What can be done to lower overhead? Become more efficient:
• Estimate jobs accurately.
• Estimate jobs faster to keep the cost of estimating to a minimum.
• Transfer re-cap work of estimating to a clerk/typist.
• Organize estimates in the order that material is to be purchased, released and installed.
• Get the right information to the right jobs at the right time.
• Get the right materials to the right jobs when it is needed and where it is needed.
• Get the right tools to the right jobs at the right time.
• Put the right men on the right jobs.
• Buy out the jobs smartly.
• Schedule and control the jobs.
• Bill the jobs quickly.
• Collect the money quickly.
• Treat your people fairly.
• Be honest.