Because there are some types of maintenance and repairs you only have to do a few times a year, it doesn’t make sense to have those specialized techs on the team. For example, you don’t need fire suppression system experts in the maintenance department if you only check those systems every six months.  

Vendor management solutions save you money by allowing you to bring in the help you need only when you need it. And by making it easy to integrate outside help with existing workflows, you can control, track, and report on the work without any extra steps.

Because the ones for third-party vendors share many of the key features as work orders for your internal teams, you get all the same tracking benefits. Know exactly how long work is taking and what MRO inventory is being consumed. And because you can upload digital invoices directly to the work order with our vendor invoice management system, tracking costs is simple and accurate.

It might be an external team of maintenance techs, but if they’re using your MRO inventory, you need to be able to track it. Hippo’s vendor management solution makes it easy. Add the work to the system as a work order, and you get all the same inventory tracking capabilities, including being able to associate parts and materials. Close out the work order, and Hippo helps you keep your levels accurate by updating them automatically.

Adding the work done by vendors to your reports is easy because so much of the information is already inside the associated on-demand work orders. No extra steps required.  

And because you can upload the invoice directly to the work order, keeping everything together  and in one spot, it’s easy to track costs.