Find the Lost Dollars - Softcover

Jewell, June R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988382423 ISBN 13: 9780988382428

Publisher: AEC Business Solutions, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

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 the 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. This 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

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.

About the Author

June R. Jewell has over 24 years of business management software consulting experience, and unsurpassed knowledge of the industry. She is the founder and CEO of Acuity Business Solutions, a consulting firm that works with project-based professional services firms to support business profitability through web-based enterprise management technology. 
June has worked with hundreds of business owners to help them improve their processes, and give them the tools they need to be able to hold their employees and managers accountable to increase profitability. 
She is a business leader with a proven track record delivering results for over 1000 firms worldwide. Her clientele ranges from government contractors, to architecture, engineering, environmental, and management consulting firms across the United States. 
As a speaker, June reveals how to develop successful competitive business strategies based on the creative application of leading-edge technologies. Past business events include industry-related organizations, including ACEC, AIA, SMPS, NVTC, Zweig White, MRA, CREW, and Deltek Insight. 
Her popular business blog covers innovative business ideas on business leadership, project management processes, and improving operational efficiencies.
She is the author of the forthcoming book, "Find the Lost Dollars: Six Steps to Increase Profits in Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Firms" (Q1 2013). She is also the co-author of "Selecting Time, Billing, and Job Accounting Software."
As an assistant professorial lecturer at GWU, June has taught accounting to undergraduate and MBA students. 
When June is not speaking or consulting, she can be found at Redskins games, with her three kids, singing country karaoke, or packing for her next adventure.
A free chapter from June's book can be found at findthelostdollars.com

About this edition

• Publisher: AEC Business Solutions, LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0988382423
• ISBN 13: 9780988382428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256