Stop Losing Margin on Change Orders You Can't See
Plumbing contractors doing real volume often can't tell you, job by job, whether service work or installs are actually carrying the business — and change orders that don't get priced or tracked properly quietly erode margin that never shows up until it's already gone.
Where the margin actually disappears
Change orders that aren't captured and priced in real time, cash tied up in truck stock and inventory that isn't tracked against usage, and blended reporting that hides which service line is profitable and which is barely breaking even.
- Change-order profit leakage from work that's done but never properly re-priced
- Service vs. install margin blindness when everything rolls up into one number
- Truck and inventory stock that ties up cash without a clear reorder or usage discipline
What changes with real visibility
A CFO-level view separates service and install economics, prices change orders as a discipline rather than an afterthought, and ties that operating picture to your personal tax and entity structure so growth doesn't outpace the plan behind it.
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