Plumbing inventory app

The truck list, per truck

Each truck carries a standard load: the fittings, the valves, the supply lines, the wax rings, the cartridges, the flappers, the fill valves. The app holds that list per truck with the count, and the tech marks what was used on each job from the invoice, so the count is kept by the invoice rather than by a separate chore.

The reorder point and the supplier

Each part has the count at which it is reordered and the supplier it comes from, so the order goes out before the truck runs out and the tech does not stop at the supply house on the customer's time. The price book template on this site holds the part cost that the reorder is priced against.

The cost that feeds the price book

A part's cost changes and the price book has to follow it, or the flat rate that was built on last year's cost is quietly losing margin. Keeping the part cost in one place that both the inventory and the price book read is the point of having the app rather than two spreadsheets.

The month-end count

Once a month the truck is counted against the app and the difference is the shrinkage: parts used and not invoiced, or parts that left. Pro produces the difference per truck, which is the report that changes behavior. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Tradify lists Lite at $47, Pro at $51 and Plus at $61 per user per month; Jobber lists Core at $49 per month for one user with additional users at $29 each; Housecall Pro lists Basic at $59 per month billed annually or $79 monthly. RoughInDesk Pro is $47 per month for the whole crew.