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2009
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2008
- Modeco Systems Breaks into a New Market
- There Is No Better Time Than The Present
- Sebert Landscaping, 60th Largest Landscaper is ready to go!
- Just a Minute with Loren Olson, President of Modeco Systems, LLC
- Acres Group, 20th Largest Landscaper, Joins!
- Time Tracking, billing, and snow storm described as a "dream"?!?!
- Are You Prepared For Spring?
- #56 of Lawn and Landscape's Top 100 commits to business improvements for 2008
- Largest Landscape Contractor in Bermuda Expands use of TimeScape
Time Tracking, billing & snow storm described as a "dream"?!?!
"We've had several snow events as well this year and each has proven to be a dream, because of the scanners. Being able to 'recreate the storm' afterwards to bill out, has never been easier."
- Dan Bachmeier: Production Manager and Master Gardener for H&M Landscaping
H&M Landscaping of Swartz Creek, MI has been using TimeScape since May of 2007. In December of 2006, they finally got to a point where they realized they could not continue operating their business in the best possible manner with paper timesheets. It was clear to them that they were spending too much unnecessary overhead on tracking down information that was inaccurate and using this questionable data to run their business. They realized payroll and billing were being compromised and bids were not as accurate as they could, or should, be.
After a thorough evaluation and comparison versus other time tracking systems, H&M ultimately chose TimeScape based on its functionality, ease of use, detailed and accurate time tracking, comprehensive reporting package, and overall resolution to their challenges.
Their first snow season using TimeScape recently started. As is the case for many organizations that provide snow services, a major challenge after a snow event is to get accurate information in a timely manner from employees that have been working under extreme conditions. These challenges no longer exist for H&M as is evident by the quote from Dan.
H&M Landscaping is a full service landscape organization and the President, Founding Member of the Genesee Area Landscape & Nursery Association of MI. Their goal is to provide the finest services the industry has to offer and it is apparent through their customer satisfaction that they are doing just that.
To learn more about H&M Landscaping, please visit them at www.handmlandscaping.com
To learn more about how you can accomplish the same things H&M has with the use of TimeScape, please contact Modeco Systems at 866 677-8184.
Are You Prepared For Spring?
Spring season is almost here . . . even though in the Northern part of the country it might be hard to believe. Before you know it though, the annual rebirth will be upon us and you will be back into your busy season.
Clean ups, pruning, seeding, mulching, etc. will all be ready to be performed. You have cleaned your shops, fixed up your equipment, perhaps purchased some new equipment, sent out and received contracts, and put together your team . . . but what about operational and process improvements on your business to help make 2008 more profitable then 2007 was? Like the season, can your business be reborn?
So far in 2008, 10+ landscape organizations have already joined the TimeScape team of organizations that know there is no better time then now to make the upgrade from inaccurate and inefficient paper tracking to our automated, electronic, and accurate time, task, and material tracking process. What's holding you back?
With so many elements you can't control such as fuel costs, government regulations, insurance costs, etc. it is hard to see how you are going to grow profits. However, you need to look at what about your business you can control. The most impactful thing you can control is the way you track your most important data. The information from the field generates your largest expense in terms of payroll and is the means in which you generate your revenue through billing and job costing. Any concerns or known gaps in this data, is a specific spot for profits to ellude you and be lost.
With every challenge, there is an opportunity though. What does it mean to your business if you can plug the gap?
Examples of things that can happen if you move to a more accurate & efficient process are:
- 3% to 9% reduction in payroll
- 10% reduction of overhead
- $1000 annual savings for every minute saved per day per employee
- 1 or more less paperwork headache per executive and administrative person per week
Give us a call at 866-677-8184 to learn how we are helping other organizations accomplish this and what we can do to get you on board our rapidly growing successful network.
#56 of Lawn and Landscape's Top 100 commits to business improvements for 2008
 Modeco Systems is proud to announce that Scott Byron & Company of Lake Bluff, IL has committed to improving their business critical process of collecting time, task, and material information for the 2008 season with the use of TimeScape.
By March 1st, the unofficial start of the spring season here in the Midwest, Scott Byron & Company plans to have a full installation of TimeScape to track the time, task, and material information for all 180 of their team members in the field and feed the information directly into Timberline. This installation will allow them to eliminate the inaccuracies and inefficiencies they were experiencing with their paper based timesheets and feel confident in the data that runs their business.
Prior to meeting Modeco Systems at the GIE show in Louisville, Scott Byron & Company clearly saw the challenges they were experiencing with their paper-based system. It was something they had categorized as a necessary evil until they learned about TimeScape and how this solution is helping other landscape organizations eliminate that profit drain and close up the gaps created my manual time tracking. Now that they have partnered with Modeco Systems, they will implement a project plan that will consist of the development of a specific database for them, the documentation and transfer to a parallel process of tracking information without the use of paper, and integration to their Timberline business management system so that the data starts accurate, clean, and electronic and flows throughout the process electronically, eliminating inefficient use of resources and minimizing errors.
Scott Byron & Company was rated 56th in the latest Lawn and Landscape Top 100 issue and can be found at www.scottbyron.com. They are an award winning landscape architectural company servicing the greater Chicago area. They are driven by detail and exceeding their customers' expectations . . . if you ever have the chance to see their work and/or speak to anyone of their customers you will clearly see why they have been so successful and why the majority of their work comes from word of mouth and referrals.
Largest Landscape Contractor in Bermuda Expands use of TimeScape
 In February of 2007, Sousa's Landscape Management of Southampton, Bermuda chose to invest in improving their business critical process of capturing information from the field. Through an extensive evaluation, they selected Modeco Systems's TimeScape as the solution that fit their comprehensive needs.
Starting in March, Sousa's aggressively started the implementation of TimeScape into its unique environment. With the assistance of Modeco Systems, the implementation was smooth and Sousa's had their 31-person work force up and running in no time. Since March, Sousa's has been collecting information from the field in an automated manner, which has helped them increase the accuracy and efficiency of this process. This has lead them to feel more confident in the data they use for billing and payroll, decreased overhead that was eaten up on manual data entry, and redeploy valuable resources for more business critical activities.
Most recently, based on impressive sales efforts and an increase in demand for unmatched services on the island, Sousa's has seen a significant influx in business, which has led them to bring on 15+ additional landscape professionals. Given the results they have seen with their existing work force's use of TimeScape, they saw it mandatory to ensure the new hires would also use TimeScape to track their time, tasks, and materials in the field. Over the next two to three weeks, Modeco Systems and Sousa's Landscape Management will work to bring these new employees up to speed so they too are adding to the company's return on investment.
Sousa's Landscape Management has led the local landscape industry in Bermuda for the last 20 years and can be found at: www.sousaslandscape.com. They are an award winning, full service, landscape organization and even though they are off the coast of the United States, they are highly respected and recognized here for their artistic work and commitment to the landscape industry as a whole. It isn't a rare site to find Jeff and/or one of his team members at a state side landscape event.
Acres Group, 20th Largest Landscaper, Joins!
 Modeco Systems is pleased to announce that Acres Group of Wauconda, IL has joined the network of landscape companies choosing TimeScape as their solution to collect business critical data from the field in an efficient and accurate manner.
In June of 2007, Acres and Modeco Systems met at the Snow Industry Expo in Indianapolis, IN. It was an immediate match. Acres, like so many other landscape organizations, had long been challenged with the manul process of collecting payroll, billing, and job costing information for over 300 employees. After learning about a solution that is simple for the employees in the field but comprehensive and integratable for the office, Acres did a thorough evaluation which included several presentations, reference checks, and an onsite visit to a TimeScape user. Ultimately, their confidence in Modeco Systems, and the value TimeScape would bring to their business, lead them to commit to the partnership.
Over the next 3 months, Modeco Systems will work with Acres to implement TimeScape to track their entire production for maintenance, construction, and snow for all 5 of their businesses. The process will include getting it in live use in the field as well as integrated to their back end accounting and payroll applications. Acres looks forward to seeing a reduction in paperwork, making everyone more efficient, and improved accuracy in the data coming back from the field making business critical things like payroll and invoicing more accurate.
Acres Group was rated as the 20th largest landscape company in Lawn and Landscape's Top 100 and can be found at: www.acresgroup.com. Acres Group was founded by Jim Schwantz in 1983 and through a strategic combination of impeccable services and acquisitions, has grown into the company it is today. Not only in the greater Chicagoland area, but nationwide, Acres is recognized as a leader in the industry and an organization many others aspire to model themselves after.
Sebert Landscaping, 60th Largest Landscape is ready to go!
 Modeco Systems is proud to announce that Sebert Landscaping of Bartlett, IL has selected TimeScape as their solution to the inefficient and inaccurate paper timesheet challenge.
In February of 2008, Sebert Landscaping had industry consultant, Jim Paluch, onsite as apart of the Working Smarter Training Challenge program they were participating in. In a side discussion, Sebert Landscaping shared with Mr. Paluch the on-going challenge their business dealt with when it came to paper work. Every week they felt taxed to collect information from the field for over 250 employees in an efficient manner so it could be used for weekly payroll as well as critical job costing and invoicing.
Mr. Paluch was quick to connect Sebert Landscaping with one of his Smart Companies; Modeco Systems. Between March '08 and July '08 Sebert Landscaping and Modeco Systems worked together to gain a level of comfort between the business challenge and Modeco Systems/TimeScape ability to address it. Through an extensive sales process, Sebert Landscaping obtained that confidence and committed to the improvement in this business critical process through a partnership with Modeco Systems.
Starting in August, Sebert Landscaping and Modeco Systems will work together to fully install TimeScape in their Bartlett location. This location represents a significant portion of their business and the goal will be to have it working completely seamlessly, including integration to their accounting system, here, and then roll it out to the other four locations throughout the greater Chicagoland area. Sebert Landscaping looks forward to more accurate information being used to process payroll in a more efficient manner . . . as well as having information readily available for job costing and invoicing.
Sebert Landscaping was recently rated as the 60th largest landscape company in Lawn and Landscape's Top 100 and can be found at: www.sebert.com. Founded by Jeff Sebert 20 years ago, Sebert Landscaping has experienced significant growth through a dedication to customer satisfaction by going above and beyond their client's expectations. They truly run their business as a tight knit group with a dedication to team work. If you are looking for innovative ways to run your business within your four walls as well as in the field that have a positive impact on growth, Sebert Landscaping is a company you should consider modeling yourself after.
Modeco Systems is the provider of TimeScape software; an automated system of collecting time, task, and material information from the field. TimeScape helps landscape organizations of all size address the common challenges in a paper based process that often lead to inaccurate payroll, inaccurate billings, inaccurate job costing, increased overhead, and questionable business critical information used for making importance decisions. To learn more about Modeco Systems, please find them at www.modecosystems.com or contact them at 866-677-8184.
There Is No Better Time Than The Present
A poet once wrote "Procrastination is the thief of time". When applied to business, time is money and in today's world, time nor money can knowingly be afford to be lost.
However, so often we see opportunity to address inefficiencies that lead to lost time and money and do nothing. The reasons are plenty . . . no time, money, change is hard, and so on. The ability to overcome these reasons and continue to look for, and act upon, innovative ways to stay competitive and profitable is critical in today's world.
With so many costs in your business that you cannot control, there is one that you can control that has as much of an impact on your profitability as any other one...production tracking. Gathering that business critical data from the field is essential to your business as it is creating your largest expense in payroll, using valuable resources to manage it, is the means in which you bill your customers and job cost, and is the data you use to make the best possible business decisions. Any inaccuracy in this data and you compromise those things . . . and using paper to do so creates inefficiencies that keep you from being as profitable as you could be.
TimeScape continues to address these exact areas for landscape companies throughout the country. By using a very easy, portable device to scan barcodes, your team members can collect all production information with 100% accuracy while allowing every single person involved in this process to become much more efficient.
Real business results . . . how about:
- 7% to 10% reduction in payroll
- Decrease the labor cost to produce payroll and billing by upwards of 90%
- Reduce overhead by 10%
- Save 5 to 10 minutes per employee per day . . . directly and indirectly
Whichever way you look at it, these are tangible results to your business that, without a doubt, can help any business of any size. No company is too big or too small to benefit from results like this.
Modeco Systems, LLC is pleased to announce new payment options. Contact them today to learn about:
- leasing
- subscription based pricing (a small per employee per month fee)
- deferred payment option
If you are ready to make this valuable enhancement to your business and reap the rewards, Modeco Systems, LLC will find a way to get you TimeScape.
Modeco Systems Breaks into a New Market
Modeco Systems, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of their first Canadian client: Evergreen Services of Calgary, AB.
Most recently, Evergreen Services and Modeco Systems connected at the Calscapes show in Palm Springs, CA. Evergreen Services was looking for a way to better track the production information from the field for their 15 technicians/landscapers while enjoying the financial benefits of increased accuracies. Their paper based system left holes that directly lead to inaccuracies in payroll and billing. The inefficiencies of the manual process also demanded the unnecessary use of resources that could be better used in other capacities.
Through the evaluation process, Evergreen Services and Modeco Systems jointly reviewed the current paper based process versus the opportunity TimeScape presented. It was determined that TimeScape provided a much more efficient and accurate process that would yield a quick return on investment. Over the next month, the two companies will work together to install the system, customize it to the specific needs of Evergreen Services, integrate it to QuickBooks, and do away with the unneeded paperwork. Evergreen Services looks forward to measuring the productivity gains and financial rewards.
Evergreen Services is a full service interior and exterior landscape organization. They have enjoyed earning an impeccable reputation in their community by providing the highest quality services for over 25 years. Their focus is on large, commercial jobs.
Modeco Systems is the provider of TimeScape software; an automated system of collecting time, task, and material information from the field. TimeScape helps landscape organizations of all size address the common challenges in a paper based process that often lead to inaccurate payroll, inaccurate billings, inaccurate job costing, increased overhead, and questionable business critical information used for making importance decisions. To learn more about Modeco Systems, please find them at www.modecosystems.com or contact them at 866-677-8184.
Problem = Tightening Credit
Solution = TimeScape Subscription
Modeco Systems is excited to announce TimeScape Subscription . . . TimeScape mobile timetracking with a reduced up-front investment.
Many businesses are being affected one way or another by tightening credit. Even those with good credit and proven debt-servicing capabilities are finding credit hard to come by. Modeco has a solution: TimeScape Subscription . . . increase your profits with minimal capital investment.
Increasing Profits
Over the past four years, thousands of landscapers across the country have proven TimeScape's ability to increase profits. By eliminating paper time sheets and manual data entry by using TimeScape, your business will better use its valuable resources.
Minimal Capital Investment
TimeScape Subscription is a pay-as-you-go offering, allowing your credit and capital to be freed up while allowing your business to reap the proven benefits of TimeScape.
You work diligently for your money . . . let TimeScape Subscription help you keep more of it in your pocket. Please see attachment, visit our website or call Modeco for more details.
Enhancing Productivity
 Modeco Systems is honored to announce that Waverly Landscape Associates, Inc. of Belmont, Massachusetts has selected TimeScape mobile production tracking as its solution to eliminate manual time sheets. We at Modeco welcome them to the family of TimeScape users that is now over 2800 strong!
About Waverly Landscape Associates
Waverly Landscape Associates, Inc. has been providing professional landscaping and snow removal services for the metro Boston area for nearly 20 years. Waverly has been recognized nationally and locally for its superior, quality work and dedication to the community which it serves. Waverly’s president, Paul Tocci, Jr. and his outstanding work force of over 200 men and women are able to perform their job effectively and efficiently due to a commitment to process improvement and the constant updating of their fleet of 95 vehicles and over 450 pieces of equipment and machinery. Their management team, led by Bill Butts, enables Waverly to be one of the best landscape contractors in the industry. Waverly is serious about serving their clients and has built a state-of-the-art facility that includes an operation center equipped with computerized scheduling and routing systems, digital satellite weather equipment, stadium seating for training and team meetings, and most recently . . . TimeScape, a mobile production tracking system. To learn more about Waverly, visit www.waverlylandscape.com.
About TimeScape
 TimeScape is a mobile production tracking system that streamlines the collection and flow of field information. With the use of barcodes and pocket-sized scanners, each crew tracks properties served, tasks performed, and materials consumed as it occurs. The information is then uploaded into TimeScape at your main office or from remote locations (including field-offices, the homes of direct-reports, and subcontractors). No more manual data entry! TimeScape has dozens of reports instantly showing what is happening in the field and has the capability of passing this information into your accounting/billing/payroll systems.
To find out how TimeScape can work for your business, visit www.modecosystems.com or call us at 866-677-8184.
Loren Olson
Modeco Systems, LLC
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Share Your Experiences to Create Options
For the last three years, I have been purposefully making significant changes in my life in pursuit of fulfillment. On this three year journey, I have learned a lot about my self and how I relate to others. One of countless lessons I have learned is to have my needs clearly defined for myself and listen to others who have had similar experiences. For me, this is where I find nuggets of relatable truth that help me develop options.
During my 19 years in business, I have always appreciated having options when making decisions. I find myself most frustrated when I do not believe I have options. To cultivate options, I surround myself with people who can relate to my experiences, understand my struggles, and offer their experiences for the betterment of our industry. Although I cannot relate to every experience that is shared, at least I know I have choice.
I invite you to attend the following events to find and connect with contractors and suppliers who share your experiences. Results will likely uncover options for your self, your business, and the industry.
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