The 12-Stage Engine

Every elevator cab job moves through twelve predictable stages. We built a system that models reality, holding the paperwork, approvals, purchase orders, and schedule on a single job record.

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Owner: Sales

Pipeline & CRM

The entry point. Qualifying the lead, conversational tracking, and automated job email threads. The moment a bid is lost, capture the reason code.

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Owner: Estimator

Estimating & BOM

BOM is auto-drafted from drawings and specs using your rate library. The system flags custom vendor items and notifies the estimator when a job is ready to quote.

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Owner: Field Team

Survey

A physical site visit is scheduled. Surveyors receive an auto-assigned checklist link on their phone. Completion triggers instantly when all photos are uploaded.

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Owner: Automated

Contract & E-Signature

Zero human step. The platform's internal e-signature engine merges accepted estimate lines, captures ESIGN/UETA consent, and secures the signed record in the job file.

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Owner: Engineering

Engineering & Design

An engineering workspace with full drawing version history. Price-impacting revisions are auto-flagged as change orders. Drawings lock at final-for-record.

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Owner: Automated

Final Estimate

Only fires if Engineering changed the scope. Re-runs the pricing engine to calculate the dollar delta, linking original and final estimates to the change order.

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Owner: Automated

Deposit & Accounting

Hard lead time starts here. Integrates with payment gateways to capture deposit based on terms, notifying the shop floor the job is live.

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Owner: Purchasing

Purchasing & Inventory

POs are auto-drafted from BOM shortfall and checked against the Final Estimate budget. Buyers only need to approve exceptions. Inventory updates on receipt.

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Owner: Automated

Scheduling & Delivery Date

Only unlocks when materials confirm. Provides real-time slot-locking with concurrency handling so two customers never claim the same date.

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Owner: Shop Lead

Production Scheduling

Live capacity calendar by station. The system predicts delay risk before it happens by comparing committed dates vs vendor lead time and buffer.

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Owner: Installers

Installation

Same-day installer link with no login required. A strict SOP checklist ensures the job is built exactly to spec. Flips to installed when photos land.

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Owner: Customer & Sales

Inspection & Signoff

Customer self-service booking link for the walkthrough. Final invoice fires the instant signature is captured on-site. Job closed.

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