, A1 Tracker.
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A1 Enterprise now provides a new program called Green Business Services which encompasses everything it takes for a business to Go Green and Go Paperless. A1 Enterprise has been a Green Business since inception in 2001, never once holding an office and relying on electronic means of all business activity, other than face to face communication with customers.

A1 Enterprise Green Business Services will help companies setup telecommuting environments while ensuring that employees and staff have secure access to the necessary company data. This includes employees that spend most of their time traveling too.

A1 Enterprise Green Business Services will help companies eliminate fax machines, ink toner, and printers thereby reducing paper faxes and paper mail through the use of electronic fax, fax routing, and electronic signatures. Paperless business is a reality at A1 Enterprise.
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The evolution of project management practices and project management software has yet to recognize the true benefits that project management software brings to a project. Project management software relies on much, much more than utilizing good software. Software is one key component to run successful projects among many others including what sorts of peripheral business software is used, and if that peripheral business software has software integration with the project management software. Such peripheral business software includes payroll software, tax software, and accounting software to name a few.

In addition to technology, there is a frequently missed and highly critical element needed in running a successful project. At A1 Enterprise, we have studied this element in depth over the years of project management software development and software releases. This is the psychological element of how people in business use software and if users apply the software to run a business with the highest level of efficiency possible.

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