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Many focus on saving time out in the field – watching hours spent on jobs, looking for ways to improve productivity. But how often do you look at saving time in the office? Afterall, in many places, time on tasks isn’t tracked – perhaps just the total
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How did the actual time on the job compare to what you estimated? That’s one of the big things you want do know, right? If job costs run over, it’s usually in the area of labor, not materials. It’s been a report I’ve wanted to see for
Read more →Let’s face it – you’re busy, you have information you want to know but don’t want to spend all day getting it. Especially in the summer when you are either busy season or want to go on vacation. So here are 4 ways you can multiple reports
Read more →Now that the mad rush is past and you’re just extremely busy now, this might be a time to take a closer look at your job cost reports. While QuickBooks has several good job cost reports, here are Job Cost reports that often go under or un-used.
Read more →Perhaps you’ve been complaining about a problem and don’t realize that a solution exists. Sometimes it’s helpful to know what’s out there. I put add-on products in 2 categories – Industry-specific and Task-specific Typically you’ll find predominantly industry-specific products at the conferences and trade shows you attend.
Read more →In our last article, we discussed the benefits of specializing versus generalizing. So let’s take a look at how QuickBooks can help you. Decide what you want to track. Obviously you want to look at profitability but here are some ways you could look at where you
Read more →In the beginning, we all take whatever business we can get. But after a while, you can start to identify who you like working with, the types of work you do, where you’re more profitable, your ideal customer, ideal division, ideal service…Many worry that if they niche,
Read more →Whether you’re a contractor, wholesaler, non-profit or some other service professional, reports are crucial to monitoring your cash flow and profitability. When I work with clients, I often recommend changes in their setup and changes in their data entry. While part of this is to help them
Read more →When I ask business owners, of any size businesses, what their job description is, the most common answer I get is “That’s simple…I do everything!” So naturally, being the curious business coach that I am, I have to ask, “What does everything include?” It usually includes long
Read more →QuickBooks makes it easy to find information with their filters. A filter simply limits what you see (i.e. filters out what you don’t want) so you see only what you want to see. Both the Find Feature and reports in QuickBooks use Filters. So once you know
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