Find the Lost Dollars: 6 Steps to Increase Profits in Architecture, Engineering and Environmental Firms - Hardcover

June R. Jewell CPA

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0988382407 ISBN 13: 9780988382404

Publisher: JKL Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

A must read book packed with proven business strategies to help architectural, engineering, and environmental skyrocket their profits.
Are you maximizing every dollar of profit on your projects? The daily demands of running an architect, engineer, or environmental business can be overwhelming.  CPA June Jewell reveals the secrets of uncovering thousands of dollars of hidden revenues.  Eliminate time consuming, ineffective business practices and learn to focus on what matters most from people, processes and technology to gain a competitive edge and increase your firm's profitability.

• Calculate the ROI from improving your business.
• Learn where to focus your attention to get the biggest financial impact.
• Gain practical advice for improving nine areas that can have a huge impact on your Win Rate,
• Utilization and Project Profit Margin.
• Implement a six step process to "Find the Lost Dollars" in your AE&E firm.

About this title

From the Author

A bit about me...
I was accidently "thrown" into the architecture and engineering (A&E) industry in 1989 when I worked for a CPA firm in charge of growing their management information systems (MIS) practice. My job was to help our clients determine their requirements and find the best accounting system for their business. Up to that point, I had worked with generic software systems that were focused on accounting features, functionality, and reporting. I worked with Gorove/Slade in Washington, DC and helped them select the Wind2 software system. Over the next 23 years, I worked with hundreds of A&E firms, and learned a lot about best practices to make money on projects.
I wrote this book because I feel passionate about helping firms succeed by improving the way they manage employees, projects, processes, and technology. I have seen so many examples of poor business management over the years and the sometimes devastating effects that bad business decisions have caused for our clients.  I wrote Find the Lost Dollars to help A&E firm's leaders and future leaders improve their business management practices, grow revenues and become more profitable.
My mission now is to help every one of our clients find at least $100,000 in additional revenue or cost savings. I am calling this the $100K challenge. The only thing I ask is that you are open minded, and willing to take a detailed look at how your firm really operates on a daily basis. My guarantee to you is I can find $100,000 in your business - if you are willing to make the changes necessary to take your firm to the next level.

From the Inside Flap

WHERE IS MONEY HIDING IN YOUR A&E FIRM?
June Jewell has written the ultimate guide to finding extra profits in your A&E firm.  She describes the challenges faced by most firms, shares her wealth of knowledge about best practices for firm business management, and then delivers goods with a 6-step process that is guaranteed to find lost dollars in any firm.
In Find the Lost Dollars: 6 Steps to Increase Profits in Architecture, Engineering and Environmental Firms, you will learn to get the most from people, processes and technology to gain a competitive edge and increase your firm's profitability.  The book is a resource that will provide even the most savvy business owner valuable advice that will change their firm's performance and prepare the firm's future leaders to successfully take the reins.
- Understand the ten cultural "traps" that encourage bad behavior and reduce profits on your projects.- Calculate the ROI from improving your business, and identify where to focus your attention to get the biggest financial impact.- Gain practical advice for improving the nine areas of your business that can have a huge impact on your Win Rate, Utilization, and Project Profit Margin.- Implement a 6-step process to "Find the Lost Dollars" in your A&E firm.
For more information and free online tools to help find the lost dollars in your business go to FindTheLostDollars.com

About this edition

• Publisher: JKL Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0988382407
• ISBN 13: 9780988382404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254