Want ROI? Get The Industry Production Standards Guide

The IPS Guide is “Product 101”
for your centers

Members, don’t forget that OBCAI has an invaluable tool for your centers. OBCAI’s Industry Production Standards (IPS) Guide is the industry’s methodology for computing time for document production and non-keyboard administrative services. When applied using your hourly rates, IPS is your center’s most valuable resource in estimating and calculating time and charges for a full range of services. The ROI for this product is off the charts and it is fundamentally, the most important, basic product your centers should have to determine pricing strategy for your non-rent generating revenue.

• IPS concepts are more clear and simpler than ever with step-by-step chapters on IPS Basics and How to use Industry Production Standards
  
• Source Materials Classification training and implementation made easy by the Scale of 1 to 5, enabling you to make quicker degree-of-difficulty decisions.
  
• PLUC Charts incorporate handy classification descriptors for quick reference when giving estimates.
  
• Consensus is gained for Standard Recommended Rate Categories and how to calculate actual time (beyond the initial production process).
  
• Marketing IPS to Clients section with sample articles and illustrations included.
  
• Chapters on Publishing, Proofreading and Editing, Scanning, Color Printing, Web Site Design and Development and Videoconferencing.

And remember, OBCAI’s 2009 Industry Financial Study is now available. The study represents the most complete, accurate and up-to-date database of office business centers’ financial and operating data published anywhere. The Financial Study’s data is based on OBCAI’s survey of 575 business centers. The study identifies a group of high profit centers which are the top 25% ranked by profit margins. These high profit centers have a profit margin three times that of the average center, and the survey provides comparable data to help operators unlock some of the secrets of these high profit centers.

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