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Prepare the visit, the parts and the invoice-ready job record

Join customer enquiries, technician availability and completion evidence so a job arrives with the information needed to do the work.

For Trade business owner, service coordinator or maintenance manager

Explore three real work situations ↓
How it could work

Start with a situation you recognise.

Illustrative designs to scope with your team. Select a scenario, then follow the normal path and the exception.

An enquiry lacks the details needed to book

Finished result

A usable booking brief or a clearly owned specialist handover.

  1. 01Capture issue and asset
  2. 02Collect access details
  3. 03Apply service-area rules
  4. 04Prepare qualified booking
When something does not fit

Reported symptoms suggest a safety issue or the customer cannot identify the equipment.

What happens next

Route to the responsible person and request the missing facts before promising a visit type.

Inputs, checks and measurement
What starts the workflow
A customer requests a repair without an asset model or site access information.
Before taking action
Check urgency, job category and whether a qualified technician must assess first.
Measure the change
Intake handling time and visits delayed by missing information.

The technician is free but the part is not

Finished result

A visit that has a justified readiness status and tracked dependencies.

  1. 01Match part and job
  2. 02Check supplier acknowledgement
  3. 03Match skills and availability
  4. 04Propose visit window
When something does not fit

A supplier changes ETA after the customer accepts the appointment.

What happens next

Identify affected jobs and offer approved rescheduling options with an owner.

Inputs, checks and measurement
What starts the workflow
An approved job requires a specific component and a suitable technician.
Before taking action
Use confirmed arrival dates, access windows and required qualifications.
Measure the change
Rescheduling touches and first-visit readiness.

The technician finishes but finance cannot invoice

Finished result

A billing brief with approved items and explicit outstanding decisions.

  1. 01Collect completion evidence
  2. 02Match approved work and parts
  3. 03Check extra-work approval
  4. 04Prepare invoice-ready record
When something does not fit

Extra labour was performed but the approval is only mentioned in a voice note.

What happens next

Request confirmation from the authorised customer contact and hold the extra line.

Inputs, checks and measurement
What starts the workflow
A job closes with photos, used parts and a customer note.
Before taking action
Keep original scope, accepted extras and disputed work distinct.
Measure the change
Completion-to-invoice time and repeated evidence chasing.
Fit before features

When custom work makes sense.

Start with your field-service software’s scheduling and forms. Custom coordination is useful when parts, access and client approvals are held elsewhere.

Connect the records you already use

  • Enquiries and job-management system
  • Technician availability and qualifications
  • Parts, work records and accounting

Access, data quality and write permissions are checked during scoping. Integration availability depends on your systems.

Go deeper

The systems behind these scenarios.

Controls, responsibility and recovery

Agree who can change rules, approve exceptions and authorise each write. Keep a history of source records, rule versions and action results. Detect partial failures, reconcile before retrying and assign unresolved cases to a named owner.

AI can extract, classify and prepare information. Validated rules and agreed permissions govern consequential actions; missing evidence triggers review. Test normal cases, exceptions and recovery against acceptance criteria before launch.

Related operating experience

See the foundations running at G3.

G3 is our founder’s retail and venue business in Melbourne. Explore relevant capabilities and their boundaries; your industry’s rules still need their own design and validation.

Questions worth asking first.

Start with a sanitised example, the result you need and one awkward case. We will map a bounded first implementation.

Will the system diagnose faults?

It can collect symptoms, asset details and photographs. Diagnosis and safe work decisions stay with an appropriately qualified person.

Can staff keep their current job app?

That is the preferred starting point when it can expose the necessary records. The first scope should define ownership and update direction for each job field.

Can appointment planning account for parts as well as technician availability?

The proposed workflow checks the required part, source freshness, technician requirements and customer access window together. Agree which stock or ETA evidence is enough to confirm a visit. If supply changes later, identify affected appointments and give the scheduler a controlled rebooking or alternative-part decision.

What needs to be captured on the job so accounts can invoice it?

Use a job reference, completed tasks, authorised extras, materials and the completion evidence your billing rules require. Voice notes can help prepare a structured record, but a mention of extra work is not proof of customer approval. Missing approval or unclear quantities should return to the job owner before posting.

Do we need an ongoing Canvo subscription?

No mandatory Canvo subscription. An agreed implementation includes 12 months of support for the delivered workflows, defects and minor compatibility changes to existing integrations. Optional proactive care and further development are scoped separately. Software, hosting and API costs remain separate.

Your operation, your rules

Bring the handoff that keeps going wrong.

Free workflow review. A$950 ex GST diagnostic. A bounded first deployment from A$4,900 ex GST, with 12 months of included support for the agreed implementation.

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