Bolt

Vorteile

There are a lot of benefits to using this as long everyone is on board with using and learning the steps. The real time tickets are great, the pictures are a big help for us and the owner and sales guys can access the work that has been done as well. Reports are an easy run to get different stats as well.

Nachteile

Not much to complain about, and if we had had issues they have been on top of solutions and fixes

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Bolt Subcontractor Software is an excellant scheduling software. Subcontractors big or small will find that this program allows for clean and accurate scheduling of crews, including the ability to add and track task to be completed. An added bonus is the ability to track contract document so that crews are able to view them whether they are on a job or working directly from an office.

Nachteile

The mobile application could use a lot of work. Not every subcontractor or crew will have access to tablets. The mobile application is very glitchy and virtually useless unless you have a strong wifi connection.

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Unfortunately, I didn't like anything about the software.

Nachteile

I was lied to during the sales process. I was told the app was free and it is not free. Later I was told it is free to download but you need to be a paid user to open the app. I was also told it would help with Job Costing but it doesn't. It's basically expensive scheduling software. I was told it would integrate with Hyphen solutions, it did not do that either. The app is a mess and difficult to use.

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Vorteile

I did/do absolutely love having any and all information pertinent to my job right at my fingertips in a matter of seconds, provided that information is valid and has been successfully uploaded onto Bolt before I need it.

Nachteile

I did/do dislike having to order my work materials through the Bolt App. I have often come across situations where I want to order new or different materials for a job that I have previously ordered materials on. In this case, I do not know how or if it is even possible to clear the previous ordered materials before submitting a new one.

Vorteile

The ability to have access to information in one location, history of projects and reports.

Nachteile

Occasional lag times to view documents. Some reports are not able to be stacked on the work order types only status, making multiple steps to pull reports to reflect productivity. Inability for material orders to be placed by more than one crew member assigned a specific work order.

Vorteile

The scheduling abilities are amazing. We are still to this day learning all of the features available. Just using the software has created a much smoother and efficient way to schedule. BOLT not only helps with our day to day scheduling, but it also allows us to archive old jobs which allows us to provide accurate information/photos anytime a builder request.

Nachteile

with all software programs, there are cons. There are days that BOLT lags and/or glitches, however, these are few to none.

Vorteile

Importing customer contact info (name, phone, email) should be automatic when a work order is generated for an occupied home. Then, a rep can ask the customer if this is still good contact info. They may have the option to change when scheduling.

Nachteile

Viewing and scheduling work orders on calendars could improve. Seeing multiple crews and their availability, locations would help us to determine if we have someone in area on a requested day/time.

Vorteile

Forecast, Report, Mobile Capabilities, Calendar view, multiple user access and drag & drop documents & pictures

Nachteile

inability to change color template

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Many efficient features allows you to easily complete tasks

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Sometimes there is a slow/lag at times in afternoon -"user overload"

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Easy for me to access job plans and order material.

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I did not have any yet.so far everything is ok

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Everything we do for every job is in one place - there is the audit feature so everyone will know who did what.
The guys in the field can upload pictures and complete or change work orders
I love the ability to invoice directly into my Quickbooks program

Nachteile

working out the kinks with invoicing has been kind of a pain

Vorteile

Streamlined our scheduling greatly. Nice to have everything in one program

Nachteile

A lot of lag and crashes more than I would like

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It is very easy to use It's always up and running no complaints everything's on the

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Nothing so far it's always been up and running for me I have to check on a daily from my jobs and they're always there

Vorteile

brings you all the tools needed to simplify work and be more productive and efficient, from quality control, scheduling and communicating with home builders and sub crews

Nachteile

i can't think of anything negative about the software

Vorteile

The ease at which all of my jobs and history is at my fingertips at any location

Nachteile

Slow process when opening app the first time after closing

Vorteile

Its very smooth to locate the schedule and change accordingly

Nachteile

when selecting the edit feature from the scheduled task , if you edit any portion of the workorder , when you click update , it takes you out of the workorder and I always have to go back into workorder , but if you click on the woerkorder tab , its all good

Vorteile

Being able to pull up job site “blueprints” is very appealing

Nachteile

Lack of updates, losing tasks.
Supervisor will task multiple things and it doesn’t get relayed to the field tech in time causing reoccurring visits to the job site... and on and on...

Vorteile

This software keeps us very organized. We can easily reassign crews and/or jobs. The Superintendants all love receiving the confirmations. The employees use it to leave notes about jobs. All around this system is awesome and has certainly made our lives easier in the office.

Nachteile

A little expensive! Sometimes in the afternoon it tends to slow down a bit.

Vorteile

The easiness of maneuvering through the software. There are so many different ways that we can set up the software and all of them are easy to work through.

Nachteile

The calendar needs to be simplified a little bit. The layout for scheduling is a little condensed and hard to read. The time frames run too closely together which makes it difficult to read.

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It is very user friendly and easy to understand unlike some of the more confusing softwares

Nachteile

We had to wait for confirmations. This was not due to the software this was due to our own team

Vorteile

We had a lot of conflict with scheduling doing things the old fashioned way, but this has really helped us to be a more efficient company.

Nachteile

It seems a little buggy still. It crashes on me at least once or twice a day, but I guess that could always be something on my end. But it is a minor setback.

Vorteile

All job related items in one place. Easy to find document, and see scheduling.

Nachteile

Sometimes it runs slow and does not appears to be because of internet connection.

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To me , keeping everything organized and eliminating paper is the best. Being able to assign tasks to my crews is really practical and in detail.

Nachteile

I have no negatives . Everything ive tried so far is positive

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Functionality and ease of use. It serves our company well, the software support is amazing.

Nachteile

It locks up from time to time and is slow to open on occasions

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Ease of use; user friendly; detailed information

Nachteile

There isn't anything that I don't like about it.

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I like how easy it is to work my schedule for days even weeks out. User interface is super intuitive

Nachteile

Sometimes there are glitches that cause issues like double work orders or work orders disappearing but they are usually fixed rapidly.

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This software puts all my information in one place at the superintendents fingertips. I also allows me to bill easily from the system.

Nachteile

At the beginning it was difficult to find the time to input all the data, but after that was completed it was easy.

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It has streamlined our company. Better communication between the office and field.

Nachteile

I wish that when we completed a work order, an email would be sent directly to builder instead of the field super. It would save a lot of time when we update schedules.

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I love the real time updates. customize reports,Links job to maps on application, works on web browser and app. apple and android friendly.

Nachteile

Cannot be tailored to your specific needs without affecting other companies using bolt. Needs a little more end user options and settings

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Keeps up to date record of site status if users properly participating

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Lack of auto populating and need for a general allocation of activity WITHOUT needing an address

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It is way more user friendly then other programs I have used for scheduling.

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It does freeze up sometimes, or run slow. Which makes it difficult in my fast paced job.

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Knowing my jobs the day before. This is very handy!

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Getting locked out of software & no way to reset it

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I like the ease of scheduling. Being able to simply "Drop & Drag" speeds things up considerably.

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Having to open up multiple works orders when looking up history on customers. Having a main customer log / page would be nice.

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User friendly

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Nothing

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Nice for scheduling and capability of getting feedback from employees.

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Information updates instantly and I can see all my upcoming work.

Nachteile

As a user once I complete a job it gets cleared from my queue and I can't see my jobs I have completed for the week. I would like to be able to see past jobs so when I am doing my billing I can bring up the necessary info.

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Nothin. They never set up our free trial. Sent dozens of emails to no response. Seems like they’re struggling.

Nachteile

The owner, [SENSITIVE CONTENT] , seems like a scam artist. Tons of reviews out there telling about the scam he’s running.

Vorteile

Automates some of our processes.

Nachteile

VERY buggy. iPads crash frequently and any time we make admin changes in the system, the system has a fairly large mishap of some kind.

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Being able to look in system and answer a builders question right away

Nachteile

The app on the phone is not as good as the website

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The tasking, it made it easy for me to see what I had to do

Nachteile

Takes a while to sync, and the navigation doesn't work

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They will never quit emailing you they are a total waste of my life

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Keeps track of work orders throughout the process

Nachteile

Some options and features don’t work like they should when using the app

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It helps in scheduling your activities and keeping tabs on them. Very good software.

Nachteile

This software has a lot glitches. Sometimes you have to restart it constantly.

Vorteile

That employees can access it from anywhere including in the field.

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The program is a bit hard to navigate.

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The software is very user friendly, set up and maintenance is easy. Accurate to industry and defaults are extremely accurate to real operations.

Nachteile

Possibly more customer branding capabilities rather than BOLT branding. APP button to be changed to customer branding.

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Able to organize work though field and office with ease.

Nachteile

Not being able to see all specific crews daily work tickets