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Page 1: Plymouth Electric Inc. : Case Study with Canvas

• Streamline Work Tickets

• Eliminate Hours of Back-Office Maintenance

• Eliminate Inventory Control Problems

Plymouth Electric Inc. can provide fast, reliable completion of all types of electrical jobs. Their professional team in Plymouth, NE is just as com-fortable taking care of your home’s electric heaters as they are install-ing alarm systems in large commer-cial facilities. From alarm systems to electric hot water, electric cooking, telephone and computer cabling, and more, Plymouth Electric Inc. offers comprehensive electrical services. When it comes to perfectly completed electrical jobs, Plymouth Electric Inc .in Plymouth, NE is an industry leader.

Canvas helped Plymouth Electric verify the places in their process where things were inefficient and build a platform around capturing, collecting, and integrating the data they needed.

The Strategy

Automating how work is doneThe Canvas App was customized to help Plymouth Electric technicians replace a daily pa-per-based process with a streamlined workflow to get the information back into the office on time! Beth Weishahn of Plymouth Electric commented that she “enjoyed that we have the ability to change and adapt our app. If something isn’t working, we can change it.”

Seamless transition from paperwork to mobile formsPlymouth Electric wanted to ensure crews didn’t have any trouble transitioning to a mobile based platform. Canvas ensured that not only could the data be digitally sent to the cloud or emailed to the back office, but the technicians could download or print a PDF copy of the work ticket at any time!

Sharing information at the speed of digitalBy implementing the Canvas App on their smartphone and tablets, Plymouth Electrical was able to take the data collected by their crews and connect it with their backend inventory and accounting systems.

The Results

Solution to Inventory Issues & MoreBeth Weishahn of Plymouth Electric commented that “Honestly, Canvas was our solution to an inventory control problem. We went from having our work tickets as PDF’s to a real money saver in terms efficiency and inventory accuracy. “ Beth also commented that an added bonus of using Canvas was return on paper costs. “Cutting paper helped them save an additional $1,700 for the year.” Beth commented.

Accelerating cash flowWith the ability to get their data back in real time and export it back into their pre-existing accounting and inventory system, Plymouth Electric was able to increase their productivity dramatically. “We’ve saved money because Canvas has made our work more efficient. In fact, it’s been so efficient that we’ve saved approximately $475 per day in labor costs”, said Beth Weishahn.

Saving money and high ROIPlymouth Electric has just celebrated its one year anniversary of implementing Canvas. Since then, they have seen a dramatic savings in productivity and material costs. Beth stat-ed that “in labor cost alone our savings have been over $120k in the last year across 4 crews”.

This delivered an annual of over $121,700.

Great Support Staff “The customer service I’ve experienced with Canvas has been phenomenal. There was one day where it was close to 5:00pm, and one of our electricians told me the app wasn’t working correctly. I went to the Canvas website and left a message for someone to call me ASAP. Within 1-2 minutes (I didn’t think it was real!) my phone rang, and a pleasant and helpful employee was there immediately. She helped me solve the problem quickly, and no one else at my office was the wiser.”

Canvas is a mobile platform that makes it simple for any business to automate how work is done, replacing outdated process and expensive paperwork. The Canvas App works on all smartphones and tablets, helping companies easily collect information across their orga-nization, share it instantly with others and gain real-time insight on their business operations.

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CASE STUDYPlymouth Electric

Daily Savings In routine operational labor costs

“We went from having our work tickets as PDF’s to a real money saver in terms

efficiency and inventory accuracy.”

The Problem

Paper Cost Savings Average savings in a single location just on paper costs

First Year Savings

$1,700 $475 $121,700