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HOW TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS WITH JOB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE simPRO Software’s Business Development Manager, Vishal Bedi, shares how electrical businesses can use cloud-based job management software to easily manage their sales, operations and marketing initiatives as they scale their business.
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t’s an exciting moment when the time comes to finally take on more service, project, and maintenance work that will take your electrical business to the next level. But how do you make sure you’re set up for success as you scale? You need to make sure that you have the right technology in place that helps you automate tedious, manual tasks and more efficiently manage your sales, operations and marketing activity as a result so that you can sustainably drive new business (and keep your head from spinning). Here’s how cloud-based job management software can help.
Create competitive estimates on the fly to easily win new business With job management software, you can quickly create, update and submit accurate, winning estimates in your first meeting with a potential new customer via mobile app. It can also allow you to accurately forecast projects and control costs with tools like takeoffs, and features such as pre-built assemblies, individual catalogue items, labour rates, subcontractor costs, contingencies and disbursements. More importantly, it enables you to exceed customer expectations during the life of a project with the capability to make ongoing updates, review approvals and send estimates to your customer from anywhere and at any time. The faster and more accurately you can create competitive estimates, the more likely you will stand out from the competition and win new business. Dan Ogden, Director at D&B Electrical, Leicestershire, finds that cloud-based job management software not only helps
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his electrical business allocate proper resources for new jobs and projects. It also helps the company deliver a better customer experience by allowing it to access job details and easily communicate status to customers quickly. The company’s ability to provide exceptional customer service now sets them apart from others. “simPRO has given us the edge against our competition really,” says Dan. “Now we can easily go ‘here you are, this is exactly what we’ve done, who’s done it, when it was done, and how much it has cost to replace’. Simple.”
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Want to know how long it takes field staff to arrive on-site? Need to find out where you are making and losing money? Or do you just want to know the number of jobs scheduled for the week? Business reporting allows you to answer all of these questions and many more so that you can adequately manage your operations. Solid reporting processes are essential for identifying trends, seeing where you are making and losing money and highlighting inefficiencies while you scale. And when all of your project details are housed in one
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