MACEDON, N.Y., March 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Landscaping contractors must continually juggle crews, equipment, supplies and route schedules to provide efficient customer service and maximize revenues. Contractors need a flexible system to visually display schedules and routes as crew changes, weather disruptions or equipment breakdowns necessitate constant updates.
To ease the burden of complex scheduling for landscaping businesses, Magnatag(r) Visual Systems has introduced the Do-Done(tm) JobStage Tracker(tm). This color-coded, magnetic whiteboard designed specifically for the landscape contractor features 16 columns to track each stage of a project from beginning to end for a wide range of customers.
Additional Magnatag products for landscape contractors include magnetic whiteboards for crew scheduling, route scheduling, cross training, and equipment location, status and availability.
All the products come with an assortment of colored magnets, cardholders and other components customized for the landscaping industry, making it easy for both contractor and crew to quickly and easily update on status of projects with a quick glance.
"Landscape contractors must manage employees, equipment, tasks, customer expectations, and unforeseen weather situations," said Wally A. Krapf, founder and president of Magnatag Visible Systems. "By using the Do-Done JobStage Tracker and our other specialized whiteboards, contractors and their crews can visually identify schedules, tasks, customers and responsibilities."
One of the most popular board systems with contractors and project managers, customers already using the board say it allows them to clearly communicate assignments to everyone involved:
-- "We use it to keep track of all our residential work. We used to
have lots of papers and folders, it was hit or miss, now we know
where we are at all times." -- Office Manager, Huntington IN
-- "We schedule all our landscape installations on it. We had a
homemade board but it was always a mess. With the new magnetic
board every thing is much more organized. Now when a job is done
we don't have to rewrite everything, you just move the magnets up
to fill the empty spaces and put the new jobs on at the bottom.
With the board always up to date, it helps see the big picture." --
Landscape Supervisor, Draper UT
-- "We just started using the board -- we put it right in the project
management office. It really helps us see what's getting done and
what's coming up." -- Project Manager, Mattapan MA
The Do-Done JobStage Tracker comes with Magnatag's unique FlipOver(r) Do-Done 2-sided yellow -- green 5/8" diameter magnetic circle symbols to show yellow for each pending stage and green for completed tasks. Red magnets can be switched out to indicate problems or trouble. Purple and blue ones are also included for your special codes. Systems start at $429. For more information, visit www.magnatag.com/jobstage.
About Magnatag(r) Visible Systems
Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, Magnatag Visible Systems is a leading manufacturer and direct provider of industrial-quality magnetic printed whiteboards and organizational tools for displaying information in the workplace. Magnatag has designed, patented, manufactured and directly furnished visible information display kits and products from its plant in Macedon, NY, to industry, business, government, institutions and organizations. With over 2,300 different task-specific kits, they enable managers across all industries to visibly organize, plan, schedule, track, update and communicate ongoing workplace activities 24/7 to everyone involved.