Field Work Moves Fast. But Tracking Labor Often Doesn’t

Imagine this common scene: A crew clocks 10 hours laying steel. Another team unloads thousands in materials across three job zones. The site supervisor scribbles some notes, texts a photo to the office, and moves on.

By the time someone in accounting tries to break down labor costs or material flow for that day’s job costing update, the info is partial or missing.

In most cases, tracking resource use is delayed by 1-3 days, if not more. This leaves Sage Intacct’s project costing tools operating on stale or incomplete data.

The field isn’t slow. The system is disconnected.

Where Jugl Fits In

Jugl helps construction companies capture job progress and resource usage right when and where it happens on the job site.

Here’s how:

• Tasks and boards are tailored to reflect your job structure (e.g., foundation, framing, electrical)

• Workers or supervisors log hours, materials, and issues per task

• Status updates, comments, and photos get attached directly

• That data can flow into Sage Intacct as structured entries tied to job codes

What happens in the field doesn’t stay in the field, it flows into Sage Intacct with zero manual back-and-forth.

Use Cases for Tracking Hours and Materials with Jugl + Sage Intacct

To help you visualize how this works, here are a few real construction scenarios where Jugl fills the data gap and enhances what Sage Intacct can do with better field visibility.

Use Case 1: Logging Labor Hours by Trade

The Problem:

Timecards often get filled at the end of the week, with missing or vague entries.

How Jugl Helps:

Each foreman in Jugl has a simple task board for their crew. At the end of each shift, they log:

• Number of hours worked

• Trade (e.g., HVAC, Plumbing)

• Crew members involved

• Location or phase of job

This information can be pushed into Sage Intacct’s project costing module, linked by job number and activity.

One mechanical contractor saved 12% on labor costs within 60 days of implementing Jugl by eliminating missed hours and inaccurate trade categorization.

Use Case 2: Tracking Material Drop-Offs and Usage

The Problem:

Materials are delivered, consumed, and reordered often with no consistent record of where they went.

How Jugl Helps:

Each material delivery or usage is logged as a task. Site coordinators upload photos of receipts, note quantity used, and tag the relevant job phase.

Jugl organizes these entries into structured updates that Sage Intacct can use to adjust inventory, assign costs, or flag overages.

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Use Case 3: Checking Job Progress by Resource Category

The Problem:

It’s hard to tell if a job is ahead, behind, or on target based on resource usage alone.

How Jugl Helps:

Jugl boards track work across job phases and categorize effort (e.g., Excavation, Electrical Rough-in, Finish Carpentry). These are visual, easy to use, and tied to task counts or hours.

Sage Intacct pulls this data to reflect progress benchmarks. For example, if 60% of labor hours have been logged for a phase, that can reflect in reporting, even before billing hits.

Teams using Jugl reported being able to flag delays and shift resources up to 3 days earlier than before, improving on-time project delivery rates by 22%.

Financial & Operational Savings with Jugl + Sage Intacct

By integrating Jugl with Sage Intacct, construction firms unlock measurable cost savings and efficiency gains:

Eliminate Manual Data Entry Errors

• Reduce payroll mistakes and rework caused by late or incorrect timesheets.

• Potential savings: 5–10% of labor costs by preventing overbilling or misallocations.

Avoid Material Waste & Overordering

• Real-time tracking ensures materials are logged correctly, reducing loss and theft.

• Potential savings: 10–20% on material costs through better inventory control.

A general contractor working on large public-sector projects reported $60,000 in saved material costs in 6 months.

Faster Job Costing & Billing

• No more waiting for field data — Sage Intacct updates instantly, improving cash flow.

• Potential savings: 3–5 days faster billing cycles per project.

One client shaved 4 days off their average billing time and saw a 9% improvement in monthly cash flow.

Bottom Line: Companies using Jugl with Sage Intacct see better cost control, fewer surprises, and faster financial insights, turning field data into a competitive advantage.

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Why Sage Intacct Consultants Should Care

As a Sage Intacct VAR or consultant, your clients look to you to solve real operational problems, not just help close books faster.

When clients say:

• “We’re behind on labor logs.”

• “We never know material consumption until month-end.”

• “We’re guessing on job progress…”

You now have a clear answer: Jugl.

Here’s what you bring to the table when you recommend Jugl with Sage Intacct:

• Real-time data capture from the field

• No-code automation of job tracking

• Cleaner job cost records

• More accurate project forecasting

• Happier field teams with mobile-first entry

Instead of more dashboards or reports, Jugl improves the input, the actual raw data that drives all financials in Sage Intacct.

Ready to Help Your Clients Work Smarter?

If you work with construction companies, especially those juggling multiple projects and trades, they’re already feeling the pressure of disconnected systems.

Jugl doesn’t ask them to change how they work. It supports it.

And it makes Sage Intacct even more powerful by turning field reality into finance-ready data, without the chaos.