Sage, the trusted software provider for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the construction industry, has officially announced the launch of a new end-to-end native-cloud construction suite called Sage for Specialty Contractors, which is designed to simplify the job of a contractor. According to certain reports, Sage for Specialty Contractors comes decked up with an ability to help contractors handle every aspect of their business, ranging right from preconstruction to closeout, and everything in between. In essence, this involves saving them a big chunk of their time, avoiding error-prone work, improving communication with field teams, and making informed decisions with real-time data. Talk about the whole value proposition on a slightly deeper level, we begin from the promise of smooth construction management, a promise where the solution makes it possible for the contractor to secure more business, and once they have the deal in bag, it also empowers them to deliver those projects more efficiently. Furthermore, the solution leverages its collaboration and mobility-driven design to conceive real-time anywhere and anytime access to project information, thus allowing teams to stay in sync. Next up, Sage for Specialty Contractors dedicates a special amount of focus towards field operations as well, and it does that through a sub-solution in Sage Field Operations. Meant to serve contractors with service technicians (for HVAC, MEP, refrigeration, fire protection, security/ alarm, and others), Sage Field Operations helps field technicians and office staff improve productivity and reduce risk with an up-to-date picture of crucial metrics like average repair time, technician utilization, and customer satisfaction etc.
“Specialty contractors have distinct needs and require software that can keep up with their demands across all phases of construction. At Sage, we’ve dedicated decades to understanding these nuances,” said Julie Adams, Senior Vice President, Construction and Real Estate at Sage. “With Sage for Specialty Contractors, Sage now offers the most comprehensive end-to-end native cloud suite covering field service, construction management, and financials, including Sage Intacct Construction, the only accounting solution endorsed by the AICPA.”
Beyond on-field operations and the supporting technological infrastructure, the new product is even well-equipped to let contractors better understand their financials. Using another sub-solution named Sage Intacct Construction; it is able to give teams total visibility into the health of their projects and business. This visibility, markedly enough, comes from real-time insights into job costs, change orders, invoices, and more.
Among other details, we must mention how Sage for Specialty Contractors is built on a multi-tenant, true-cloud foundation to deliver automatic updates, making sure that teams are always using the latest version. This, and the solution’s wider capabilities, has already helped a few customers in enhancing their operations. An example of the same is Airstron, a HVAC contractor in Florida, who was able to automate tasks that had to be completed manually before, something which eventually improved the company’s productivity, level of service, and cash flow.
“Sage solutions for operations and finance have transformed the way we work,” said Jamie Pascucci, operations manager at Airstron. “We’re able to be more efficient at every step, we have more insight into the profitability of our service business, and we have greater visibility into every aspect of our operation.”
