Labor Tune-Up

Is It Time For a Labor Tune-up?

a typical well-trained service tech

A well-trained service technician can use his meters and tools and tune up almost any piece of equipment made for the control of human comfort. He can measure the combustion efficiency of a furnace or boiler, or determine the EER of an air conditioner or COP of a heat pump. He can then take steps to improve the efficiency if the numbers are short of where they should be.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could do the same thing for your labor pool, finding out how efficient it is? Now you can!

In the past, if you wanted to grow your business, you usually had to hire more people. But what if you already have a person (or two or three) already on the payroll but masquerading as poorly utilized labor? Wouldn’t it be more logical to get better control of labor before adding to the payroll?

That’s the job of the Labor Tune-Up workbook from Lodestar.

In a series of seven worksheets, you’ll find how efficiently you are using your labor and where you should price it to be profitable (no more guessing!). The seven sheets are:

1. A Departmentalizer— a handy tool to help you quickly set up a dual income statement where Installation and Service show their true colors
2. Installation Labor Use— how well you use what you already have
3. Installation Breakeven— how much you need to sell allowing for the slippery eel of Profit Demand
4. Installation Street Rate— how to price your labor so you make good money
5. Service Labor Use
6. Service Breakeven
7. Service Street Rate— all do for the Service department what their counterparts do for Installation

Each worksheet comes with full instructions and built-in macros to simply use. You also have the flexibility to set up any kind of scenario you wish to explore what happens when you use your labor more efficiently and price it right.

Like all Lodestar software, the Labor Tune-Up comes with a money-back guarantee and unlimited telephone and e-mail support for one year. This powerful tool will set you back a whopping $29.95 (Arizona residents, add 7% for sales tax). (But, of course, if you set your service labor rate correctly, you’ll get that back in 20 minutes on your first service call.)

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