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About This Automation
Maintenance coordinators spend hours each month manually transcribing tenant requests, searching for duplicates, and chasing contractors for status updates. This fragmented workflow delays repairs and creates communication gaps between tenants, contractors, and management.
Automation captures requests directly, routes them to the right contractor based on availability and trade type, and tracks progress in real time. Tenants receive immediate confirmation, contractors get clear work orders, and coordinators focus on exceptions rather than data entry.
Key features:
Capture maintenance requests from email, phone, web form, and in-person submissions into a single system
Detect duplicate requests automatically before assignment to avoid redundant work orders
Recommend the best contractor based on trade type, availability, and workload using intelligent matching
Generate and send work orders to contractors with all job details in seconds
Send instant tenant notifications with contractor name and expected timeframe
Track job status in real time and alert coordinators to delays or completion
The issues teams report most often with this process
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Friction point
Companies Report This
1
Manual data entry bottleneck
Coordinator manually types request details into spreadsheet, consuming 8 minutes per request.
80%
2
Contractor status chasing
Coordinator must follow up repeatedly via email or phone to learn job status.
67%
3
Duplicate request detection
Manual spreadsheet searches miss duplicate issues, leading to redundant work orders.
53%
4
Slow tenant notification
Tenants wait hours for confirmation of contractor assignment and expected arrival.
40%
5
Contractor availability gaps
Coordinator lacks real-time visibility into contractor workload and must make assignment decisions manually.
26%
DisclaimerAll data is based on anonymized FullSpec mapping sessions and proprietary industry research. Learn more
Automation readiness
How well-suited this process is for automation
Process Pain Score™Manual transcription, duplicate searching, and contractor chasing consume.
8.4/ 10
AI Fit Rating™Request capture, deduplication, and contractor matching are rule-based and.
8.6/ 10
Automation Lift Index™Automation eliminates data entry bottlenecks and accelerates assignment and.
8.2/ 10
Hidden Overhead™Context switching between email, phone, and spreadsheet creates delays and.
7.1/ 10
How The Automation Works
The full workflow, from trigger to completion.
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1. Request Submitted via Formtrigger
Tenant fills in a web form with unit, issue type, description, and contact details. The form submission triggers the workflow.
2. Parse & Validate Request
The automation extracts tenant name, unit, issue category, and priority from the form and checks for duplicates in the work order log.
3. Assign Contractor
The automation evaluates the issue type, contractor availability, and past performance to recommend the best match. A coordinator reviews and confirms or overrides the choice.
4. Create Work Order
The automation creates a work order record with all request details, contractor assignment, and a unique tracking ID.
5. Send Work Order to Contractor
The automation sends the work order to the contractor via email with a link to a status update form.
6. Notify Tenant
The automation sends the tenant a confirmation email with the contractor name, expected timeframe, and a link to track progress.
7. Log Completion & Cost
Once the contractor marks the job complete, the automation logs the final status, cost, and labour hours and closes the work order.
Everything you need to know before mapping this process.
The system captures any request type: plumbing, electrical, HVAC, appliance repair, structural issues, and general maintenance. It works with requests submitted via email, phone, web form, or in-person.
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Google Sheets
Gmail
Xero
Slack