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Anderson Howard Transforms Procurement-to-Finance Operations with Access Coins Evo and Kojo

Anderson Howard is a Southern California-based electrical subcontractor specializing in both electrical and low-voltage work. Like many MEP contractors, the company faced a familiar challenge: keeping field operations, purchasing, and finance in sync across fast-moving projects. By pairing Access Coins Evo — a construction ERP built for the trades — with Kojo, a purpose-built procurement platform for the field, Anderson Howard has fundamentally changed how it manages costs, closes the books, and empowers its teams.

Business size

Medium

Industry

  • Electrical

Product

Access Coins Evo ERP

Product

Kojo

Challenge

  • Purchasing managed entirely by email — no visibility for field teams
  • Invoices arriving weeks after delivery, causing month-end bottlenecks
  • Cost overruns discovered too late to act on
  • Manual, disconnected processes between field, ops, and finance

Approach

  • Implemented Access Coins Evo as the core construction ERP (2019)
  • Adopted Kojo for field-facing procurement and materials management
  • Enabled bidirectional integration between Kojo and Coins Evo
  • Configured three-way invoice matching and automated PO commitment

Results

  • Real-time invoice receipt the moment materials ship
  • Dramatically faster month-end close
  • Proactive cost overrun detection mid-project
  • Reduced PM approval workload through automated three-way matching

Background: An Electrical Contractor Ready for Change

Anderson Howard has been a fixture in Southern California’s electrical contracting landscape, delivering both power and low-voltage work across a range of commercial projects. When Debbie Betts joined the company as CFO, she brought more than two decades of construction industry experience — and a clear challenge: find a new ERP system before the existing one reached end of life. That search led Anderson Howard to Access Coins Evo in 2019. 


As Anderson Howard grew, so did the complexity of its procurement needs. The team sought a field-facing procurement solution purpose-built for the trades — one that could give crews real-time visibility into materials and orders directly from the jobsite. That search led them to Kojo, which offers deep integration with Coins Evo, making it the clear long-term choice.

The Solution: A Bidirectional Integration Built for MEP

The real turning point came when Anderson Howard activated the bidirectional integration between Kojo and Access Coins Evo. Rather than treating the two platforms as separate tools, the integration creates a seamless loop: purchase orders created in Kojo flow automatically into Coins Evo as committed costs, and invoice data flows back in real time the moment materials ship.

“It’s been a godsend to us to have that integration.”

— Debbie Betts, CFO, Anderson Howard

 

Three-way matching — verifying that the purchase order, receipt, and invoice all align — is now automated. Project managers no longer need to manually approve routine invoices, freeing them to focus on higher-value work. The finance team, meanwhile, processes invoices with confidence, knowing the data behind each one is already verified.

“The moment that something gets shipped, we now have an invoice — it’s made a world of difference.”

— Debbie Betts, CFO, Anderson Howard

The Results: Savings Across Operations and Finance

The combined impact of Access Coins Evo and Kojo has been felt across every part of Anderson Howard’s business — from the field to the finance office.


Faster Month-End Close

Before Coins Evo, month-end close was a scramble. Purchase orders weren’t committed in the system, invoices arrived weeks after delivery, and the finance team spent hours chasing approvals and reconciling discrepancies. Today, that friction is gone.

“The amount of time saved at month-end close is amazing.”

— Debbie Betts, CFO, Anderson Howard


Coins Evo’s workflow tools give the finance team full visibility into every pending approval, and the Kojo integration ensures that POs are committed automatically, the moment they are created. The result is a cleaner, faster close — every month.


Proactive Cost Control

One of the most strategically valuable outcomes has been Anderson Howard’s ability to catch cost overruns before they become problems. By combining Coins Evo’s quantity-based reporting with Kojo’s real-time materials tracking, project teams can now compare labor hours against installed quantities mid-project and ask the right questions while there is still time to act.

“We can see if we are going to be spending more money, if the labor hours aren't matching up with the quantities that have been installed… We can address this sooner versus finding out at the end of the job — ‘oh, we have an overrun, it's too late to fix it now.’”

— Debbie Betts, CFO, Anderson Howard


The same visibility works in reverse: when material quantities are tracking below budget, the team can identify projected savings early and manage expectations accordingly. That two-way visibility is a meaningful competitive advantage in a margin-sensitive industry.


Operational Savings Across the Board

The efficiency gains extend across finance and operations. Coins Evo gives a clear view of every pending approval, while committed costs flow in automatically the moment a Kojo PO is created. Field crews no longer need to call or email to check on order status. Project managers have seen their invoice approval workload drop significantly thanks to automated three-way matching. And the purchasing team has moved from a reactive, email-driven process to a proactive, system-driven one.

“We’ve definitely had savings both on the operation side and the finance side.”

— Debbie Betts, CFO, Anderson Howard

A Partnership Built on Feedback and Continuous Improvement

For Debbie Betts, what sets both Access Coins Evo and Kojo apart is not just the technology — it’s the relationship. Anderson Howard has been an active participant in product development conversations with both companies, including beta testing new features in Coins Evo.


That collaborative approach reflects the broader mission of the Access Coins Evo and Kojo partnership: to build an integrated, procurement-to-finance solution that evolves alongside the contractors who depend on it.

Access Coins Evo + Kojo: Procurement-to-Finance for MEP Contractors

Access Coins Evo is a construction ERP purpose-built for MEP and specialty contractors. Together with Kojo’s field procurement platform, it delivers a seamless, bidirectional integration that connects procurement to the finance office — in real time.

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