If you are reading this, we’re guessing you’re frustrated with the amount of time it takes you to create your construction business purchase orders. In fact, we bet, at times you don’t even bother as you don’t have the time.

Most construction businesses start out as a single builder honing their techniques and learning how to win and deliver jobs. They start out using spreadsheets to quote, MS Word for letters to customers and their accountant helping out along the way. Then they purchase an accounting package, then an estimating system. The main game here is to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. We often see builders using approximately three software applications to support their construction business. However, we’ve observed time taken in data entry, is a real inhibitor to growth and a key risk factor.

Does this sound familiar? When you want to create a purchase order, you have to create a document and type all the materials into it for the supplier and hope that you don’t make a mistake when typing their product code. You might end up with 50 of something you don’t want and none of what you need. Then when the creditor invoice comes in you have to try and make time to correlate the information.

Have you ever forgotten to order something and it has wrecked your schedule?

Do you feel like some of your suppliers are taking advantage of the fact you don’t have time to shop around for prices?

Bizprac allows you to import price lists from all of your suppliers (we find that they can provide this in an excel spreadsheet or a