All companies that want to be really productive and well organized should do job management. Spending time on process management and investing in it is by no means something wasted and, although it acts indirectly on a company’s bottom line, it can be decisive.
Indeed, for many companies, it is strictly necessary to outline goals and actually achieve them. It makes little difference what type of company it is: whether it is construction and needs to manage construction sites or whether it is of another type, it is always extremely useful. The size of companies also matters little: job order management can facilitate sole proprietorships, SMEs and, of course, even larger companies.
The best way to manage work orders is to use software. But before we find out how best to do this, let’s look together at what job order and construction site management is to give you a way to understand how it can fit your type of business.
What is job and site management
What is the meaning of job order management? Those who run a business usually have no difficulty in understanding it. Job order management is that activity that allows immediate and efficient monitoring of the costs for management, the productivity of the company and the performance of each resource (and by resources we mean both human and technical resources), and the time required for the completion of a project, which in turn is broken down into the time that is spent on each activity necessary for the completion of the entire work.
By controlling management, it is easy to know whether the company’s planning of activities and the structure of them is efficient or needs improvement. It is also possible to have very important information on profitability margins. Planning activities can, in short, lead to a huge advantage in their performance, but it is not possible to do so without a dedicated tool.
In fact, there are several steps to be followed for a job order to be carried out in the best way and without waste or slowdown. First of all, the activity and the work to be done must be planned. Every single step must also be checked to make sure that everything goes smoothly and is carried out in the most efficient way.
Human and technical resources must be optimized, and all those involved must receive their assignments almost instantaneously, which is impossible without proper planning. Operators must also be coordinated and monitored so that they perform everything on time.
Planning and managing job orders or construction sites not only involves human resources, but also supplies of everything needed to work. Finally, unforeseen events must be kept on the calendar so that if they occur there is a back-up plan or otherwise an effective plan for getting back on schedule.
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How to manage processes, human and technical resources effectively
Job order management consisting of manually drafted documents nowadays has become completely obsolete and can even result in a huge waste of time that takes attention away from the tasks themselves. For truly effective job order management, the best solution is to use software. We are not talking about Excel or the usual free open source programs you can find around the web.
The real solution would be to use a platform customized for your company’s needs. Today the most attractive ones are found online and on the cloud as the cloud offers the possibility to have, without installing programs, all your planning at your fingertips on every device.
Job management software
Of job order management software you will find plenty. The really useful ones are all paid and it is practically impossible to find something free that is on the same level. You can use these software for job order management but not only that: you can also use them for the complete management of the company’s human and technical resources related to each task to be performed.
At Oltrematica, we offer management software for use on the Web to any company that requests it, but we do not limit ourselves to just that. In fact, we also offer a customized service to adapt the software to each company that requests it. This is why our program has added value over many of our competitors. Should you wish to learn more, we invite you to continue reading the following paragraph.
Cresco
Oltrematica’s online job order management software is called Cresco and is a comprehensive platform for managing job orders and the technical and human resources employed. It is a software made in web architecture with which enterprises can proceed with various activities:
- Resource allocation management and planning
- Monitoring the progress of job orders
- Checking the productivity of both human and technical enterprise resources
- Update information on the progress of each job order in real time, easily and with the support of our team
Thanks to a general planning mask, the software can immediately show the resources used by the company and where they are allocated. The planning covers orders that can be monitored on a weekly and monthly basis, human resources for which the hourly and allocation commitment to individual activities can be checked, and technical resources.
In the case of human resources, it is possible to view all work times and the departments or activities to which workers are assigned. In the case of technical resources, on the other hand, it is possible to check where the equipment and means required for the activities are located, as well as the time they are used.
The company is able to independently create jobs and associate with them the resources to be monitored, as well as enter reports, absences, shift changes and more. The platform is able to send notifications to users to inform them of any kind of changes or unexpected events related to the activity.
The system also takes care of creating a certificate that the customer can enter into their document management system and process complete reports themselves. To learn more about our job management software we refer you to the page dedicated to Cresco, where should you be interested you will also find the contact form to request it.
- Access our Cresco software page and view all the details