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In the field service business, delays often occur when technicians discover that essential parts or materials are missing, damaged, or insufficient while performing a job. Communicating these needs through calls, emails, or chat messages can lead to miscommunication, a lack of traceability, and project delays. To address this challenge, Zuper introduced the Material Request (MR) feature, a structured, trackable way for teams to request and fulfill required materials efficiently. The Material Request (MR) feature enables your organization to streamline the process of requesting, approving, and fulfilling parts and products needed by the field technician. It ensures that when a technician encounters missing, damaged, or additional material requirements during job execution, those requirements can be captured, tracked, and fulfilled efficiently either through internal stock transfer or vendor purchase order.

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Prerequisite

This feature is available only on select Zuper plans. To enable it for your account, please contact your account administrator or email us at support@zuper.co

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Key Benefits of Zuper’s Material Request Feature

Zuper’s Material Request feature offers several key benefits that enhance coordination between field, inventory, and procurement teams, ensuring materials are requested, approved, and delivered efficiently.
  1. Streamlined Material Planning
Create and manage material requests directly from Jobs or Quotes. This ensures field technicians and back-office teams can communicate material needs instantly and avoid project delays due to unavailable parts.
  1. Centralized Request Tracking
Track every material request from creation to fulfillment. View request history, status, and linked Purchase Orders or Transfer Orders, ensuring complete transparency and accountability across teams.
  1. Seamless Inventory & Procurement Integration
Easily convert approved material requests into Transfer Orders (for internal stock movement) or Purchase Orders (for vendor procurement). Real-time integration keeps your inventory updated and eliminates duplicate entries.
  1. Improved Field Efficiency
Enable technicians to raise material requests directly from the mobile app, whether on-site or in the field. This reduces communication gaps, accelerates approvals, and helps ensure that required materials reach the job location on time.
  1. Approval & Prioritization Control
Configure approval workflows and set material request priorities (Low, Medium, High, Urgent) to ensure critical items are processed first. This adds governance and improves turnaround time for high-priority work.
  1. Enhanced Traceability & Audit Readiness
Every request is automatically linked to the associated Job, Quote, or Purchase Order, creating a clear audit trail from request initiation to receipt, ensuring accuracy and accountability throughout the material lifecycle. Let’s put the Material Request into action. The following guides will help you get started.