Dispatch software for painting owners

Painting dispatch software

When your paint crew arrives at a property the prep crew has not finished, that is half a day of four people gone. Smarfle keeps each stage's status current from the site, so the second crew is sent on fact and the colors agreed at the estimate travel with the job.

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Smarfle · Painting Dispatch Board
Scheduled2

Service call · 123 Oak St

Mike10:00 AM

Install · 451 Maple Dr

Sara11:30 AM
In Progress1

Repair · 88 Pine Ave

CarlosNow
Completed2

Service · 22 Birch Ln

MikeDone

Tune-up · 17 Cedar Ct

SaraDone
Live map · drag to reassignRoute optimized · saves 47 min

Real Smarfle UI · Live data from your painting CRM

Why generic dispatch software fails painting owners

Generic dispatch tools weren’t built for painting. Smarfle was.

Generic dispatch software

What everyone else gives you

  • The paint crew arrives at a property that is not prepped
  • Moving a crew is a morning of phone calls
  • Colors and finishes are remembered from the estimate
  • Nobody knows which rooms are finished

Smarfle for painting

Built for your actual workflow

  • Prep completion is on the board before they are sent
  • The job is dragged to the crew that can take it
  • They are on the job for whoever turns up
  • Each stage is marked in the field as it completes
Step-by-step

How painting dispatch works in Smarfle

From the first touch to the closed loop. No missing pieces.

  1. 1

    The afternoon before, the board is set

    Prep and paint crews are placed against which properties are genuinely ready.

  2. 2

    Seven o'clock, the crews pull out

    Nobody has to ring the estimator, because every decision made at the walkthrough travelled with the job.

  3. 3

    Mid-morning, prep finishes early

    The paint crew is moved up and both crews see the change without a phone call.

  4. 4

    As each room is done

    Coverage is photographed and the stage is closed out from the property.

  5. 5

    End of the day, the job's state is real

    What is actually painted is on the board, so tomorrow is planned on fact.

Where painting dispatch breaks down

The friction every painting owner recognizes.

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The paint crew arrives at an unprepped property

Prep finished yesterday or it did not, and nobody told anybody, so four people lose half a day.

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Colors live in the estimator's memory

What was agreed at the walkthrough is not with the crew, so somebody rings to ask or guesses.

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Which rooms are finished is anybody's guess

Progress is reported at the end of the week, by which point tomorrow was already planned wrong.

The math for painting owners

A crew standing in a driveway

The prep crew finished yesterday and the paint crew does not know. They arrive at the next job which is not ready, and half a day of four people goes nowhere. Over a season that is a fortnight of labor.

4

Crew size

2

Half days lost a month

12

Labor days a season

Based on typical painting operations. Your numbers may vary.

Painting dispatch software questions

Yes, because the prep crew closes their stage out from the property rather than reporting it later.
Yes, as fields on the work order, so nobody rings the estimator.
Yes, on the board, and both crews see it.
No. There is no paint database or supplier lookup. Codes are recorded as text on the job.
Yes, attached to the work order from the phone.

Moving your painting dispatch software off another tool?

Most painting businesses arrive at Smarfle from one of the tools below. See a side-by-side comparison.

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