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If you’re an electrical contractor, you might be inclined to overlook what might appear at first glance to be complicated software – but you shouldn’t. The latest technology, like enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that offer a single database with real-time information updating, cloud-based connectivity, and mobile access, allow you to integrate your business processes. Integrating your business processes makes it easy to manage multiple work sites, sub-contractors, vendors, and customers.

It is essential to have an effective job management workflow when you work in the service industry.

Your company offers a niche service to the oil and gas industry, and as you grow, you’re noticing more and more delays – on your end – when it comes to booking business.

There are two major requirements for growth and success as a company – profitable customers and happy customers.

Clients will talk about you, and if you want them to say the good things that will bring in new business, you’ll need to complete your projects on time and on budget. HVAC business software is invaluable to professionals in the HVAC, plumbing, or mechanical contractor construction fields. It's so invaluable because it provides you with the tools you need to manage your risk, time, cost, and scope – and keep your customers happy.

What Issues Can HVAC Business Software Improve Or Eliminate?

Some of the issues that often arise during a project include:

All projects, let alone management accounting projects, fail when they do not achieve the following keys to success:

• On time delivery
• On or under budget
• Include all aspects as promised

Project management surveys show that only a handful of projects ever accomplish all three. Most projects are implemented and fail one or more of these criteria, and shockingly a large number are completely canceled due to failures.  

“This is the foundation of success nine times out of ten – having confidence in yourself and applying yourself with all your might to your work.”

This and thousands more quotes are found in Dale Carnegie’s Scrapbook, which I was awarded while taking the Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage Course.

With the tremendous competition in the service industry, managers and business owners are constantly faced with the challenge of cutting costs without jeopardizing the quality of their work. To do so, it is necessary to have an accurate picture of a project’s financial standing, which requires accurate allocation of costs to the correct job.

Working in the service industry in Canada presents a number of challenges. 

Handling money, for example, can be challenging, because each province – and then each county within the provinces – may handle taxes and other fees differently. Invoicing and payroll are suddenly daunting tasks.