Having a Plan for Tomorrow

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Issue #14280 - November 2022 | Page #44
By Tracy Roe

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is credited with the origin of the phrase, The only constant in life is change. This couldn’t be more true in the world we live and work in today. Whether we are enduring labor shortages, a global pandemic, material shortages, input cost increases, or an unstable economy, we must remain vigilant. We have people counting on us at home and at the office to make the right decisions and to push forward. To say the past 24 months in our industry has been unprecedented is an understatement. The future shows no signs of returning to what we used to identify as normal anytime soon. Everyone must have a plan for tomorrow.

Being a truss fabricator in today’s market and economy is especially demanding. You are forced to make decisions every day based on the information you have at the time. What if things suddenly change? Are you prepared? Do you have backup plans B, C, and D ready to execute? Our TrueBuild® software suite offers the flexibility to execute your plan in your plant your way. Our TrueBuild® Job Management application contains nothing pre-determined or confining. Use it your way. It gives you the ability to assign any task to any resource you choose and also be able to operate with your own status list within each one. You have complete control of capacity and working days, all with the ease of drag-and-drop functionality. You will never “lose” a project again with our quick-look unscheduled list.

This application uses a ticket-based format instead of the traditional job folder with reporting on its contents. Instant visualization of all jobs within a project and all tickets within a job makes it efficient to track progress on those otherwise complicated multi-job or multi-delivery jobsites. TrueBuild® Job Management gives you instant reference where each piece of the puzzle lies in your operation. You have complete and customizable status and task tracking, again based on your process.

TrueBuild® Job Management will even offer you visibility into your performance. As a fabricator, especially in these times, variables are constantly changing. This makes your pricing strategy even more important. Our Labor Analysis Dashboard shows you immediately how your estimated labor stacks up against your actual labor. There are no time collection devices, and no corrupt data because someone on the floor forgot to click a button. You can enter actual data from your timeclock reports or other ledger entries, and spread that data over a day, a week, or any period you choose.

A good Job Management application should not be bulky, cumbersome, or intimidating. Instead, it should be intuitive to the user and be flexible enough to meet the needs of any size operation. It should have exactly what you need but nothing that you don’t. When we developed TrueBuild® Job Management, we wanted to achieve complete flexibility in managing jobs and scheduling your operation with a clean, easy to use interface. We are confident that we have delivered exactly that. Make the decisions you need to make for your business with precise data in a very clear and easy to read interface. Adaptability is a key to success. This software application isn’t like other job management solutions on the market. Contact us today and let us show you what you are missing.

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