Frequently Asked Questions

One Big Green provides real-time job costing software designed specifically for interiorscapers, plant rental providers, and plant maintenance companies. It automatically tracks labor, travel, and replacement costs per service site and compares them to revenue and budget targets. This gives you a live view of profitability, margin performance, and account health without relying on spreadsheets. Managers can instantly identify which accounts are profitable, underpriced, or exceeding their planned service costs.

One Big Green automatically tracks service labor costs using technician timesheets and hourly rates. Every service visit logs actual time spent on site, and the system converts those hours into real labor costs. These costs are allocated to the correct client, service, and site automatically. You can compare actual labor spending to planned budgets, helping you monitor crew efficiency, identify overservicing, and maintain healthy profit margins across your service portfolio.

Travel and commute time are automatically tracked and attributed to the appropriate service sites. This ensures that the true cost of servicing each account includes travel time, which is often overlooked in traditional tracking methods. One Big Green separates Service time, Commute time, and Other time into distinct cost categories, giving you full visibility into where your team’s time is being spent and where margin leaks may occur.

Yes. One Big Green includes built-in replacement cost tracking for plants, containers, and materials. Every replacement is logged automatically and assigned to the correct service site and account. You can compare replacement spending to budget targets and revenue, helping you control material costs, protect warranty claims, and maintain profitability. The system also shows remaining replacement budget and highlights overspending risks in real time.

Yes. One Big Green includes a complete budget and margin tracking system for plant service operations. You can set budget targets in hours, money, or as a percentage of revenue for each account and service. The system compares planned budgets to actual spending and calculates deviation percentages automatically. This makes it easy to spot accounts that are exceeding budgets, underperforming, or losing margin. All data updates in real time as your team logs service activity.

Yes. One Big Green supports both time-based budgeting and revenue-based budgeting, which are the two most important job costing methods used in plant service management. Time budgets help you monitor operational efficiency, while revenue-based budgets help you monitor pricing and profitability. Comparing both gives you clear insight into whether margin issues are caused by inefficiency, underpricing, or scope changes. This dual-tracking approach provides deeper financial visibility than traditional plant service software.

Yes. You can review job costs and margins over any time period, including monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, annual, or custom date ranges. The system automatically adjusts budgets proportionally and tracks which budget targets were valid during each period. This allows you to analyze performance trends, evaluate pricing changes, and make informed operational and financial decisions.

Yes. One Big Green automatically calculates deviation percentages between planned and actual spending. Accounts that exceed budgets are clearly highlighted, making it easy to identify margin leaks and profitability risks. You can sort and filter accounts by profitability, overspending, service type, or region. This allows managers to quickly identify which accounts need pricing adjustments, operational improvements, or contract changes.

Yes. One Big Green provides proactive cost control tools that help you manage profitability before problems grow. Real-time job costing, budget tracking, and margin monitoring allow you to make informed decisions about pricing, staffing, service frequency, and operational efficiency. This helps plant service companies maintain consistent margins, improve financial performance, and scale operations confidently.

Yes. One Big Green provides a centralized job costing and profitability dashboard where you can monitor labor costs, travel costs, replacement costs, budgets, revenue, and margins across all service sites. This unified FSM dashboard gives business owners, operations managers, and service managers complete financial visibility and control over their plant service operations.