b'MRCA WOMEN IN ROOFINGIs your software driving you nutsLaurie MooreKreiling Roofing Co, Peoria, ILS oftware is driving a lot of roofing contractors nuts!Once you figure out the best choices for your company, software can save contractors a lot of time and help ease the training of employees that needs to become more streamlined with the movement of our workforce.Software has also helped spread some duties to non-traditional areas of the company so that now the person answering your phone can do a lot more to initiate service work and your foremen can report safety and productivity in real time to management.All you have to do is figure out what tools to use and how to make them all work together.Easier said than done. At MRCAs Conference this year Women in Roofing (WinR) will be offering an educational experience open to all attendees as a way toto discuss specific topics of interest throughout the contribute to the industry.Women in roofing companiesconference.There are a lot of contractors who are all are often the implementers of the software and also knowat different stages of various software implementations.the mechanics of the company operations inside and out. The quickest way to get answers to your questions is We will connect with providers of industry specific softwareusually to ask another contractor.MRCA is a great place that are used in the daily operation of roofing businesses toto find answers about software that are already being provide a user-friendly and hopefully somewhat entertainingimplemented at other companies.analysis. Bring your software challenges or solutions with you to We are polling companies to gather information on thehelp free yourself and others from the pain and suffering of scope, features, and benefits of their products.There will bechange.Gain comfort in knowing that many others share representatives from some of these companies available inyour pain and will be happy to help others avoid the costly panel form to comment and answer questions.Estimating,mistakes that can be made in this area of your business.Service Department Management, Customer RelationsMRCAs Women in Roofing is not a womens group, but Management, Time Tracking, GPS and Safety are all on thean industry group that seeks to be interwoven as part of the list of software applications we plan to cover. fabric of the industry.This group is focused on providing Choosing what scope of each software to use andsupport to roofing contractors and connecting with others how to connect them all together is challenging. Thesein the industry in a focused way as to maximize the benefit decisions have significant financial impact when youfor both parties.There are many women who have been consider not only the cost to purchase the software andinstrumental in the operation of roofing businesses.Our yearly maintenance along with added hardware, but alsocurrent MRCA President, Greg Spragues, mother was one the time it takes to set up all of the settings and databasesof those women.We seek to make the paths of those that required to run and connect your software.Thats when thefollow easier by helping to provide the support needed by fun begins! With first learning how to use everything yourselfthe women in our roofing companies.As we find support, and then training all the employees how to use all the newwe benefit ourselves, our companies and our industry with bells and whistles.It can be exhausting! increased knowledge and capability, improved confidence Our goal for this event is to make it easier for thelevels and lower stress from the comfort that comes from contractor to sort thru all the information available to get aknowing resources are available and someone else clear plan for the best choices in software implementationsomewhere has experienced your situation before and can in their company.There will be opportunity for askinghelp.Dont let this business drive you nuts.Come to MRCA questions and plenty of contractors to connect withto get rejuvenated so you can be a better roofing business.www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 27'