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The Business Benchmarking Process:
4 Key Steps
The business benchmarking process can be a powerful tool to help any organization make better decisions, run a tighter operation, and better position itself in the marketplace.
Discover four key steps to the benchmarking process.
Top Firm Wide and Project Performance Metrics for Project Based Firms
 In order to truly gain a holistic view
of the organization, there are key financial ratios and indicators that project-based firms should focus upon at regular intervals. Some key project performance metrics need to be monitored on a real-time basis, or at least weekly, while others are more relevant on a monthly basis.
Does your firm have a global view of your firm metrics?
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A Fresh Perspective on Performance and Evaluation
 Many of us are familiar with the idea of measurement improving outcome. Whether it's Karl Pearson's Law: "That which is measured improves" or the concept of losing weight by counting calories, we understand that measuring results is crucial to understanding how to improve results.
Ready to improve the performance and evaluation of your team or team members? Here are critical questions to determine what should be measured (and how).
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The Importance of Benchmarking in Measuring Business Growth
At its most basic level, the practice of benchmarking provides perspective into why some companies perform better than others. As a result, it helps business leaders find and exploit opportunities for improving operations and results.
Learn how effective benchmarking can pay off.
How to Define Success with a Project KPI Dashboard
At the core of a project-based firm's business is the need to monitor the progress of your projects. As Project Manager's we are busy and we need quick, real-time information to help us steer our projects. Just as a dashboard in a boat identifies and provides feedback regarding the status of our voyage - the speed, the wind angle, the wind force, and the navigational direction - a dashboard can provide the same information about your project.
Examine some simple indicators that allow a project manager to gauge which project(s) need more attention through a project KPI dashboard.
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Learn More...Deltek Tips
What is a Workflow: Automate Your Deltek Vision System
Here we are ½ way through the year, and yet my 'to-do' list has kept growing. In today's economy we have all been asked to do more with less help. This often requires us to take on more responsibility and daily tasks - which causes us more stress, longer hours and greater chances to 'mess up' - so to speak. What to do? What to do?
Learn how Deltek Vision workflows can help automate repetitive tasks.
To Adjust Salary Job Cost or Not...the Debate Rages On
Everyone seems to have an opinion on how labor cost should be charged to projects. In Vision, there are two ways to charge labor cost to your projects. Some firms prefer to load an hourly rate for both hourly and salaried employees. And some firms prefer to load a salary rate for salaried employees and an hourly rate for hourly employees and use the Adjust Salary Job Cost utility (ASJC) in Vision.
Look at an example with and without Adjust Salary Job Cost utility within Vision and you make the decision.
Deltek Kona Calendar Integration with Microsoft Office
Deltek Kona is a cloud-based social collaboration and productivity platform that empowers individuals and groups to connect, organize and get things done together. Through the use of collaborative spaces, users have the ability to coordinate, share, and schedule events or tasks with teams and groups.
See how Kona web calendar integrates into other calendar applications, such as Microsoft Office.
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Benefits of Business Process Evaluation
 There are shelves and shelves full of books - actually, entire libraries - that offer insights into business process management. There is a simple reason for this: it's one of the most fundamental and effective ways to improve firm growth.
So what areas are involved in a business process evaluation and how can it impact your firm's growth?
>> read more
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Client Spotlight
SAGE Engineers, Inc.
 Full Sail Partners met with Tom Sell, Operations Manager of SAGE Engineers to discuss how implementing a purpose-built ERP brought rapid improvements to their organization. Tom Discusses how SAGE was able to decrease overhead expenses, average days receivable, and employee turnover.
See how SAGE improved their firm metrics in one year?
>> read the interview
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