A crucial role in a construction company, including commercial specialty contractors, is that of the purchasing manager. A purchasing manager, also known as a procurement manager, is a supply chain and logistics professional who wears many hats.
AA Gonzalez Tracks Time Savings with StructShare

"Material ordering was a cumbersome process. The field was wasting time on text orders and paper deliveries while info was getting lost or duplicated."

Jaime Soto
Operations Manager, AA Gonzalez
Working with StructShare for over a year.
Manual emails for material requests, POs, and deliveries
Material lists taking so much time to create in the jobsite, and often did not make it to the purchaser quickly enough. Also, the office team did not have a way to track receiving on the jobsite, resulting in redundant communication, manual entry, and errors.
Mobile ordering and digital POs
Mobile material lists with easy search tools & templates | Zero-touch PO processing including cost codes & phases | Real time delivery capture and backtracking |
Saving precious hours in the field and office
8hr |
80% |
4x |
Weekly labor saving per foreman | Less manual entry on POs and RFQs | Faster cycle from request to delivery |
"The best PO management system for Specialty Contractors."
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