Ancillary building trades
Run the installations. Run the service.
For electrical, sprinklers, heating, drywall and the other fit-out and building-services trades. Microsoft Business Central as the ERP. Where installations are maintained afterwards, the branch solution for service.
Trades
The same routines, different sites. The ERP has to carry all of them.
- Electrical
- Sprinklers
- Heating
- Drywall
- Plumbing
- Ventilation and air conditioning
- Building services
- Insulation
- Flooring and screed
- Facade and metalwork
- Roofing
- Painting
Branch solution
Technical installations and service handling
The solution sits on Microsoft Business Central, not beside it. An installation belongs to a building: sprinklers, heating, ventilation, electrical. Maintenance, breakdowns, materials and the invoice hang on it. Project work and service stay distinguishable in the same ERP.
- Installation on the building, with trade and location
- Maintenance and breakdowns as jobs, with hours and materials
- The invoice comes from the visit, not from a list typed up later
- The Microsoft Business Central standard stays underneath
What the ERP is for
For all of these trades, not for a single one.
- 01
Warehouse and stock
Material sits in the warehouse, on the van or on site. The issue goes to the job. Purchasing sees what is missing before the install stops.
- 02
Visibility
Hours, materials and the state of the job in one view. Not in five spreadsheets that do not meet at month-end.
- 03
Purchasing and planning
You buy what the project needs. Supplier, warehouse and site mean the same item.
- 04
Hours and daywork
Time and travel land on the right job. The invoice takes them from there, not from memory.
- 05
Estimate and final cost
Quote and actual stay comparable. The margin is visible while the job is still running.
- 06
One system for every trade
Electrical, sprinklers, heating and drywall work in the same ERP. Stock and documents do not travel between islands.
Examples
No client names. This is how the work typically runs.
- 01
Sprinkler system
The installation is created on the building. The yearly service creates the job. The fitter books hours and replaced heads. The invoice goes to the operator. The original install stays a separate project.
- 02
Heating breakdown
A call becomes a service job on the existing installation. A spare from stock, travel, labour. Fixed price and daywork sit on the same job.
- 03
Recurring electrical inspection
The inspection is scheduled on the electrical installation. The report hangs on the job. The next due date sits on the installation, not in a calendar outside the ERP.
- 04
Fit-out, then service
The company installs on a project and maintains it afterwards. Site material and service-job material do not go into the same pot.