If you hear the term “Labor Burden” and you want to glaze over a bit, don’t! Understanding Labor Burden, as applied to the direct hourly cost of your billable labor (Technicians, Engineers, Programmers, Project Managers, etc.), may just change your … Read More
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A Focus on Quality Will Impact Success in Your Integration Business
There are four ways to measure work in your integration business Quantity First are measures of output, starting with Quantity: how much work was produced. You can usually identify and report the number of units, pounds, or other output measures, … Read More
Forecasting for Successful Project Management
How do you manage and forecast resources in you integration business? “One of the biggest problems we see is that integrators aren’t laying out their projects profitably right from the beginning,” says Brad Dempsey, CEO of Solutions360. One of the … Read More
Thank You for Visiting Solutions360 at InfoComm 19!
It was the 10th year for Solutions360 at InfoComm 19, and another record week in Orlando! With the championship looming, it was a tough week for our team to be away … Read More
Are Your Revenues Increasing, But Not Your Profits?
If the 9th Annual Integration Business Outlook presented by CI and NSCA is any indication, integrators will be focused on increasing profitability in 2019. Some of the biggest takeaways of the CI 2019 State of the Industry report are that … Read More
Video Demo 3 – How to Monitor Project Profitability with Q360
In this edition of Clear Talk, Tofiq Indawala shows us how to monitor project profitability in Q360. First of all, who needs to look at project profitability data? Typically, the accounting team, executives, as well as the sales team and … Read More
M&A Fundamentals For VARs
By Abby Sorensen Advice on selling your business can improve your company now. Every VAR should want to increase recurring revenue, form stickier relationships with customers, maintain organized financial records, and accelerate growth. If you listened to sound bites of Brooke … Read More
Does Managed Service Demand Exist for AV Solutions?
By Chuck Wilson In a recent Twitter debate, I was challenged on a statement I made in this article, recently published in Commercial Integrator. In this piece, I said that until AV companies have the right people in place, they … Read More
Genesis Integration Harnessed the Power of Data with Q360 PSA Software
Big Data is on everyone’s lips as both a challenge and an opportunity for 2018, with a promise that increased information will allow us to yield valuable insights and make better business decisions. Organizations that manage to make sense of … Read More
3 Managed Services Mistakes to Avoid
By George Humphrey Managed services continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the technology services industry, but is not without its challenges. Time and again, I see the same mistakes being made over and over. In an effort … Read More
