• choose whatever 'business process' you want to systematize
• list the required steps for the work to be done
• decide when each step should be done (each could be on the same day or on different days)
• save the template (in BuildIT)

Now you can use the template as often as it's needed to schedule work fast:

• just decide when you want the work to be started OR completed
• then schedule the work (just click the schedule button)

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Creating and using work templates is at the heart of streamlining your work flow and business.

Templates provide a consistent, predictable, reliable way of doing things - with them you can streamline work flow and systematize virtually any aspect of your business including:

• estimating/bidding
• scheduling
• pre-job checklists
• job setup checklists
• production checklists
• inspection and quality control checklists
• health and safety checklists
• customer follow up systems
• sales
• warranty
• employee training
• documentation creation
• and any other business processes

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Most businesses outside contracting operate:

• from the same physical location(s)
• with the same people group of people on an ongoing basis
• on a transaction by transaction basis (not job by job / project by project basis)

This makes it easier for people that work in regular businesses to:

• better know the work habits of their co-workers
• access all kinds of business information
• have closer supervision
• learn to use computers
• catch mistakes before they happen
• get and stay organized

None of these apply to contracting. It's a different world.

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The profitability of every job depends on your ability to manage, organize, schedule, and communicate a wide variety of information - so does the success of any contracting business.

Chances are, you use tools by DeWalt, Milwaukee, Stanley, Porter Cable, Makita, and others. These physical tools help get the job done. Quality tools can still produce poor work in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use them. It takes time to learn to use them properly.

Construction software systems are a new kind of tool that help get the job done. They're power tools that help manage, organize, schedule, and communicate information - and do it all efficiently, predictably, and reliably - which is what good business tools (systems) are supposed to do.

Just like any tool, it takes some time to learn to use construction software properly.

With BuildIT's user-friendly construction software system you can:

• Manage, organize, communicate, schedule appointments, tasks, to do's, and use work templates
• Customize it
• Streamline a wide range of construction processes
• Access information anywhere anytime through the web
• Leverage the power of software without the hassles

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It takes a ton of work to develop systems for any business.

You need to:

• think through and understand your businesses processes (what to systematize)
• identify all the things that could/should be improved
• develop systems to manage, organize, schedule, and communicate
• test and improve the systems over time
• employees need to be trained (more time and money)

This adds up to a pile of time, effort, and expense on top of what you already do.

No wonder so many contractors haven't systematized their businesses (even though they may have wanted to).

Developing your own business systems from scratch is a waste of your time. It would be like developing your own power tools. Why bother when it's been done for you?

The best and fastest way to systematize any business is to tap into an existing system - one that's tested, proven, and works.

Then all you do is learn to use it.

BuildIT Systems gives contractors, construction businesses, and the people they work with a fast reliable way to tap into proven business systems. Learn more...

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• people don't want to change (they are attached doing things the way they've always done them)
• people are attached to the belief that only they can "get the job done"
• people refuse to write things down
• businesses already have good systems in place and things are running smoothly

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Paper based systems

Advantages: It's easy to write on paper.

Disadvantages: Did I write it down? Where did I put it? Who has the information I need? Is it up to date? Did someone make changes on another copy?

Harder to distribute to people that need it. Risk of multiple copies of similar (but not identical) information floating around. Big problems if information is lost/misplaced. Difficult to manage and communicate with mobile workers. Difficult to grow a business that relies on paperwork.

Regular desktop/server based construction software systems

Advantages: Easy to store, find, and manipulate information (but only from the computer that has the software on it).

Disadvantages: Require at least some computer skills. Could require several different systems - some are complex. Software needs to be installed, maintained, and upgraded. Computers need to be kept running. Computers need to be connected to one another. Information needs to be backed up. Computers and information is vulnerable to theft, flood, and computer crashes.

Connecting more than one computer is essential (it's difficult and expensive - but here's how you can get it free)

Web based construction software systems

Advantages: Easy to store, find, manipulate, and communicate information from any computer with an Internet connection. Easy to access. Easy to use. Avoid virtually all the headaches that come with regular desktop software

Disadvantages: can't access information without an Internet connection, however, computers with Internet connections are everywhere - in the near future high speed wireless connectivity will be everywhere

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Businesses are not strong until their people and their systems are strong - they depend on both.

People are key - but need to be managed, have bad days, get sick, take vacations, quit, and move on. Systems don't, they stay with the business and build lasting value.

Business systems are the same magic ingredient that makes franchises and nation wide stores dominate in many markets.

Research shows that businesses that put good systems in place dramatically outperform their competition.

The advantages of using systems in your contracting business:

• systems don't have bad days, phone in sick, take vacations, or quit
• provide a consistent, predictable, reliable ways of doing things
• less day to day management (better quality, more streamlined, less finger pointing, less stress)
• provide a solid foundation for controlled business growth
• give more freedom to business owners / managers
• help businesses sell faster (and for more money)

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