How Roofing Contractor Software Can Actually Improve Field Work
The roofing industry is by no means an industry where work is completed with ease. There’s a lot more going on than just people working on a rooftop. Roofers need to build out quotes, estimates, calculate job costing, manage projects and all that good stuff.
As we stated before in 8 Great Roofing Software Solutions for Contractors, roofing contractor software is highly beneficial in this field of business. This time, however, we’ll be going a little more in-depth.
As a roofing contractor, when you’re out surveying the field, you’ll be faced with many tasks to complete along the way.
Typically, a roofing contractor or roofer begins his or her work by inspecting the roof and determining the extent of the damage. From there, contractors then calculate the cost of buying the materials necessary to repair the damage and provide the homeowner with an estimate of the repair cost. Labor costs are normally included in price estimates.
For both the contractor and the potential client’s times, it’s best that this process goes by quickly. But just because it’s better to be fast, doesn’t mean we should forego accuracy.
Providing estimates and quotes is a lot more than just pulling out a calculator and whipping up some figures. You have to find out what types of materials are needed for the job and check whether or not you have the necessary equipment.
This process involves a lot of meticulous work. And because of this, without the proper roofing contractor software, roofers will find that this will take a little longer than they’d hope.
So, how do we remedy this problem? By using an Estimating Software app or tool.
When it comes to roofing contractor software, this is perhaps one of the most important tools to have under your belt or in your pocket. Luckily, DBX has just the solution for you.
The Pro DBX Easy Estimating helps you and your sales reps generate quick and instant estimates even on the field.
With this app, users can simply setup their materials and labor items into complex sets. From there the sales reps can build out the estimates.
Roofing contractors can create customs sets that allow their sales reps to choose from a full range of options. Once a set is added to an order or a job, this app will automatically use all of your predesigned settings to create a visually appealing price quoting engine.
And so, roofing contractors can expect to build out estimates in the field within seconds. Each predesigned complex set is converted into a visual step-by-step menu, with all price and cost calculations made according to overall quantity.
Because this speeds up the quoting process by loads, you can see why as a roofing contractor software, Estimating tools are almost an essential.
Now what about the actual fieldwork? Although roofing contractor software can’t do a whole lot about the actual process (perhaps this roofing website might do the trick), it can manage the entire job or project.
Project Management software helps roofers stay organized and on top of things. By using this software, it becomes much easier for the entire crew and subcontractors to keep tabs on the progress, making any changes in their work pattern as necessary.
As such, Pro DBX Project Management is the most advanced and complete solution in terms of roofing contractor software.
After using the Estimating tool from above to create detailed proposals for your customers, you can watch as all corresponding purchase and work orders are created automatically.
The Pro DBX Project Management Dashboard lets users view, track, and update all of their open jobs at a glance. You can even view each phase’s progress individually, reassign, and update work orders in one place.
Dashboards can be customized to fit the company’s individual needs, including color coding phases and work orders, or adding custom fields and other helpful information.
With Project Management, roofing contractors will find that their jobs become far less stressful.
DBX offers specialized Roofing Software packages that contain software apps and functions tailored specifically for roofers. For more information about this, click above! Alternatively, you can explore our wide array of apps by visiting the Apps page. The new age of technology is here. DBX aims to deliver.
I don’t really know much about the roofing industry or contractor industry for that matter, but I would imagine that it’s a pretty tough field.
Software makes a bunch of things a lot more convenient and easier to deal with. So I would imagine that would be the same with the roofing industry too, just like you write. All in all, this was a pretty good article to read.
Thanks!
Whenever you have to give estimates about material costs and stuff in your job, even if it’s not roofing, you’ll understand how much work it takes to get that accurate number. So any kind of software or tool that helps that is so helpful and is a huge time saver. Bravo!
Really, when you’re a roofing contractor, there’s a lot more you need from software than quick estimating, though that’s an important part of it.
You’ll need to get work orders and tasks assigned to you, with the ability to see exactly where you need to go and when. You need access to contact info and job information, as well as notes to see what’s been done and what’s left to do. You’ll need to see statuses and job photos, you’ll need to add new leads and have them sync with the office. You’ll need to create and sign contracts on the fly, and more.
And you need to do all of this with the possibility that your job site might not have coverage and so you might be offline. Roofing software needs to be by your side, just like your hammer would. As long as you don’t forget to bring it, it will always be able to assist you in getting the job done.
I believe in helpful tools. I’m not one of those stubborn hard headed guys who believe that they know it all. If it works, I am ok with trying. Efficiency is the rule of the game!
We have been looking for some good software due to the high volume we have had this year. We have been looking for something specific that sync to our website, and can sync with each other. Does this have that capability?