Job costing across
service trades.

Find a situation that looks like your work, from restocking the van to tracking machine time on a property job.

JOB STORY

Different crews, different records

See how a service crew and a property team can start with the records they already keep.

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Stock photography illustrates the scenario. Narration is synthetic.

Your work orders, crew hours and purchase records already exist.

Your team should not have to enter them all again.

They may be paper, photos, spreadsheets, or records in software you already

use.

Start with what you actually have.

For ten completed jobs, compare your current process with Fieldsum.

Check correct costs, unanswered questions, and total office time, including

preparing the records.

See which jobs need no new input, which need one answer, and which need

office judgment.

Start by discussing a ten job review.

Technician checking air-conditioning equipment

Heating, plumbing
and service repairs.

A technician buys the repair part and replenishes van stock in the same purchase. The office needs the split before trusting the job’s materials cost.

Explore the repair example
Grounds worker trimming a hedge

Grounds and
property maintenance.

Materials may serve one visit or stay on hand for the next. The useful question is the same: what belongs to this job, and what evidence supports it?

See how allocation works
Excavator at a roadwork site

Equipment time.
Shared resources.

A machine stays on site longer than planned. Compare the usage log with the estimate and keep that cost separate from travel and overhead.

Explore equipment costs

Where do you lose time
checking job costs?

Think of a recent job where someone had to chase hours, materials or a bill. Use that example to talk through how your team handles job costs today.