BlackBerry-bound supervisors will appreciate the new PocketClock/GPS time clock and management tool for the smartphone.
Get back to good estimating and job costing to offer accurate pricing on your jobs.
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By now your 2009 budget should be nearly complete — how does it look? Are you making the money you, as owner, need to make?
Being "too busy to plan" and map out strategies to rework structural shortcomings within your business will see you paying the consequences for a long time to come.
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Don’t be afraid of open-book management, says one remodeler whose profits, productivity, and staff cohesiveness are stronger as a result of showing his employees the numbers – right down to his own compensation.
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Industry consultant Leslie Shiner shares tips on how to add labor burden into your employees' hourly rates.
Over the years I’ve asked clients and colleagues how they estimate labor costs. The answer is usually the same: They define one number that represents hourly labor costs, including burden, and apply it throughout their estimates, no matter who does the work or what the tasks are.
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Variety can be a good thing, but remodeling companies that want to measure their performance against standards need to be on the same page.
Hiring full-time designers can not only improve the client experience but give a boost to your bottom line as well. During the last decade, especially as public awareness of the design/build model has continued to grow, many remodelers have decided to make design a major part of their company's...
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Tracking direct costs looks easy, but labor presents some sticking points. What, for instance, is to be done with labor costs for a production manager who spends part of each day on more than one jobsite?