Atlas Building Plastics
How Atlas Building Plastics Turned Hidden Payment Costs into a Clear Return on Investment with Integrated Payments
When a business is started from scratch, every cost and every error matters.
For a young, independent and growing merchant focused on cash flow, the way it takes payment is part of the foundation.
By integrating Klipboard Money directly into ERP Go, Atlas Building Plastics reduced the hidden cost of payments and built that foundation on accuracy: 100% payment accuracy, around half the time spent on payment admin saved, and more than two hours of error-fixing eliminated every week.
About Atlas Building Plastics
Atlas Building Plastics is an independent builders’ merchant and building-plastics distributor.
The business supplies trade and the public with roofing, cladding and building plastics, much of it made to order.
A young, independent and growing business, Atlas runs its counter and back-office operations on ERP Go. With sales taken at the point of sale and through remote orders, every payment needs to be accurate, secure, and easy to manage.
The Challenge: A Low Headline Rate Setup with Expensive Hidden Costs
Their previous payment setup consisted of a standalone Barclaycard terminal alongside payments taken over the phone.
Their headline card rate looked competitive, but the wider process carried hidden costs that only became clear through day-to-day admin and when the month-end statement arrived.
Most transactions came in over the counter or through remote trade orders, with customers reading out card details requiring the team to key in the amount into a terminal that sat completely outside their ERP Go system.
Because every sale amount was typed in by hand, miss-keys were inevitable. This resulted in charging errors that someone then had to chase down and fix – around 30 minutes a day lost to that alone.
The costs stacked up elsewhere too: ‘card-not-present' remote orders attracted higher processing fees, written card details created a potential fraud and security risk, and PCI compliance added a monthly fee on top.
For a young and growing business trying to protect its margins, the real cost of payments was much higher than the headline rate suggested.
The Turning Point: Everything Under One Umbrella
Atlas adopted Klipboard Money, integrated directly into ERP Go, bringing counter payments and remote payments together in one place.
The sale amount now auto-pushes from ERP Go straight to the terminal, so there’s no manual keying, no miss-keys and no over- or under-charging.
With 100% payment accuracy, more than two hours a week once lost to correcting errors is effectively gone, with around 50% of payment admin and error-fixing time handed straight back.
The savings go beyond time. With Klipboard Money Pay by Link, Atlas can send customers a secure payment link and get paid in a few clicks, replacing the need to read card details aloud over the phone.
That has helped reduce higher card-not-present costs and remove the monthly PCI compliance overhead, creating a clear and positive return on investment.
For made-to-order items such as roofs, windows and doors, where the price varies, the team sends a secure link, and customers have noticed the difference.
Builders get a cleaner, more seamless and professional way to pay, which Rich describes as a modern payment option.
For a business steadily taking local market share, that impression counts, and above all Rich values the simplicity and peace of mind of having everything accurate, secure and under one umbrella.
Integrating Klipboard Money with ERP Go has given us 100% accuracy and 50% time savings. It is simple, secure… it’s a no-brainer. If I couldn’t use Klipboard Money for a day, I’d be very disappointed.”
— Richard Jenkins, Atlas Building Plastics.
The Results
- 100% accuracy, with the amount auto-pushed from ERP Go to the card terminal
- 50% less time spent on payment admin and fixing errors
- No hidden monthly PCI compliance fee and extra card-not-present costs
- Counter and remote payments all managed under one umbrella
- A more secure, professional payment experience customers notice
What’s next
As Atlas grows and takes more of its local market, the plan is to add a website with Klipboard Money built in, so customers can pay online as easily as they do in branch or by link. Keeping everything under one umbrella, rather than managing separate providers, is exactly what Rich wanted from the start.
About Klipboard Money
Klipboard Money is an integrated payments solution that connects directly into your existing Klipboard business management software. Payments are reconciled automatically into one system without manual entry. Built for distributive trades, garages and rental companies, Klipboard Money helps businesses cut down the hidden cost of payments by helping them to get paid faster, cut manual admin and protect against loss from fraud and errors.
Book a demo or find out more at https://www.klipboard.com/solutions/payment/klipboard-money
