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Workwear & Trade suppliers

Hi-Vis and Workwear Ordering Portal

Contractors, civil crews, transport and logistics fleets order their own gear on the company's account, with the job number already attached.

How it works

How it works for your clients

Thirty utes. One account. No arguments.

  • Each worker, on the company's account

    Every worker signs in to their company's own portal and orders from the range set up for their role, on the company's account rather than their own card.
  • A yearly allowance per worker, and a job number at checkout

    Each worker has an allowance with a scheduled top-up, such as on their start-date anniversary, and carryover if you want it. The checkout field you rename to Job number (or Cost centre, or PO) travels with every order onto your production board.
  • Every order by branch, with the job number on it

    Your production board shows every order with the worker, their branch and the job number attached, so nobody has to type it in again once it lands.
  • On account. The Xero invoice raises itself

    Orders on account become a Xero invoice automatically on fulfilment if Xero is connected, against the branch's own Xero contact or the company's, whichever you have set.
The catalogue

What their store stocks

The product art below is the portal's own catalogue style, drawn to match the range this kind of client actually orders.

  • Hi-vis polo, site crew

    Hi-vis polo

    Site crew

  • Cargo pants, allowance item

    Cargo pants

    Allowance item

  • Work boots, sizes 6 to 14

    Work boots

    Sizes 6 to 14

  • Wet weather jacket, winter issue

    Wet weather jacket

    Winter issue

The rules

The rules that matter for this kind of client

  • Job number at checkout

    Rename the purchase order field to Job number, Cost centre or whatever the client calls it, and make it required so it comes with every order.
  • A yearly allowance per worker

    Set an allowance per role or per person, with a bigger initial issue for new starters and a top-up on a schedule, such as the worker's start-date anniversary.
  • Branch approval where it's wanted

    Turn on manager approval for a branch that wants to sign off before an order ships, and leave it off for branches that don't.
  • Embroidery detail on the board

    A decoration option, such as a left chest logo, travels with the order onto the production board, so the detail is there before anyone has to ask.
  • A whole crew by CSV import

    Bring a new branch or crew on by importing staff, roles and contacts from a CSV instead of typing each worker in by hand.
What it looks like

What their portal looks like

When a crew orders by phone, someone answers, writes down what a crew needs, and pieces the invoice together later. Move that crew onto their own portal and the order arrives already coded to the right job.
  • A job number, cost centre or PO field, renamed and required
  • A yearly allowance with a bigger first issue for new starters
  • Approval per branch, only where you want it
  • A Xero invoice on fulfilment, if Xero is connected

Before and after

Today someone phones the order in and the office pieces it together at month end. Here every order arrives with the worker, the branch and the job number already on it.

brindalow.demo.smarterportals.com
Example portal for a workwear supplier, in the client's own teal branding, showing the staff home screen with quick reorder of a hi-vis polo, cargo work pants and steel-cap work boots, and the yearly allowance remaining.
Brindalow Logistics is an example portal, not a real client, shown here in its own colours.
Questions

Frequently asked

Can every order carry a job number?

Yes. The checkout field can be renamed to Job number, Cost centre or PO, and it can be made required, so it travels with every order onto your production board.

Do new starters get a different allowance to everyone else?

Yes. Allowances support an initial issue as well as a scheduled top-up, so a new starter can get a bigger first issue than the annual amount everyone else receives.

Can a branch manager approve orders before they go out?

Yes. Approval can be switched on per branch, so a branch that wants a manager to sign off can have it while other branches order freely.

How do we bill different branches?

Xero invoicing can be set per branch, against that branch's own Xero contact or the company's, whichever matches how you already bill them.

What does pricing look like?

Pricing depends on how your business is set up, so it is quoted after a conversation rather than published as a number.

Start a conversation

See it set up the way your clients order.

Tell us who you supply and how orders reach you today. We will walk you through a portal set up the way your clients order.