One property manager may oversee several buildings. The person who opens the mechanical room may never see an invoice. Set up the relationship so dispatch, the technician and accounts receivable each find the right information.
Separate the account from its locations
Put the paying organization at the account level. Add each building as its own service location with an address, site contact, access instructions and equipment list. Keep a clear relationship between an individual work order, its building and the account that will be billed.
Make equipment history useful
Record unit identifier, location within the building, make, model, serial number, service dates and observed condition. Link the work order and photos to the correct unit. A technician should see what was repaired last time without searching an unrelated property.
Tie agreements to actual visits
For each maintenance agreement, identify covered sites, units, visit frequency, promised tasks, exclusions and renewal date. Distinguish planned maintenance from a separately approved repair. Review visits completed and the costs of delivering them before pricing a renewal.
Route the right message to the right person
A building engineer might need arrival updates and technical reports. The AP contact might need only invoices and payment reminders. Give each email or phone its own notification settings and keep an audit of delivery and opt-out decisions. Do not copy technical reports to a payer simply because the address is on the account.
Keep the customer, the work and the next action connected.
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