Every construction project relies on the right people, equipment, and materials being available at the right time. When they aren't, schedules slip, crews stand idle, and costs quickly add up.

The price of construction materials keeps rising. Copper wire and cable prices jumped more than 24% over the past year, and the broader basket of construction materials increased 9.6% year over year—more than double the rate of consumer inflation. When materials are that valuable, losing track of a shipment isn't just frustrating—it's a direct hit to project margins. Yet tracking materials after purchasing remains a heavy administrative burden. Contractors are forced into a difficult balancing act: tying up cash in excess inventory that sits unused or delaying work because critical materials aren't available when crews are ready to install them.

For self-performing general contractors and specialty contractors, material control breaks down across three distinct phases:

  • Supply chain blind spots that disrupt scheduling before crews ever arrive on site

  • Inaccurate inventory counts that leave teams guessing about quantities, locations, and receiving statuses

  • Inefficient field issuance that stalls installation and tanks crew productivity during complex material moves

Generally available today, Procore Materials is part of Procore's broader Resource Management vision—bringing labor, equipment, and materials together on one integrated platform. By connecting post-procurement workflows into a single hub, Procore Materials gives office and field teams a shared view of material status to improve resource planning, reduce waste, help protect margins, and keep projects moving with confidence.

Reduce non-productive field time

Equipment and crews cannot install what isn't on site. When materials are delayed, your project schedule slips while your overhead costs rise. Paid labor waits around, and rented equipment sits idle. In fact, field data shows that a quarter of a worker’s day is spent on non-productive tasks—with a significant portion wasted hunting down materials or waiting on deliveries.

While you cannot control every global supply chain disruption, you can control how your project adapts. Procore Materials gives your teams real-time tracking to help spot delivery bottlenecks early, allowing you to proactively adjust your workflows and shift your crews to other active project areas.

By pulling purchasing and tracking data into one clear view, Procore Materials gives you field-ready control over your resources:

  • Mobile receiving: Track and verify material shipments directly from a mobile device

  • Automated 3-way match: Instantly cross-reference POs, packing slips, and invoices to help prevent overpayment and billing errors

  • Real-time location tracking: Know exactly where your materials assets are to prevent time wasted searching for them 

  • Scope-readiness planning: Align your inventory with your project schedule to plan material needs by scope start date, giving your crews exactly what they need before a specific phase of work begins

Connect your office and field workflows

Relying on disconnected Excel spreadsheets, paper logs, and isolated email updates inevitably creates administrative lag. When a shipment status changes, that critical data is usually trapped in one person's inbox. The rest of the team remains in the dark until a scheduling conflict occurs.

Procore Materials helps remove these data silos by putting your material status, constraints, and locations in one central hub where every stakeholder has visibility.

"We've needed something like this for a long time. We were trying to recreate this capability ourselves because managing materials across multiple locations has always been a challenge. We often move assets from our off-site shop to job sites hours away, and with limited space on-site, materials have to be received at the shop first and tracked manually in spreadsheets. The biggest benefit of this tool is that it brings everything together in one place."

— Logistics Manager, Industrial Services Contractor

When a field worker identifies damaged or defective items during receiving, they can update the inventory logs instantly from the mobile app. The system adjusts the available count automatically, giving your office estimators and project managers an accurate view of usable resources. You can sort inventory by both item type and location, helping field crews locate specific assets across staging areas, trailers, or transit loops in seconds.

"Being able to receive materials, take photos, and document everything within the same mobile tool is huge for us. In the past, we struggled to log materials accurately and in a timely manner. Now, materials can be received directly in the field, and our records update automatically in real time. It's been a game-changer."

— Project Manager, Industrial Services Contractor

Procore helps you build a predictable, repeatable material control process across four primary areas:

  • Supply chain clarity: Identify delivery constraints in advance to protect your milestones

  • Inventory accuracy: Verify counts, storage locations, and material statuses on-site to help ensure your field crews always have the exact resources they need

  • Field issuance: Track exactly when materials are issued to the field to maintain precise, real-time inventory counts

  • Cross-project transfers: Easily transfer surplus materials to other jobsites across your portfolio, helping reduce waste and maximize your existing inventory

Move from reactive tracking to proactive control

Procore Materials empowers contractors to stop reacting to disruptions and start planning with clarity. It functions as a critical layer of your resource management strategy—bringing your labor, equipment, and materials onto an integrated platform.

This connected framework unlocks a clear competitive advantage across your entire portfolio. By replacing fragmented manual spreadsheets with a single source of truth, you can establish predictable, repeatable material workflows from day one of a new project. Your teams gain the real-time visibility needed to help identify schedule risks instantly, protect your profit margins, and ensure your crews are always optimized.

Looking ahead, Procore AI will further enhance these workflows by helping specialty contractors quickly access project information, identify potential issues, and streamline routine tasks—all within the context of their existing work.

Try Procore Materials today

Procore Materials is available for contractors looking to unify their post-procurement workflows. Want to see how contractors can manage labor, equipment, and materials in one connected platform? Learn more on our website and register for the upcoming webinar here.

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