Category: Project Management Knowledge Base
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4 Essential WIP Reporting Tools For Your Business
There are a few WIP reporting tools to have in your kit that make sense when you want to get more visibility over your projects. WorkGuru is packed with these timesaving and workflow improving features that help you get the most out of your projects and understand what’s happening in your business. Here are the…
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Why Tracking Project Margins Matters
Actual vs forecast project margins are key when budgeting, as it tells you how accurate your estimate was, and how efficient your team were in delivering the project. Understanding your actuals & forecast project margins is critical for any business, but accurately predicting and capturing them can be a challenge. Tracking these margins in real-time…
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3 Ways to Make Your WIP reporting a breeze
Reporting on the work you do can be a crucial part of your business process. Whether it’s checking that your projects are still scheduled to be completed before the deadline, confirming your jobs are profitable or reporting back to the client, WIP reporting is a big deal. Here are three things you can look into…
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Boost Your Manufacturing Productivity with 5 Effective Tips
Time is money, right? So, when it comes to running a successful manufacturing business, productivity is extremely important. There are several ways to increase productivity on the floor by removing obstacles and reorganising work methods without sacrificing quality and safety. In fact, lifting productivity comes down to creating a skilled workforce while also adopting new…
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Top 3 Scheduling Tools to Help Manage Your Projects
Managing your team, capacity and upcoming projects is a key part of job management. WorkGuru has you covered with three scheduling tools to make your life easier. Project scheduling Get a sense of what’s coming up and what will be on your plate. The project scheduling tools show you the start date and due…
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Good asset management software will have these 4 things
Asset management can mean a lot of different things to different businesses. However, if you are looking for a way to understand the equipment that you use, hire out, build or maintain, then there are a few features to keep an eye out for. Easy to find and add information Ease of use is…
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4 Ways WorkGuru’s Price Tiers Help Manage Pricing
So you’ve set up all your products and your pricing for labour in your quoting software and all your staff are quoting consistently. Great! – but what happens when you have to deviate from this price? Enter price tiers. A one-off change is easy to manage by the project manager, but price tiers can help…
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5 Warning signs your project management is ineffective
Losing money, not getting any clear insights on your business and spending too long on admin are all signs that your project management systems or tools may be failing you. Take a deep dive into the top signs that it might be time for a job management upgrade. Your Projects Consistently Lose Profit There…
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Ins & outs of FIFO Inventory Management
What is FIFO? FIFO, or first in, first out is a type of inventory management. The principle is that the first item of a particular stock item should be the first one used. To facilitate this, FIFO inventory tracks the landed cost of the products received per purchase order. It knows how much each product…
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Why to Stop Using Spreadsheets for Project Management
While spreadsheets templates can seem like a cost-effective way to manage your projects, there are a lot of pitfalls that could be costing your business in the long run. Here are six reasons to be cautious of organising your project management into spreadsheets templates: Killing your productivity One of the main reasons why businesses invest…
