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Article: Seven Ways to Increase Productivity, Efficiency, and Output Every Single Day
Whitepaper: Key Functionality and Capabilities of Project Software That Benefit Professional Service Organizations

Case Study: Audio Video Design Firm Improves Forecasting, Bid Preparation, and Opens Up Real-time Access to Financial Data





This newsletter contains helpful material relevant to professional service organizations including information on software for your industry.

Project Management
and Accounting for Professional Service Organizations

Seven Ways to Increase Productivity, Efficiency, and Output Every Single Day

1 – Stop Doing Business Processes Manually – Save time and sanity by eliminating duplicate data entry, manually entering inventory into the general ledger, and relying on one person and/or one file to capture or post data or route items for approval. Any set of processes routinely done manually will severely limit your ability to produce, grow, and maintain a competitive advantage.

2 – Find an IT Solution that Meets the Unique Requirements of a Professional Services Firm – Whether your company is performing projects that include managing labor only, or you are managing time, materials, and subcontractors, you need a solution that meets your unique needs. One that allows your consultants to easily report daily project status updates, percent complete, and concerns by task; that allows for procurement management, such as item requests, requisitions, purchase orders, and subcontracts, and does many other processes specific to managing professional service projects.

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Key Functionalities and Capabilities of Project Software That Benefit Professional Service Organizations

Understanding Project Software

Project software is a tool that is used by many companies to schedule resources, estimate costs, track status, and analyze results of their projects. The purpose of this whitepaper is to be a resource for those interested in learning more about the capabilities and technology of mid-market project software and how you can take advantage of these capabilities for your project-based business. It will focus on some of the key functionality and capabilities of project software systems that are likely to be fo the greatest benefit to you.

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Audio Video Design Firm Improves Forecasting and Bid Preparation and Opens Up Real-time Access to Financial Data

Avidex needed a robust project-accounting system that would allow them to accurately make bids on jobs and forecast profitability. They found and implemented a solution that gave them real-time access to data for use in a variety of ways for any type of reporting. Not only did it make their accounting system work painlessly in the background, it gave management confidence about the information they could access and enabled them to make more insightful business decisions.

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