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Paperwork - how to make it easier...

I am on the tools for 10 hours of the day, I then visit customers in the evening or Saturdays for pricing.  I have a team of four men so as you can imagine there's a lot of work covered in a day, let alone a week.

I do not want to come off the tools and I am quite happy putting the silly hours in but it would be good if I could make the paperwork side of things a little easier.

Currently I work with a diary which I note all of the days work in and if the men are not with me they fill out time sheets and note job, hours, materials and waste etc.  I then have to process all of this on to my Macbook for invoicing - I simply use a headed word document.

I am sure there's an easier way to cover all of this.  I'm not fussed about taking a clerical member - one of the main reasons being a lot of the things are in my head and quite often I'll adjust pricing dependant on customer. ie a good loyal one will quite often get a wee freebie - I cant see how this could easily be transitioned to another party.

Look forward to the suggestions..

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  • PRO

    We use Jobber and equip the men with iPads - everything is recorded electronically and took all of the hassle with timesheets getting lost, broken pens etc! see www.getjobber.com

    The guys make notes as they go along and everything can be seen live. I can also re-schedule jobs throughout the day or add notes from customers and enter the info into Jobber which saves me phoning the operatives up. 

    • Thanks Nick, that looks quite interesting.

      Do you use it for the invoicing side of things?

      Do you need to input pricing etc and is this seen by the employees? (I'd prefer it wasnt..)

  • PRO

    I use jobber to, very good piece of kit.

    There are a few threads it on the forum already... link

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