End-to-end field management.

The Released team comes across plenty of top-notch job management software and tools. Our work is providing admin support for tradies and service businesses, and that gives us a unique perspective on the wide array of apps and software available in New Zealand and globally. 

We’ve already looked at ServiceM8 and Fergus. Now we’re back with another firm favourite: SimPRO.

This handy software was created in a garage in Brisbane, and is now a global company with more than 150,000 users in more than 5,000 businesses. It’s designed to carry through from the office to the field, a complete solution for service, project, and maintenance management.

SimPRO’s wide scope makes it versatile and helpful for lots of businesses. It’s great for tradies and for other similar sectors, too. Let’s take a look at what’s under the hood.

What can SimPRO do?

• Estimates and quotes: on both desktop and mobile (i.e in the office or in the field), you can create professional and accurate estimates and quotes, connect them to jobs, and review quote status.

• Scheduling and dispatch: SimPRO is much more than just a digital calendar into which you can input jobs. It will help you to calculate travel times between sites, track people and progress in real time, schedule the right people for the right jobs according to statistics and your preferences, and improve efficiency.

• Invoicing: This neverending to-do can be ticked off faster with SimPRO’s invoicing platform which can integrate with your accounting software, connect jobs to invoices, and manage multi-phase project invoicing.

• Inventory management: if you work with a lot of materials and supplies, you’ll find SimPRO’s software a lifesaver. It can sync with supplier catalogues, keep you aware of inventory levels, and let you know when to order more.

SimPRO also has some great third-party integrations which allow effective and streamlined app stacking. The ones of most relevance to our Kiwi trades clients are MYOB, GMail, iCert, Outlook, and Xero—but there are more!

Thoughts on SimPRO from our experienced VAs

As virtual assistants, our team is closely acquainted with the administration processes of many tradies, several of which use SimPRO.

If you’re interested in combining SimPRO and the superpowers of talented virtual assistants for the ultimate business administration support, get in touch with the Released team!