Service Management in
Business Central
Service calls, contracts, technicians and spare parts in one system — so every job is scheduled, costed and billed instead of lost in a WhatsApp group.
After-sales service should make money
Most SMEs know what they sold, but not what servicing it costs. Business Central records labour hours, parts used and travel against each job, so you can see which contracts and which customers are actually profitable.
Contracts renew on schedule, warranty status is checked automatically, and nothing goes out unbilled because the technician forgot to hand in a paper docket.
- Every job costed: labour, parts, travel
- Contract renewals and SLA response times tracked
- Service history per machine, serial number or site
Run field service like a proper operation
For equipment suppliers, installers, maintenance contractors and anyone with an after-sales team.
Service orders
Log a call, capture the fault, attach photos and turn it into a scheduled job with a promised response time.
Service contracts
Recurring maintenance agreements invoice automatically and flag renewals before they lapse.
Scheduling & dispatch
Assign jobs by skill, zone and availability on a dispatch board — see the whole day at a glance.
Mobile job sheets
Technicians record hours, parts and customer signature on a phone or tablet — the job closes in real time.
Spare parts & van stock
Parts consumed post straight out of van or warehouse stock, so inventory stays right and jobs are costed properly.
Warranty & entitlement
The system checks whether a job is under warranty or contract before it is billed — no accidental free work.
Installed base & serials
Track every machine you've installed by serial number and site, with full service history attached.
SLA & response times
Define response and resolution targets per contract, and report on how often you actually meet them.
Service invoicing
Bill labour, parts and call-out fees straight from the completed job — same day, not next month.
Less admin between jobs
Copilot and Bizspoke agents tidy up the paperwork so technicians stay on site.
Job summary drafting
Turns technician notes into a clean customer-facing report.
Parts suggestion
Recommends likely parts from similar past jobs on the same model.
Renewal reminders
Flags contracts due and drafts the renewal quotation.
Copilot queries
Ask which sites had repeat faults this quarter.
Questions SMEs ask us
Straight answers about running after-sales service in Business Central.
Can technicians use it in the field?
Yes — Business Central runs in a mobile browser or app, and for teams doing high job volumes we deploy a simplified mobile job sheet so technicians only see what they need: job details, time, parts and signature.
Do service jobs feed straight into invoicing and accounts?
Yes. A completed job posts its labour, parts and fees into the sales invoice and the general ledger in one step, so service revenue and cost land in the same books as everything else.
We do both maintenance contracts and one-off repairs — can it handle both?
Yes. Contract jobs are generated on schedule and billed by the agreement, while ad-hoc calls are logged as chargeable service orders. The same technician calendar covers both, so you can see true capacity.
How long does a service rollout take?
For an SME with an existing Business Central finance and inventory setup, service typically goes live in 4–8 weeks: process mapping, contract and installed-base migration, technician training, then a supervised first month. Starting from scratch, we phase finance first and service second.
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