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Page 1: Optimizing Project Resources and Improving Visibility in the Professional Services Organization

December 2, 2014

Improving Control Visibility and Profitability in the Services Business:

Optimizing Project Resources and Improving Visibility into Performance

www.blytheco.com

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Agenda

Panel Introductions

Questions for Our Panel

The State of the Industry Today

The Top Requirements and Capabilities

Solutions to Help

Why NetSuite?

Your Questions

Next Steps

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Introductions

John GarzouziSenior Solutions Consultant, NetSuite

Designs cloud-based technology systems for businesses nationwide.

Jeanne UrichManaging Director, Service Performance Insight

Co-author of the Professional Service Maturity Model™ benchmark used by over 10,000 project and service oriented organizations to diagnose and improve their performance.

www.spiresearch.com

[email protected]

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Introductions

Alicia Anderson

Strategic Marketing, Blytheco

19 years in ERP sales, service and marketing

Leading ERP provider to thousands of companies nationwide

Rick Cobb

Senior Solutions Architect, Blytheco

Helps companies evaluate and design ERP and CRM solutions.

24 years of industry experience in designing and implementing business management technology

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What is the Current “State of the Industry?”

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2014 Service Industry Trends

Revenues are increasing!

Attrition is on the rise!

Finding skilled talent is a top challenge!

Importance of workforce engagement

Virtual teams and workplaces

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Organizational Challenges Are Changing!

Challenges (Rated 1 to 5 Scale) 2012 2013 2014

Improve sales and marketing 4.18 4.21 4.15

Talent attract, retain high-quality staff 4.28 3.94 4.11

Support rapid growth and expansion 4.09 4.06 4.10

Achieve revenue and margin targets 4.18 4.18 4.06

Improve quality and consistency 4.20 4.12 3.85

Improve and expand portfolio and markets 3.82 3.83 3.83

Alignment - between functions or groups 3.72 3.59 3.31

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“On the Ground” Observations

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How Do the Challenges Show Up in PSOs?

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Resource Management is Critical!

Bill rates and utilization are stagnant! But attrition is rising!

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Annual Employee AttritionBillable Utilization

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Some good news! Firms are reducing overhead!

Lower Overhead! Much Higher Revenue Yields!

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Rev Rec

Inefficiencies Abound!

Projects

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How are Companies Solving these Challenges?

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Service Delivery Excellence depends on Integrated Systems

KPI Best Rest ▲

Use a standardized delivery methodology 77.3% 64.5% 19.9%

Average project duration (months) 5.95 5.11 16.5%

Average project staff (people) 4.3 3.7 15.2%

Projects delivered on-time 84% 77% 9.2%

Use a commercial PSA 83.3% 77.2% 7.9%

Level of PSA integration with ERP 75.0% 59.9% 25.2%

Integrated PSA/CRM/ERP provides visibility – open books

Resource visibility ensures high utilization

Supporting methodology, tools, templates, learning guides

Constant quality reviews and continuous improvement

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The “Best” versus the “Rest” shows up on the bottom-line

KPI Best Rest ▲

EBITDA 30.2% 9.8% 209.0%

Average revenue per project (k) $413 $178 132.0%

Annual revenue per employee (k) $236 $150 57.3%

Annual revenue per billable consultant (k) $291 $187 55.6%

Quarterly revenue target in backlog 65.8% 43.7% 50.7%

Project margin for time & expense projects 40.4% 37.4% 7.9%

Larger projects due to positioning, service productizing

Precision execution – high utilization, rates, integrated systems

Robust pipeline, attention to backlog

Lean overhead – virtual facilities and workforce

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Enterprise-Wide Visibility

Project

Billing Rules

Revenue Rules

Expenses and Purchases

Timesheets

Bills

Employees Project and Resource

Management

Finance

Invoices

Charges

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Next Steps

Learn more about best practices in managing PSOs, including:

Download SPI Research’s “Introducing the PS Maturity Model™” paper.

Take the PS Maturity™ benchmark survey and get a FREE ($995 value) copy of the “2015 PS Maturity™ Benchmark” report when it is published in February, 2015

View the NetSuite flash demo

info.blytheco.com/services-resources

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