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JJC Group use LiveCosts to:
About JJC Group
Based in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, we are a proud family-run construction company delivering high-quality commercial and residential projects. Our core expertise includes dry lining, suspended ceilings, steel framing systems, metal partitioning, and external wall insulation (EWI).
As the business continued to grow, the team recognised the need for clearer visibility into project finances, ensuring they could understand exactly where each job stood as work progressed.
Challenges
What specific challenge or problem were you facing before using LiveCosts?
- We were heavily dependent on Excel spreadsheets to store information and generate reports.
- Extracting data and maintaining spreadsheets required significant manual effort.
- The process did not align with our drive to modernise and improve efficiency.
- We researched a range of purchasing systems available in the market. After careful consideration, we selected LiveCosts as the best solution to strengthen and improve our work practices.
Results
How did LiveCosts help solve this challenge or improve your process?
- The LiveCosts purchasing system is tailored specifically for construction cost tracking.After careful consideration, we selected LiveCosts as the best solution to strengthen and improve our work practices.
- It reports how projects are performing against budgets.
- Supplier catalogues can be uploaded to the system, which then serves as a database for pricing for all products and suppliers.
- Purchase Orders are sent directly to the supplier from the system, and invoices are uploaded to
the system, and once checked, feed directly to the accounting package, in our case, Sage
Business Cloud Accounting. - After careful consideration, we selected LiveCosts as the best solution to strengthen and improve our work practices.
What tangible results or benefits have you seen since implementing LiveCosts?
- A clear understanding of project costs while work is ongoing.
- Better visibility over labour, one of the largest costs on any job.
- Improved confidence when reviewing financial performance at the end of the year.
- Simpler collaboration between site teams and office staff.
- The ability to make decisions based on real cost data rather than assumptions.
Experience
What tangible results or benefits have you seen since implementing LiveCosts?
- A huge reduction in duplication of effort (copying/pasting from Excel spreadsheets to emails,
checking and cross referencing invoices manually and then manually inputting them to Sage) - The catalogue has also been a great addition to the business, as every product, no matter how
big or small, is detailed in this, with product code and price, by supplier. A very handy way of
comparing pricing across our supplier base! - Ongoing support as additional team members begin using the software.
Would you recommend LiveCosts to others in your industry?
- Absolutely. It is a very user-friendly system, with ‘hands-on’ help right throughout the testing
phase, and even after implementation. - The ‘after sales services’ is excellent – shout out to
Haseeb who I believe has gone the extra mile in assisting with the numerous queries I have had.
His response times are very quick, and his responses are very detailed and helpful. - Our business model has been enhanced and improved since LiveCosts has been implemented.
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