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Getting Started
Tutorials
What's New in This Release
Setting Up The System
Business Activities
Business Activities for Fuel Delivery
Business Activities for Portable and Trailer Rentals
Business Activities for Septic and Liquid Waste Haulers
Business Activities for Sold Waste Haulers
Business Activities for Delivery and Service
Forms
Features
Other Topics
Fitting the Pieces Together: A Guide for the Liquid Waste Industry
Welcome to Fitting the Pieces Together
Forward
Acknowledgments
Section One: What is the Price of Doing Business?
Stress
Time
Quality of Life
Money
Calculating the Cost of Doing Business: Money
Cost Calculation Table
Cost savings
How To Grow Your Business "Three Step"
Step One - Improve Your Operational Limits
Step Two - Grow In Areas Where You Feel Competent
Step Three - Measure Twice, Cut Once
Compensation - Straight Time or Commissions
Productivity Improvements
Lower Turnover
Lower Equipment Costs
Type of Commission Systems
The ABC's of Accounting
Fixed And Non-Fixed (or indirect and direct)
Revenue By Market Segment
Revenue Reporting
Which Accounting Software Should You Use?
Office Automation
Guidelines On Deciding To Automate
Operations Management Systems
Activities or Cost Centers for Septic Pumping
Section Two: Scheduling, Dispatch and Routing
Scheduling
Dispatch
Routing
Scheduling Tools
Routing, Continued
Routing, Part 3
Dispatching
Section Three: The Portable Rental Business
Service Alternatives for a Portable Business
Billing Alternatives for a Portable Business
How Portable Toilet Companies Lose Money
Collections: Money, Money Who's Got YOUR Money?
CREDITS - Whose Money Is It Anyway?
When The Competition Hits - "Don't Panic"
Second Unit Or Second Service: How To Choose
Competition Is Bumping Your Units From Existing Sites
Pricing of Service
Delivery and Pickup: Utility Routing
Managing the Phone Contact
Dispatch / Paper Work / Scheduling the Work
Charging Alternatives
Driver Service Route Management: Alternatives
Section Four: Septic, Sewer & Drain Cleaning Business
Guide Lines On Deciding To Automate
Features for a Septic Pumping Records Management
Service Alternatives for the Septic Business
Un-bundled Services
Billing Alternatives for a Septic and Sewer and Drain Business
Septic Service Contracts - A Chicken or an Egg?
Contract Septic Tank Service
Terms of Service
Dispatching: Pump Routing for the Septic Business
Residential Customer Demand Scheduling
Residential Customer Scheduled Service
Commercial Customer -Scheduled Service
Commercial Customers - High Volume
Septage Management: More Than Just Dollars per Gallon
How Much Does It Cost To Dispose Of Septage?
Septage Records Management
Section Five: Computers in Your Business
Short Course on Purchasing a Personal Computer
Should You Upgrade Your PC?
When Does Your Business Need Multiple PCs?
Networking Multiple PCs
Why Windows
Which Printer to Buy?
Backing Up Your PC
Putting Technology to Work for You
Support
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