A customer portal worthy of your business
Give your customers a branded place to follow progress, access documents, review invoices and approve work, with permissions suited to each relationship.
- Typically costs
- £26k–£69k
- Live in
- 8–18 weeks
Indicative build investment, excluding VAT. Your ongoing Managed SLA is quoted separately.
Client portals
6 parts01Where this usually starts
Your customers value clear communication and convenient access to their information. We create a branded portal that brings progress, documents and decisions together, tailored to the way you deliver your service.
02What changes
What you end up holding.
- 01Customer access to progress, documents and invoices
- 02A convenient route for routine customer enquiries
- 03Approvals and signatures with a clear history
- 04Permissions tailored to each customer and contact role
- 05A portal that follows your brand and domain
Discuss the customer experience you want your portal to deliver.
03The pieces
What a system like this is usually made of.
Prioritise the capabilities that create the most value for your first release. The estimator lets you explore each addition and plan your investment as the system develops.
Customer records
Every customer, contact and site in one place, with the whole history attached.
Every conversation kept
Calls, emails and notes attached to the customer, so the history survives people leaving.
Signatures
Signed online with a full record of who, when and on what basis.
Finding the document again
Everything filed where anyone entitled to see it can find it in seconds.
Somewhere clients sign in
Progress, documents, invoices and next steps, without emailing anyone.
Who can see what
Permissions by role and by record, so people see the accounts they work on and nothing else.
The sort of detail that matters
- One record per customer, however many sites they have
- The full history, whoever handled it
- Email threads filed against the right customer on their own
- Notes from a call, dictated on the way back
04How it would run
8 to 18 weeks, in five phases you approve one at a time.
01
Getting to the truth
A written account of how your work really runs today, what the current way is costing you, and what your new system has to do about it.
02
Shaping it
Every screen and every decision your system will make, in front of you and signed off, with your live date fixed at the end of it.
03
Building it
Your system takes shape week by week in your own account, with something you can click on and try at the end of every fortnight.
04
Proving it
Your own people put it through real work with real records, and everything they find is fixed before anybody depends on it.
05
Going live
Your team moves across trained, with their history intact, on the date fixed months earlier.
05Asked most often
The questions that come up.
Will clients actually use it?
We design your portal around useful customer tasks: progress, documents, approvals and communication. Customer reviews during design help establish a practical experience and suitable sign-in method.
Can different people at the same client see different things?
Yes. Contacts can receive access suited to their responsibilities, such as finance, project management or approvals, with delegated account management where required.
Can we brand it as ours?
Yes. Your portal follows your brand, including typography, colours and your own domain.
06The rest of it
Most projects are two or three of these at once.
- 01Customer and salesConnect your customers, conversations and opportunities in a bespoke CRM designed around your sales process, with specialist workflows and reporting.14–28 weeks
- 02Invoicing and paymentsTurn your contract rules into consistent invoices, connect payments and accounting, and give your team a clear view of outstanding revenue.10–22 weeks
- 03Access and auditControl access by role and record, retain a clear history of activity and give your team the evidence needed for governance and assurance reviews.8–20 weeks
- 04Planning and schedulingCoordinate your people, locations and equipment with qualifications, availability and travel considered together in a schedule your team can act on.14–30 weeks
- 05ReportingBring your operational data together in dashboards and reports that reflect your business priorities, with consistent definitions and clear access controls.8–18 weeks
- 06Quoting and proposalsCreate professional quotes using your pricing rules, approvals and customer options, with clear margin visibility and a connected route from acceptance to delivery.10–20 weeks
- 07Documents and approvalsCapture the information your team needs and move it through clear approvals, signatures and records, with responsibilities and progress visible throughout.8–16 weeks
- 08Field work and jobsBring dispatch, mobile job records, asset history and invoicing together so your office and field teams work from the same operational picture.16–34 weeks
- 09BookingsLet customers book against your availability, resources and service rules, with payments and calendar connections supporting a professional booking experience.8–16 weeks
- 10Stock and assetsTrack your stock, assets and movements across sites, stores and vehicles, with job allocation, replenishment and service history connected to your operation.10–22 weeks
- 11Joining systems upConnect your accounting, CRM and operational tools so records move through agreed workflows, with validation, monitoring and clear handling of exceptions.6–16 weeks
- 12Leaving a systemMove from legacy software to a platform designed for your next stage, with your records mapped, migration rehearsed and continuity planned before launch.10–26 weeks
- 13Reading documentsExtract information from your invoices, forms and certificates, validate it against agreed rules and route exceptions for review with the original document available.10–22 weeks
- 14MembershipsManage your members, subscriptions, eligibility and renewals in one connected system, with self-service and reporting shaped around your membership model.10–20 weeks
- 15MarketplacesConnect buyers and suppliers through a branded marketplace, with onboarding, transactions and operational controls tailored to the relationships you manage.18–40 weeks
- 16Compliance recordsConnect your obligations, evidence, expiry dates and approvals so your team can monitor responsibilities and prepare records for audits and assurance reviews.8–20 weeks
Let’s build your next business advantage.
Discuss your goals with the specialists who will deliver your system. We will help you define the scope, investment and delivery plan, then prepare a proposal for your business.
An outline is enough. Reply within one working day.
Call us on 01603 339222.
Designed around your work
Your workflows, commercial rules and customer experience shape your system.
Owned by your business
Your commissioned source code and documentation give you control over your investment.
Supported as you grow
A Managed SLA combines system protection, support and agreed improvement time.