Industry
For HVAC, electrical, fire & safety and plumbing contractors who plan materials, purchasing and progress project by project.
Introduction
HVAC, electrical, fire & safety and plumbing contractors deliver installations project by project — from bills of quantities through material procurement to site execution and handover.
Margins depend on buying the right material at the right time for each project, avoiding shortages that stop work on site and surplus stock left over after completion.
Segments
Process
Industry requirements
These are the requirements manufacturers in this industry typically manage. Talk to us about how Navigator’s manufacturing core applies to your process.
Challenges
What HVAC, electrical, fire & safety and plumbing contractors typically face when the business runs on spreadsheets, paper and disconnected tools.
Generic ERP
Generic ERP is built around a clean, linear order-to-invoice flow. These are the gaps that usually push teams back to spreadsheets.
Why Navigator
Navigator is customized to how HVAC, electrical, fire & safety and plumbing contractors work, on a manufacturing-first core — engineering, PPC and MRP, purchasing, production, quality, maintenance and finance — shaped by customized ERP work across varied manufacturing segments since 1997. Our no-code development tool, launched in 2020, greatly speeds up that customization, so the system follows your process instead of forcing you into a generic template.
Project progress tracking with traceability from BOQ to BOM, shortage list and procurement in Navigator - ERP.
Purchase planning, purchase orders, delivery schedules and supplier ratings in Navigator - ERP.
Goods receipt, material issue, stock valuation, ageing and dead-stock analysis in Navigator - ERP.
Navigator - DMS keeps documents searchable by project, customer, creator or date.
FAQ
Contractors covers hvac, electrical, fire & safety and plumbing.
Typical requirements include work organised by project, materials and purchasing planned against each project, purchase planning, purchase orders and delivery schedules and goods receipt and material issue.
A typical flow runs BOQ → BOM → Shortage list → Procurement.
BOQs, BOMs and purchase lists are maintained in separate spreadsheets. Shortages are discovered on site rather than during planning. Emergency purchasing and unreliable supplier timing push up costs. Material shortages sit alongside excess stock across projects. Project progress is hard to see without chasing site teams.
Built for manufacturing or trading, not for planning materials against project BOQs. Does not link BOQ items to BOMs, shortages and purchase orders. Shows stock by item, not commitments by project.
Navigator is customized to how HVAC, electrical, fire & safety and plumbing contractors work, on a manufacturing-first core — engineering, PPC and MRP, purchasing, production, quality, maintenance and finance — shaped by customized ERP work across varied manufacturing segments since 1997. Our no-code development tool, launched in 2020, greatly speeds up that customization, so the system follows your process instead of forcing you into a generic template. Key benefits: BOQ-to-procurement traceability — Project progress tracking with traceability from BOQ to BOM, shortage list and procurement in Navigator - ERP. Purchasing that keeps pace — Purchase planning, purchase orders, delivery schedules and supplier ratings in Navigator - ERP. Stores under control — Goods receipt, material issue, stock valuation, ageing and dead-stock analysis in Navigator - ERP. Project documents in one place — Navigator - DMS keeps documents searchable by project, customer, creator or date.
Products to look at first are Navigator - ERP and Navigator - DMS. Navigator ERP tracks project progress with traceability from BOQ to BOM, shortage list and procurement.
Next step
Tell us how you manufacture and where planning breaks down. We will walk you through the parts of Navigator that fit.
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