Einheit Electric Construction Co. Cut Their Purchasing Process by 50%.
An Inefficient materials management process increased office overhead costs.
Einheit Electric Construction Co. set out to find a modern system that could consolidate their purchasing process onto one collaborative platform.
Einheit Electric Construction Co. experienced tremendous growth over the past 7 years — from a team of 15 field employees to over 120. With business booming, scaling quickly became imperative but Einheit’s materials management and purchasing process remained fragmented, slow, and dependent on manual data entry. They needed a streamlined purchasing process to grow effectively and efficiently.
In the field, foremen were sending materials requisitions to the office via text, email, and spreadsheets. The lack of standardized processes resulted in incomplete or inaccurate requests. Purchasing managers had to organize requisitions coming from multiple sources, making it hard to interpret, organize, and convert into purchase orders or RFQs. It was taking roughly 30 minutes to process each PO and Einheit would skip quoting certain materials because of how inefficient the process was. With labor rates increasing over the years and materials prices skyrocketing, it added up to real dollars being lost.
Streamlining the requisition, RFQ, and PO process with Agora.
Einheit Electric knew their processes had to become more organized and streamlined if they wanted to continue growing exponentially. “I wanted to make purchasing materials easier for my foremen, purchasing team, and project managers so they could do their jobs better,” Mraz said.
Einheit set out to find a modern system that could consolidate their purchasing process onto one collaborative platform. Agora did just that. With Agora, Einheit could manage quoting, purchase orders, requisitions from the field, buyouts, hold for releases, deliveries, accounting data, and communication with suppliers, all within one system.
Einheit moved forward with implementing Agora with their office and field teams and the results have been a game changer for their business.
Key Agora App Features
- Digital requisitions and POs
- Hold For Release tracking
- Delivery confirmations
- Accounting system integrations
- Streamlined materials quoting
- Pre-approved materials lists
Einheit cut the time spent managing and purchasing materials by 50%.
Materials savings.
Quick PO processing.
Reduced billing errors.
Trackable deliveries.
Real-time order updates.
Increased order visibility.
"Our project managers can now control the costs of materials and what’s being bought. It eliminates duplicating orders. It’s a more efficient process."
"Our project managers can now control the costs of materials and what’s being bought. It eliminates duplicating orders. It’s a more efficient process."
