If you run a trade business — electrical, plumbing, building, HVAC, or anything hands-on — then you already know the real bottleneck isn’t the jobsite.

It’s everything around the job:

Quoting and following up
Managing stock and suppliers
Coordinating crews
Tracking payments and invoices
Chasing leads and handling admin
Doing it all yourself — or hiring someone else to juggle it

At Next Layer, we help trade businesses reduce admin overhead, automate routine tasks, and tie together quoting, scheduling, inventory, and sales into one smooth system — using AI and proprietary automation tailored to your operation.

🔧 The Real Problems We Solve for Tradies

❌ Spending nights quoting, invoicing, and ordering stock
❌ Hiring admin staff just to keep up with the chaos
❌ Losing jobs due to missed calls or slow response times
❌ Forgetting to re-order key parts or running out on site
❌ Manually entering supplier orders and job info in multiple systems

✅ The AI & Automation Fixes That Put You Back in Control

We don’t just drop in tools and leave. We audit your workflow, your suppliers, your quoting and stock systems, and then implement integrated AI solutions that do the work — so you don’t have to.

⏱️ 1. Save 10+ Hours a Week with AI Admin Agents

We deploy general-purpose admin agents (voice + text) using Ultravox, n8n, and ElevenLabs to handle:

Customer calls and FAQs
Job intake and scheduling
Quote follow-ups via SMS or email
Reminders and payment nudges
Supplier order confirmations

Result: No more admin burnout. No need to hire more office staff.

📈 2. Drive Sales with Automated Lead & Quote Handling

Using your quoting software (ServiceM8, Buildxact, Fergus, SimPRO), we automate:

Quote generation and delivery
Tracking who’s opened the quote
Automated follow-up if there’s no reply
Lead-to-job conversion tracking
Fast quoting templates for recurring jobs

Result: More jobs won. Faster quoting. Less time wasted chasing work.

🛒 3. Smart Inventory & Ordering Automation

We connect your job management and inventory systems with suppliers to:

Track stock levels by job type or van
Auto-generate purchase orders based on job pipeline
Sync delivery ETA with your job schedule
Flag price changes or part substitutions automatically

Compatible with: CIN7, DEAR Inventory, Katana, SimPRO, Unleashed

Result: Less downtime. No stockouts. Less admin per job.

🤖 4. End-to-End Workflow Integration

Whether you’re using spreadsheets or proprietary systems, we integrate:

Quoting
Invoicing
Job scheduling
Ordering
Timesheets
CRM & customer touchpoints

We build custom automations using tools like n8n, Zapier, or custom APIs — designed around your existing setup.

Result: Everything talks to everything. And it all just works.

📊 5. Dashboards That Give You Clarity — Instantly

We build simple dashboards (Looker Studio or Power BI) that show:

Daily and weekly job pipeline
Quotes won/lost and value
Stock ordering cost vs usage
Staff productivity by job type
Gross margin by supplier and material

Result: Faster decisions. Real visibility. No more running blind.

💼 What You Get With Next Layer

We offer fixed-price implementation packages designed specifically for trade businesses:

✔️ Workflow & software audit
✔️ AI integration & automation plan
✔️ Setup of quoting, scheduling, inventory and admin systems
✔️ Staff training and documentation
✔️ Ongoing support options — no lock-in