The story in brief

Anderson Property Services and Facilities Management (APSFM) is a Scottish property maintenance specialist delivering planned, reactive and compliance-led services across retail, commercial, leisure, insurance and property management sectors. With over 15 years of experience, the business has built a strong reputation for dependable service, technical expertise and trusted client relationships across Scotland and beyond.

Working across a varied portfolio of sites, APSFM operates in environments where responsiveness and consistency are essential. As the company continued to grow and support an expanding client base, maintaining control, coordination and service quality became increasingly important. The team remained focused on strengthening its operational foundations to support sustainable growth while continuing to deliver the high standards its clients expect. This commitment to improvement reflects APSFM’s long-term vision to scale responsibly while protecting the service excellence that defines the business.

Their Challenge

APSFM was relying on spreadsheets for day-to-day operations and needed a more reliable, user-friendly system for quoting, reporting, and forms. They also needed to stay organised and keep the back office updated as work was carried out.

How Joblogic helped

Joblogic provided a planner-led approach to scheduling within KPI timescales and enabled engineers to send real-time updates from the mobile app. This improved visibility and reduced paperwork across the team.

The outcome

APSFM saw a clear uplift in engineer efficiency, improved visibility of work in progress, and faster sharing of quotes and reports with customers, suppliers, and the wider workforce.

Why Anderson Property Services (Scotland) APSFM chose Joblogic

Modernise their outdated system

Modernise their outdated system with real-time job tracking.

Automate

Automate invoicing and customer communication.

Reduce the administrative workload

Reduce the administrative workload and free up resources for core service delivery.

The decision was driven by the desire

The decision was driven by the desire to improve efficiency, cut costs, and better manage the increasing volume of jobs as the business expanded.

Challenge & Opportunity

Challenge

APSFM’s spreadsheet-based processes made it harder to stay organised and keep the back office updated as jobs progressed in the field.

Spreadsheets used for daily operations

Large user base made consistency and adoption critical

Paper processes slowed handovers and increased admin

Updates from the field were not always immediate

Faster invoicing depended on quicker job progress updates

Opportunity

Barlows needed a cloud platform that supports paperless working, real-time updates, and simple adoption across engineers and office teams.

Move to a modern, cloud-based system

Keep engineers equipped with simple mobile tools

Improve visibility and communication across teams

Speed up invoicing through live job progress updates

Support structured compliance processes such as F-Gas and asset management

The Joblogic features Anderson Property Services (Scotland) APSFM uses most

Job Costing

Using Joblogic software for job costing has made it easy for APSFM to track costs against all of their jobs. APSFM use the software to automatically feed time and costs into reports and invoices. This helps make tracking and reporting as streamlined as possible.

Job Tracking

Joblogic’s job tracking software enables multiple members of one team to simultaneously log in and track the progress of work orders in real-time. Grace and her team can all see the status of each job throughout its lifecycle from creation to completion. This makes it very easy to keep both APSFM’s customers and managers updated on job progress. An invoice can be sent instantly upon completion as well.

Dashboard Reporting

Joblogic’s dynamic dashboard reporting revolutionised APSFM’s operations. Grace and her team now have access to a cohesive, custom-built reporting platform which enables them to increase efficiency by visualising company data to make informed decisions. APSFM analyse all their important KPIs in real-time, empowering Grace and her team to make more informed business decisions.

The project timeline

An overview of the four essential phases guiding the project from initial discovery to final delivery.

STEP

Discovery & Validation of Business Needs

Conducted in-depth workshops with key stakeholders to understand challenges, map current workflows, and validate the most critical needs for change.

STEP

Solution Design & MVP Definition

Outlined the core MVP features—intelligent scheduling, mobile engineer app, invoicing, and reporting—aligned to business priorities.

STEP

Pilot Testing & Feedback

Launched a pilot with selected engineers to validate usability, collect feedback, and refine the system before wider deployment.

STEP

Full Implementation & Training

Rolled out Joblogic across departments with structured onboarding and tailored training for engineers, administrators, and managers.

STEP

Optimization & Improvement

Introduced advanced reporting and a customer portal while providing ongoing support and enhancements to drive long-term value.

Our Approach

A structured process that ensured the right solution, smooth adoption, and long-term impact for the client.

Plan & Design

Review processes and align technology to client needs

Implement & Adopt

Pilot, train, and roll out across the organization

Support & Improve

Ongoing updates, feedback, and long-term growth

OUTCOME & IMPACT

What Joblogic has done for Anderson Property Services (Scotland) APSFM

Joblogic has helped APSFM reduce admin and improve visibility by connecting scheduling, job tracking, and reporting in one system.

Improved engineer efficiency: Better day-to-day organisation and quicker updates.
Reduced paperwork: Processes and procedures are easier to manage without manual admin.
KPI-led scheduling: The planner supports scheduling within KPI timescales.
Real-time job updates: Engineers update work progress from the mobile app.
Faster quoting and reporting: Quotes and reports can be created and shared quickly with clients and suppliers.
Clearer cost control and invoicing: Job costing and tracking feed time and costs into reports and invoices, with invoices sent on completion.
Better decisions with dashboards: KPI data is visible in real time for quicker, informed decisions.

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From spreadsheets to real-time job control at Anderson Property Services (Scotland)

The story in brief

Why Anderson Property Services (Scotland) APSFM chose Joblogic

Challenge & Opportunity

“Joblogic has enabled us to streamline our processes and procedures whilst reducing paperwork. The planner allows us to schedule jobs within KPI timescales. Our engineers can view their planners and provide updates for works carried out for our clients in real-time.”

Grace Bates