How W. Bradley Electric saves on field costs by streamlining office operations with Agora
Field workers were getting bogged down by materials management
For WBE, materials management was a clear area for improvement. Like most electrical contractors, WBE didn’t have a single system to handle materials – field request for materials, POs, warehouse logs, delivery receipts, invoices, and the processes to handle them were all siloed. As a result, there wasn’t an easy way to facilitate the communication and transparency. Field costs went up and WBE’s five purchasing agents spent 20% of their day manually entering purchase orders.
Streamlining requisitions and POs with Agora
Agora was the perfect solution for WBE. Using Agora’s Amazon-like mobile ordering application, WBE’s foremen now submit requisitions to purchasing agents digitally from the field. Purchasing agents convert the digital requisition into POs and send them electronically to vendors with just a few clicks. Requisitions, RFQs, POs, invoices, and delivery receipts can now be tracked digitally and in real-time.
Key Agora App Features
- Automating requests for quotes
- Amazon-like field ordering mobile application
- PO tracking
- Visibility of orders across departments
Consistency, Reliability and Tracking
Agora significantly improved operational efficiency across the field, the office, and accounting departments.
Easily track purchase requests
Complete payments faster
100% adoption
Complete visibility into materials management
Confirm PO payments with confidence
Increased company morale
“Agora gets that materials management is a field productivity issue. When I look around at construction technology, so little is being built with the specific needs of contractors like us in mind. No one else I spoke with regarding materials management seemed to fully understand that.”
“You don’t want to grow and become less profitable. We see technology as playing an important role filling the gaps of where our old ways won’t work as well as they use to. Agora’s focus on how we do things adds to our edge - now and in the future.”
“Agora gets that materials management is a field productivity issue. When I look around at construction technology, so little is being built with the specific needs of contractors like us in mind. No one else I spoke with regarding materials management seemed to fully understand that.”
“We’re set up to provide the field with a ton of time savings, which will be a game-changer for us.”
