Watch: Universal Glass on building for the next decade
Before Acumatica, scaling further felt nearly impossible on their existing processes. “I could see us 10 years from now being on the same system.”
- Scale without outgrowing the system
- Operational bottlenecks removed at the source
- Long-term stability for continued expansion
- An ERP investment that holds its value
Universal Glass, a Texas commercial glazing contractor, moved off QuickBooks, paper time tracking and spreadsheet reporting onto Acumatica Construction Edition with Velixo, Paycom and Ramp. The company now has real-time visibility into job costs, committed costs and WIP without changing how the business operates.
Universal Glass
Universal Glass is a Texas commercial glazing contractor specializing in custom glass and aluminum systems for large-scale commercial and architectural projects, with a reputation built on precise fabrication and dependable execution.
As project volume, purchasing complexity and service work grew, the systems underneath could not keep pace with how a construction business actually operates.
Universal Glass ultimately selected Acumatica because it was the first system to provide real-time visibility and control across core construction and financial workflows without forcing changes to how the business runs.
Manual workarounds hid the numbers
A collection of legacy and disconnected tools that could no longer scale with the complexity of commercial glazing operations, each requiring significant manual effort to maintain.
One connected construction platform
Acumatica Construction Edition configured for complex purchasing, job costing, labor tracking and construction-specific billing, aligned to how Universal Glass already worked.
Visibility and control without operational disruption
Clearer insight across jobs, purchasing, labor and financial performance, with no added administrative burden and no change to how the business operates.
Real-time job cost
Job costs, committed costs and WIP visible while work is in progress.
Purchasing under control
Receipts, returns and vendor spend governed rather than reconstructed.
Accurate labor data
Timely labor and payroll data by job and task rather than by pay period.
Faster billing
Clearer service completion workflows drive more reliable invoicing.
Budget accountability
Original versus revised budget tracking makes scope drift visible.
Trusted Excel reporting
Velixo keeps job cost and financial reviews in the tool the team already uses.
Questions about this implementation
Why did Universal Glass move off QuickBooks?
QuickBooks could not hold job-level data, so committed costs, budgets and WIP were tracked in Excel alongside paper timecards. That produced limited visibility into job costs, delayed and inaccurate labor data, no control over purchasing and receipts, and billing that lagged because service completion was unclear.
What was implemented at Universal Glass?
Acumatica Construction Edition covering financials, projects, job costing, purchasing, WIP, billing and reporting, plus Velixo for Excel-based reporting, Paycom for payroll and labor data, and Ramp for purchasing controls and spend visibility.
Why did Universal Glass select Acumatica?
It was the first system evaluated that provided real-time visibility and control across core construction and financial workflows without forcing changes to how the business already operates.
More client results
“We can see everything now.”
(Kyle Lamb, CEO). As Universal Glass grew, so did the moving pieces: materials, vendors, labor, job tracking. Acumatica Construction Edition connected purchasing, inventory, jobs and financials in one system.
- Inventory, vendors, receiving and returns in one place
- Leadership visibility without disrupting the field
- Built for how construction actually runs