Improve budget control and productivity within your cleaning business
20 December 2022
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Cleaning contractors and teams are facing ever-increasing pressure around cost and budget controls, consolidation of purchasing, as well as various challenges around managing and tracking across different sites and locations.
Budgets can limit the control and extent of what a business is able to do, especially when you have a number of different people needing to place orders. Within the cleaning industry, cleaning contractors are expected to provide quality service with a smaller budget but because of this, businesses need to analyse operational costs and see what opportunities there are to reduce costs.
A solution built for cleaning contractors
Harnessing technology is becoming an almost essential way to help streamline and improve processes, which is why abco has been developed specifically to address the challenges of cleaning contractors. Abco gives cleaning businesses the opportunity to reduce operational costs, manage budgets, and improve productivity. The industry-leading technology allows you to monitor multiple sites/locations, ensure the right products and quantities are being ordered and the functionality of being able to track rechargeable to your customers.
Abco also consolidates thousands of products from hundreds of suppliers in one place to save you and your staff time from contacting multiple suppliers/vendors about pricing and quantity. When purchasing your orders through abconet, you are able to see the status of your orders and deliveries and have the ability to manage and track your assets. Because of abco, a portal that is collaborated with cleaners and is designed for cleaners, this allows your business to focus on other important aspects of your business!
How does abconet work?
Abco is an online portal developed to improve your profitability and make operations easier. With abco, you are able to give your staff and subcontractors to order consumables while retaining full control of your spending and compliance which is essential to manage your business sustainably.
Experience efficient ordering and delivery through our online ordering system. Abco is built and continually improved with close collaboration with cleaning contractors in order to enable them to manage consumables for various sites with the click of a button.
Most importantly abconet means you can focus on more important things in your business, with peace of mind knowing that your ordering processes are under control.
At the click of a button, you are able to oversee your operations, expenditure, and product consumption across your site and team. Using this data, allows your business to make informed decisions to help manage each cleaning site, budget control and how much consumables you allocate or spend.
Some Key features:
Abco has many functions built to optimise your business performance, however, let’s go through some key features today for budget management and operation efficiency:
Templates
Abco new template function lets you set lists of consumables for multiple sites, taking the hassle out of placing repeat orders. You can edit your templates at any time if needed, including applying one template to different sites which helps with managing multiple sites.
Benefits of templates:
- Manage multiple sites efficiently
- Minimise purchasing errors
- Set product lists per site
- Speed up ordering
Consumption reports
Abco offers a range of insightful reports that will help you optimise your ordering processes. From actual vs. budget to consumable tracking per site - we’ve got you covered! The live report’s function, gives you valuable insights into consumption habits which empowers your team to be proactive in reducing costs and ensuring contract costs don’t exceed budgets. You can also schedule any of the reports to be delivered directly to your inbox on a regular basis, which allows for optimal planning and budget management for your business!
Benefits of consumption reports:
- Budget and spend insights
- Minimise admin costs
- Site manager accountability
- Automated recurring reports
Budget Management
Abco new budget functions will help you save time and MONEY! Never go over budget ever again by having set budgets for every site. By having a set budget in place, this allows you to focus on more important parts of the business rather than the continuous monitoring of spending to ensure your business doesn’t go over budget.
You have the ability to set up orders to be approved and if spending goes over budget for that site, you immediately have complete control of any spending over budget, keeping your costs under control.
Benefits of the budget management functions:
- Set budgets per site
- Budget limit controls
- Budget tracking notification
- Budget setting per group
Permissions Control
The permissions function can help give you full control over how you want to structure your operations process, from managing site restrictions to authority and permissions levels for your team members, contractor, and sub-contractors. The group function enables you to decide who can see what and who can place orders on certain products which helps you manage spending, operations, profitability, and compliance from one single portal.
Benefits of permission control function:
- Set sub-contractors and clients as groups
- Purchasing permissions per group
- Pricing visibility per group
- Set product list per group
Order Management
Abco gives you unprecedented control over managing order approval. You can now easily select who approves orders and when order approval is required. Choose to approve all orders or only orders over budget. The new order control setting lets you set stocklists with different levels of permission. You can also schedule future orders to improve your operations process and drive efficiencies in your business.
Benefits of the order management function:
- Set up approval levels
- Set order permissions
- Streamline ordering processes
- Schedule future orders
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How does abconet add value to your business?
Abco adds value to the cleaning business by providing different functions to assist and ease the operations within the business. Abco working with cleaning contractors to continually improve the portal ensures we have the cleaner’s best interest in mind and get the best experience for their business.
If you would like to learn more about Abco or how your business can get started with Abco today, call us on 1800 177 399 or email sales@abcopro.com.au
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