What’s New in 2007? Sophisticated Software Products

by Rob Woodward
president
Katana Software

This year will see a flood of new software products that are aimed to help hospitality and resort operations executives, engineering services directors and CFOs save money, time and labor. One of the newer players on the horizon is Asgard, a product of Katana Software.

According to Rob Woodward, President of Katana Software, “up until recently major resort operational areas such as Work Order Management, Preventive Maintenance, FF&E Inventory, Asset Replacement and Remodeling as well as Expense Tracking for Budget Accounting have only existed in off-line, stand-alone systems.”

But now, leading resorts, such as Sunterra and The Signature at MGM Grand are finding new ways of cutting costs, saving staff time, and improving service by integrating and mining existing sources of key information outside their traditional Property Management Services (PMS) systems.

Thanks to Katana Software, and its Asgard system of customizable software integration and data base tools, managers have an ability to connect the activity data of vital operations with traditional PMS, Accounting and Engineering systems. Resort managers and staff can now draw on and coordinate detailed information from the entire life-cycle of financial, engineering, and maintenance events drawn from day-to-day resort operations activities.

Katana’s system offers: Budget Planning/Scheduling, Expense Tracking by Account, FF&E Inventory, Reserve Replacement/Remodeling, Work Order Management and Consolidated Reporting by Site/Region/Corporation.

Woodward says by mining this new source of centralized, detailed information, resort companies can cut budgeting prep time, improve maintenance staff efficiency and accountability, and lower asset life-cycle costs across the enterprise.