Catch enquiries while you work
AI phone, SMS and web assistants can collect the job type, location, photos and preferred times while the crew is on site. Route a useful job brief to the right person and flag urgent requests using rules you agree.
Trades and field services
Keep the job moving, from the first call to the invoice.
When you're on site, the calls, quotes and paperwork keep coming. We help connect the work in the field with the office, so there is less to catch up on at the end of the day.
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A busy diary should mean a healthy business. Too often it also means missed calls, quotes written after dinner and invoices waiting for someone to find a photo. We help trades and field service businesses bring that work into a process the office and the crew can both use. The aim is more jobs moving cleanly through the business, with less time spent catching up.
Features and business benefits
Where AI can add useful capacity
We scope the workflows around your priorities, available information and the people responsible for the work.
Prepare quotes with the right context
Bring customer details, site notes and approved pricing together to prepare quote drafts. Highlight missing measurements or access requirements before someone commits to a price. Keep variations visible so extra work does not disappear into a text message.
Make scheduling easier to manage
Connect accepted work with availability, service areas and job requirements. Prepare booking confirmations and appointment reminders, and flag clashes for the scheduler. The team can spend less time ringing around and more time planning a workable day.
Turn site notes into useful records
Organise voice notes, photographs and completion details against the job. AI can draft a readable summary and identify missing information, giving the office a better starting point for customer updates, follow-up work and invoice preparation.
Keep customers informed
Prepare progress updates from the job record and route questions to someone who knows the work. Give customers a consistent way to get in touch without expecting the person holding the tools to answer every routine status enquiry.
See what is holding up payment
Connect job completion, approval and invoice status in one operational view. Identify finished work waiting for paperwork, unresolved variations or customer acceptance, so the team can act on the cause of the delay.
Connect the systems you already rely on
Your job management software, accounting package, shared inbox and older spreadsheets may each hold part of the picture. We assess available connections, exports and data quality, then agree where the authoritative job record lives. Duplicate customers, inconsistent job numbers and incomplete pricing need attention before automation can be useful. We also consider patchy reception, shared devices and how the crew actually records work in the field.
What this could look like in practice
An illustrative workflow to explore during discovery. The final design depends on your systems and operating requirements.
Enquiry captured
An after-hours enquiry becomes a job brief with location, requested work and photos.
Quote prepared
The office reviews the brief and a draft based on approved pricing, then sends the quote.
Work documented
The crew records completion and any variation against the same job.
Invoice ready
The office receives the supporting details and checks them before issuing the invoice.
The outcome
Less evening paperwork. A clearer path from enquiry to payment.
From the business problem to everyday use
Detailed process mapping begins the engagement, so everyone agrees what is changing and why.
Map the work
We review real examples, systems, handovers and exceptions with your team. The process map records responsibilities and a starting point for measuring improvement.
Agree the business case
We define the first workflow, expected benefit, setup and running costs, review effort and success measures. The scope makes approval points and decision ownership explicit.
Test and put it to work
We test representative and awkward cases with your team, then introduce the workflow in stages. Training, documentation, monitoring and support responsibilities form part of the delivery plan.
Measure the difference it makes
Track missed enquiries, time to prepare a quote, accepted quotes without a booking and days between completion and invoicing. Compare the admin time saved with running costs and the effort needed to maintain the process. Start with the bottleneck that costs your team the most time each week.
Questions about AI for trades and field services
Can AI book jobs without checking with us?
Only within the rules you choose. A straightforward service booking may be suitable for automation, while complex work, travel constraints and urgent situations can go to your scheduler for a decision.
Will we need to replace our job management system?
We first check what your current system can support. A connection, a cleaner job record or a better intake process may solve the issue without moving the whole business to new software.
Can this work for a small crew?
Yes, the scope can begin with one recurring task, such as capturing enquiries or organising completion notes. We assess the likely time saving against setup and ongoing costs before recommending a build.
Start with a conversation
Let's talk through your business.
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll talk through what's getting in the way, where we can help, and how we can work together to move things forward.