Friday Fives: 5 automations that follow up so you don't have to
Five real automations from the Build Concierge platform, picked for the week of 10 July.
What's in this week's edition
Friday Fives is Build Concierge's weekly newsletter:
5 real automations from businesses already using the platform, with what each one does, the problem it solves and the result.
This week covers five moments that used to depend on someone remembering to follow up - a completed job, an accepted quote, a request for paperwork, an invoice landing, and how each one is handled the instant it happens, without any human input.
Already on Build Concierge? Our support team can help you get any of these five running in your operations.
1. Automated post-job review requests
When a job is completed, the customer's details are looked up and their email address is validated to make sure the message goes to a real person. A personalised thank-you email is sent automatically, asking for a Google review.
It solves review requests relying on someone remembering to send them after every job, positive customer experiences going unrecorded, and online reputation quietly losing ground for no good reason.
- Every completed job triggers a personalised review request automatically
- No one in the office needs to remember to ask
- More five-star visibility online, building the confidence that turns into new customer enquiries
2. Jobs created automatically from quote acceptance emails
When a customer accepts a quote by email, the site address, postcode and reference number are extracted from the email and any attachments. The customer record is matched, the opportunity is updated to Quote Accepted, and a job is created with a financial line and a parts-required flag already set.
It solves quote acceptances sitting in an inbox until someone has time to read them, manual lookups and job creation introducing delay and error, and the risk of a customer's yes going unactioned for hours.
- A job appears in the system within seconds of a customer saying yes
- No manual entry and no missed acceptances
- Costs and parts requirements flagged from the very start
3. RAMS documents generated automatically from a single email
An engineer or office team member sends an email with the job number. The job is looked up automatically, site details and history are pulled in, and an AI prompt writes a complete Method of Works in the company's own house style. The finished document is formatted and emailed back within seconds.
It solves RAMS documents being written from scratch every time, information being pulled together manually from multiple places, and inconsistent format or quality eating into time that should be spent on the job.
- A complete, site-specific Method of Works lands in the inbox within seconds
- Consistent, professional formatting every time
- Built from live job data, with zero manual writing involved
4. Supplier invoices matched, extracted and routed automatically
When a supplier invoice arrives by email, the PO number is extracted from the subject line, matched to the corresponding financial record, and the invoice reference is pulled directly from the attachment. The matched details are routed through for processing automatically.
It solves someone manually opening every supplier invoice, hunting for the PO number and matching record, and passing the figures on for processing — every single time, for every single invoice.
- Invoices matched, extracted and routed within seconds of arrival
- No manual handling and no missed matches
- A built-in alert catches any failure before it becomes a problem
5. Tracking total spend against assets
When a job is completed and invoiced against an asset, the invoice amount is automatically logged against that asset. A spend history can then be exported for any asset, across any chosen time period.
It solves costs being buried across multiple jobs and invoices, no easy way to see total spend on a specific asset over time, and repair-versus-replace decisions being made without a full picture.
- A clear, exportable spend history against every asset
- Better decisions on repair versus replace
- A full cost picture with no manual collation
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About the author
Simon leads operations at Build Concierge and writes Friday Fives, a weekly look at five real automations businesses are using to save time and cut costs.
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