Industrial Professional Services

The SITUATION

During an economy that prevented revenue growth, the owner looked for ways to boost profit within his offering suite of 20 different services. $18M revenue & $1.2M profit

Chicago, USA - July 8, 2014: Chicago's famous Wrigley Building on Michigan Ave on a hot summer's day
25%

profit growth within ONE month. With two changes

The Findings

Only two of the service offerings generated more than a third of net profit.

One sales representative
generated substantially more net profit than his peers because he had developed his own pricing structure.

key steps

Actions Taken

01

The firm made the two profitable services mandatory for clients, leaving the other services as addons.

02

They cross-trained the rest of the sales staff on the top salesperson’s process.

“GAAP accounting didn’t show us the real cost drivers, so I was trying to grow revenue in the dark.”

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