Electronic work order software is the older name for the digital work order system, and the buyer searching for it usually has a specific pain: a shelf of carbon books and no way to find last March's job. What the software has to hold is the same whatever it is called: the order's lines rather than a typed total, a status on every order, a date on every change, and an export that gets the figures out. This guide is those four things, and where the free worksheets on this site and Jobcardo Pro sit among them.
The lines, not the total
Electronic work order software that keeps a single price per order has kept less than the carbon book, which at least showed the hours and the parts in the technician's handwriting. The record has to hold labour hours at the rate, parts at cost with the markup, the trip charge and the tax on parts as separate lines, so the figure the customer questions is the line that produced it. The work order template on this site prices those lines on the page, free, and the paid plan keeps them.
A status on every order, a date on every change
Raised, in progress, done, invoiced and paid, closed. The electronic record carries one of them on every order and dates each move against the login that made it, along with any added parts or hours. That is the part that finds last March's job in a second and settles who added the extra hours, and it is the part a shelf of carbon books could never do. In Jobcardo Pro that history is the paid plan.
An export, so the record is yours
Electronic records that cannot leave the software are a worse trap than the carbon book, which at least sat on your shelf. Jobcardo exports customers, orders and documents whenever you ask, while you subscribe and for 90 days after you cancel, and the exported lines are what the invoice and the books read. The software raises and keeps the order; it does not raise the invoice, and says so.
Questions people ask about electronic work order software
Is electronic work order software different from digital work order software?
No. Both mean work orders raised, priced and kept as records on a screen instead of paper. The names differ by decade rather than by product.
How do I find an old work order?
In Jobcardo Pro every order sits against its customer with a date and a status, so the customer's record lists their orders and the history on each. The free worksheets do not keep anything; keeping is the paid plan.
Can I get my work orders out if I cancel?
Yes. Customers, orders and documents are exportable while you subscribe and for 90 days after you cancel.