The field devices are the ones that get forgotten
Phones and tablets carrying job data, photos and customer details are usually outside everything: no management, no backup, no way to wipe a lost one. Bringing them in is normally the highest value work we do for a contractor.
Quoting and invoicing is the system to protect
Whatever you quote and invoice from is the thing that stops the business if it goes down. Everything else can wait, and knowing that in advance turns a bad week into a bad afternoon.
A small office with a large field team
Two people in the office and twelve in the field inverts the usual shape. The support that matters is on phones and tablets, not desks.
Growth breaks the one-person system
Most contractors run on a setup one person understands. Once there is a second estimator or an office manager, undocumented becomes the bottleneck.
Common questions
- Our guys use their own phones. Is that a problem?
- It is workable, and the question is what happens when one is lost or someone leaves with the job data on it. There are ways to protect company information without taking over a personal phone.
- Can you support us on site?
- For office and yard equipment, yes. For active job sites we focus on making the devices and apps work reliably rather than attending every location.
- Job photos are only on the tablets. Should they be?
- No, and that is one of the more common gaps we find. Photos are evidence for disputes and warranty work, and they should be syncing somewhere automatically.
- Do we need a server?
- Probably not, and we would rather talk you out of one than sell you one. Most contractors are better served by cloud tools and reliable devices.
- Our estimating software is slow. Is that the internet?
- Sometimes. Often it is the machine or how the software is set up, which is why we look before recommending you spend anything.
- What if a van is broken into?
- With device management the tablet can be wiped remotely and the data is already backed up. Without it, you lose the job records along with the equipment.
Where we do this
These are the towns where this kind of business actually clusters. We work across the whole 30 mile area, so if you are somewhere else on the list, call and ask.
Start with a phone call
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