Case Study
Unlocking more time for growth with Lentune + Simpro
Meet Dalton Electrical
Dalton Electrical is one of Auckland’s largest industrial electrical contractors. With over 50 years in business, they’re focused on providing excellent service and maintaining customers for life.
Today, their team of over 100 technicians are free to concentrate on what they do best: keeping manufacturing operations running smoothly, while Lentune takes care of the admin.
Before Lentune
Dalton Electrical has been using Simpro for over 10 years to manage service jobs, projects and field operations. It’s been a great fit for their business, but when it came to managing supplier invoices, they still lacked an efficient process.
One team member was dedicated almost full-time to entering supplier invoices into Simpro, line by line. Their Managing Director, Daniel Berry, recalls:
“We were manually entering every supplier invoice — just plugging away at the keyboard all day, every day. We had one person who was pretty much full-time, and that’s all she was doing.”
They even trialled another invoice automation tool, but it wasn’t able to handle the volume or variety of their supplier documents. Says Daniel,
“We sent them 10 or 12 different supplier invoices as samples, and it could only handle three. The rest just weren’t possible with what the system could do.”
That’s when they turned to Lentune.
The Lentune Solution
Dalton Electrical implemented Lentune to automate their invoice process and fully integrated it with their existing Simpro setup.
With around 1,900 invoices a month flowing through the business, managing that volume manually just wasn’t sustainable. Thankfully, Lentune now handles the heavy lifting: capturing invoices, managing approvals and seamlessly pushing data into Simpro.
The Results
For Dalton Electrical, adding Lentune to their Simpro workflow has been a game-changer. Invoice processing is now fully automated, with none of the manual grunt work that once dominated.
Daniel reflects on how critical that shift was:
“We were at a tipping point; we either needed to hire another person or find a smarter way to do it. Lentune saved us bringing on more staff just to do data entry.”
That change didn’t just ease workloads — it also cleared month-end bottlenecks, allowing their office team to focus on more strategic tasks like credit control, job coordination and supporting field staff.
Daniel added:
“The time Lentune’s unlocked for us to do other things, not having that manual data entry, is really the win for us… It’s unlocked the potential for further growth without exacerbating a bottleneck.”
Daniel Berry
Managing Director
Lentune’s automation has also given Dalton greater visibility and control. With invoices processed continually throughout the month, they can issue client invoices faster, stay ahead of approvals and maintain a more consistent pace throughout the month.
And with the admin off their plates, Dalton’s people are investing more in relationship-building and delivering exceptional service — the true drivers behind their ongoing growth.
Summary
For Dalton Electrical, Lentune and Simpro have proven to be a powerful combo, seamlessly working together to support growth without the growing pains.
Daniel concluded by saying,
“We’ve certainly been very happy using Lentune. It’s nice dealing with a company that’s big enough to offer a mature product that works well, but still small and agile enough to take on feedback and actually action it.”
Daniel Berry
Managing Director
One of their admin team echoed that sentiment:
“We don’t run into many issues with Lentune; it’s easy to use and user-friendly. You can train other people, and they don’t have any trouble. It just works well.”
"Lentune saved us bringing on more staff just to do data entry."
Daniel Berry
Managing Director