Service Management Excellence presented by Rex Frank of Sea-Level Operations

Your Captains Through This Journey

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Hosted  By:  Eric  Dosal  BrightGauge  So7ware  Co-­‐Founder  &  SMarke@ng  

Presented  By:  Rex  Frank  Sea-­‐Level  Opera@ons  Founder  &  President  

Webinar Specials

Non-Customers •  Sign up before 28th March 2014 •  1 Month Free & Free Implementation ($475+ value) •  Request a Demo at http://info.brightgauge.com/demo-request

to learn more and post sign up email edosal@brightgauge.com for discount details

Existing Customers •  Submission: BrightGauge T-shirt •  Post Trial: 20% discount for 6 months (referral & referrer) •  No limit to the number referrals •  6+ referrals will extend discount to months 7 – 12 •  Email edosal@brightgauge.com with contact info

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FREE WHITE PAPER

Keeping A Pulse On Your Business

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http://info.brightgauge.com/using-data-decisions

Agenda – Free The Owners From Operations

•  Move away from being a technician and towards being a true leader •  Create an Annual Strategic Operations Plan •  Leverage your RMM and PSA to drive down costs •  Manage your technicians and incent certain desired behaviors •  Create and document day to day policies and procedures •  Measure the right KPIs and understand various financial metrics

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Move away from being a technician - (E-Myth, Michael Gerber)

•  How did we get here? •  We are each the Technician, Manager and Entrepreneur •  We NATURALLY want to the Technician •  Working ON the business rather than IN the business •  What really is the Highest and Best use of our Time?

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Business Operations

Business operations are those ongoing recurring (cyclic) activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders

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10-Step Operations Plan

1.  Get Your PSA Configured Correctly 2.  Get Your Policy and Procedures Documented 3.  Establish Measurable KPI’s 4.  Service Team Human Resources 5.  Leverage Your Tools 6.  Get your Accounting Systems in Order 7.  Client Facing Systems 8.  Getting Ready to Grow! 9.  Marketing 10. Develop Outside Sales Strategy

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#1 - Get Your PSA Configured Correctly

1.  Business Units 2.  Service Boards / Queues 3.  Basic Workflow Rules 4.  Agreement / Contract Configuration 5.  Correct Billing Rates 6.  Travel Billing Configuration 7.  Expense Reports 8.  Client Portal 9.  Member Security Role Configuration 10. Recurring Service Tickets

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#2 - Get Your Policy and Procedures Documented

1.  Expense Report Procedures 2.  Ticket Triage Process 3.  Ticket Dispatch Process 4.  Engineer Time Entry/Sheet Procedures & Policy 5.  Ticket Closing Procedures 6.  Time Sheet Approval Processes 7.  After Hours/On Call Policy

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#3 - Establish Measurable KPI’s

1.  Agreement / Contract Profitability 2.  Ticket Age 3.  SLA Measurement 4.  Engineer Utilization 5.  Financial Metrics

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“What  gets  measured,  gets  managed”  –  Peter  Drucker    

#4 - Service Team Human Resources

1.  Engineer Bonus Plan 2.  Service Manager Bonus Plan 3.  Organization Chart vs. Accountability Chart 4.  Employee Job Descriptions

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#5 - Leverage Your Tools

1.  RMM Tool Effectiveness 2.  Client Password Management 3.  Client Documentation Processes 4.  Client Backup Monitoring Processes 5.  Client Patch Management Processes 6.  Desktop/Endpoint Script Management 7.  Standardization of Servers, Workstations, BDRs Across

Clients (HAAS)

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#6 – Get Your Accounting Systems In Order

1.  GL Mapping to Correct Business Unit GL Accounts 2.  Down Payment Tracking 3.  Proposal Integration 4.  Billing Products from PSA 5.  Disputed Invoice Processes 6.  Hourly Time Billing Procedures 7.  Recurring Agreement Billing Procedures 8.  Finance Reporting in SLI Format 9.  Procurement Coordination with Dispatch and Accounting

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#7 – Client Facing Systems

1.  Client Touch Plan 2.  Client Quality Control Processes 3.  New Client Onboarding 4.  Pre-Sales Client Assessment (Red Flags / Minimum System

Standards) 5.  Tracking of Renewals and Warranty Expirations 6.  Project Management Processes 7.  Develop the Account Management Role (Sales to Existing

Clients) 8.  Quarterly Business Reviews (VCIO Role) 9.  Problem Management for Tough Client Issues

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#8 – Getting Ready to Grow!

1.  Hiring Processes 2.  Admin and Management Compensation Plan 3.  New Employee Onboarding Processes 4.  Employee Annual Training Programs 5.  Employee Goal Setting / One-on-One Meetings

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#9 – Marketing

1.  Company Mission, Vision, Values 2.  MSP Branding 3.  Marketing Plan 4.  Newsletter 5.  Website 6.  Marketing Manager 7.  MDF Funds from Vendors 8.  Lunch and Learn Topics and Calendar 9.  Annual Open House / Technology Expo

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#10 – Develop Your Selling Strategy

1.  Sales Compensation Plan 2.  Managing Opportunities / Sales Funnel 3.  Sales Process for Engineers Participating in Scoping

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Leverage your RMM and PSA to drive down costs

•  Create the NOC Manager position •  Get your configurations syncing •  TRULY Commit to tuning the noise out of your alerts •  Commit to learning the scripting capabilities

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Manage Your Technicians and Incent Certain Desired Behaviors

•  Bonus on Utilization or Efficiency? –  Utilization on Hourly and Project work –  Efficiency on Fixed Fee Agreements –  (No Hiding Out in Agreements)

•  “3X” Bonus Plans •  Set Quarterly Goals with EACH Employee that Drive the

Team Toward the Business Goals.

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Create and Document Day to Day Policies and Procedures

•  Adopt a view that when the company fails, it’s likely because the procedure failed, not the person

•  Accountability is not possible unless YOU can show them where they didn’t follow a policy or procedure

•  Designate ONE place where Operations Policy and Procedure is located. Update it and refer to it whenever possible

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Measure the Right KPIs and Understand Various Financial Metrics

•  Separate and Measure, Revenue, Hard COGS and Direct Labor COGS for Business Unit (Professional Services, Managed Services and Application Development)

•  Managed The EXCEPTIONS – Drive KPI’s to “Zero”

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Live Webinar Poll Responses Results on next pages based on the combined responses from those that attended live

What Accounting Package Do You Use? – 54% Responded

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When is Time Entry Required by Your Team? – 37% Responded

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What PSA Does Your Team Use? – 56% Responded

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What Style of Dispatch Does Your Team Use? – 56% Responded

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Do you share standard metrics with the team? – 60% Responded

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Do you follow a formal Marketing Process? – 49% Responded

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