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From Chaos to Clarity: Progress Plumbing's Journey with Fergus
The Customer
Lyndsay Davis is the account administrator for Progress Plumbing, a New Zealand-based plumbing company....
Quoting
Scheduling
Tracking jobs
Managing on the go
Managing teams
Invoicing
Payments
Reporting
"By adopting this system we are now seen as professional and progressive within our town"
"Since adopting Fergus, in the last 6 months, we’ve seen a 60% increase in our business."
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0800 461 219
65 New North Road,
Eden Terrace,
Auckland, 1021
4.6
We have tried 3 management tools and Fergus stands out as the winner by far. If you want something quick and easy to use on a phone it works great.
Amelia Grace, Owner, Grace Plumbing
We got onto Fergus and in just one quarter we smashed an extra 20-30% onto our sales through sheer organisational-efficiency.
Duncan Leask, Owner, J.T. Carter Plumbers
Rest easy knowing every cost gets billed out and nothing gets missed with supplier invoice integrations. Get invoices automatically matched to a job in Fergus and costs instantly assigned to a job with one click. Get access to over 100+ trade suppliers.
Eliminate manual data entry. Match invoices & costs with jobs automatically for significant time savings.
Access customer details, job files, photos, notes, history, assignments, & scheduling instantly.
Generate swift, consistent quotes. Automatically retrieve supplier price books. Invoice swiftly.
Keep your team informed at all times. Communicate, track time, and materials using the mobile app.
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Whether you're just starting out or growing a team, Fergus has your back. We support everyone from sole traders to established businesses.
A game changer for gaining efficiencies, increasing profits, and running your trades business.
$68
per user / per month
Built for tradies looking for an easier way to manage their jobs from anywhere and ditch the paperwork.
$48
per user / per month
Automate your admin and stop doing manual data entry. Make your business more efficient and never miss charging out a cost with supplier integrations.
Integrates with your accounting software to automatically sync contacts, invoices, and payments.
All Accounting integrationsGet invoices automatically imported and matched to the right jobs with supplier integrations.
All Trade suppliers integrations
Xceed Electrical, based in Sydney, is an electrical contracting company, specialising in electrical automation security.
Since using Fergus, Xceed's business operations have become more streamlined from start to finish; including quoting, scheduling and invoicing. The team on the ground is able to see every job and send out invoices as soon as it is completed. Fergus also helps office staff in tracking each job and generating financial reporting, enabling data-driven decision making that boosts profitability.
We got onto Fergus and in just one quarter we smashed an extra 20-30% onto our sales through sheer organisational-efficiency.
Fergus has changed the way we do business - it has streamlined so many of our old business practices. We don't have staff to do admin work and it was something I would do after hours. Now it's all in one place, right where I need it when creating invoices.
Get back to doing what you love"Such a great program, it has literally cut my office time from 1 day per week to 1 day per month. Can't recommend it enough!
I love that everything is only a click away. Job costing and invoicing is extremely easy and can be done every day. Nothing gets lost if its loaded into the job.
The customer support is epic and I love using this software. It’s been a game changer for me.
By adopting this system we are now seen as professional and progressive within our town.
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Unlike Xero, Fergus is built to support the day-to-day operations of a trades business. It brings everything you need to manage your jobs and team from start to finish into one place. From quoting, invoicing, time & cost tracking, scheduling, certificates, and health & safety e.g. SWMS forms - it's all there for you.
Fergus automatically syncs all your invoicing and contact records over to Xero in realtime so you can avoid double handling.
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Job Phases help you easily break down work into manageable phases, like subprojects. Job Phases are one of the most distinct and efficient tools in Fergus. Other job management software either don’t have this capability or have a time-consuming and tedious approach to breaking down jobs by phases (think: manually tagging each individual cost to correspond with a Job Phase). You can schedule & assign, track time & materials, add supplier documents and stock on hand for each Job Phase for easy tracking and accurate invoicing. Instead of waiting until a job is complete to invoice, send multiple invoices per job associated with each Job Phase. Relevant notes, descriptions, forms, and checklists are all attached to a Job Phase so you and your team are prepped and can easily find what you need all in one place. |
Fergus is integrated with over 100+ material suppliers like Rexel, Tradelink, Bunnings, and Reece to help you eliminate manual data entry with supplier invoices. Easily drag-and-drop invoices into Fergus or use our email ingestion feature to automatically sync invoices from your suppliers into Fergus. Invoices and costs can automatically get matched to the right job so you don't have to lift a finger. |
Fergus is a software built for tradies. Our job management software gives tradies everything they need to manage their jobs, communicate with teams, track progress, and run their business efficiently. Through the visual status board, you can clearly see where each job is at and what needs to be done. Increase efficiency with 100+ supplier integrations to load in supplier invoices and up-to-date price books for accurate quotes and invoices. You can manage all your jobs every week without anything falling through the gaps. |
Our job management software can help trades businesses of any size. We primarily serve team sizes from 1-15 members, but our largest customer has over 60+ staff members! Our software can help your small to medium sized business streamline day-to-day operations, from scheduling, invoicing, job tracking and more. |
With Fergus, you pay month-to-month per user. We offer two plans - Essentials & Pro - for full users. We offer an option to add Contractors at a daily rate. We also offer all apprentices, when verified, for free - no other software offers this benefit! All support - phone, live chat, email - onboarding & setup resources, help documentation, and videos are also included with your account for free. Visit fergus.com/pricing to learn more. |
Simply sign up for a 14-day free trial to hit the ground running. You’ll get product walkthroughs, videos, and support documents to help guide you during your trial. If you have any questions, our Fergus ANZ team is here to help! Reach out to us anytime via email, phone, or live chat.
Simply sign up for a free trial on the Fergus website to get access to our Essentials plan for 14 days. |
Our exceptional, friendly local support team based in NZ, Australia, and the UK offers live chat, phone, and email support available around the clock at no added cost. We're here to help.
You'll also have access to setup resources, help documentation, and videos - all included for free.
No, simply sign up for a free trial to hit the ground running.
You’ll get product walkthroughs, videos, and support documents to help guide you during your trial.
You have complete control over when you upgrade or downgrade your plan and your monthly charge will reflect this in a pro rata amount. |
No, at Fergus we like to keep things simple. Charging month-by-month allows us to offer you the flexibility to add and remove users, as and when it suits you. |
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