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Finances

The Setpoint ROI Tool

At Setpoint Systems we sell automation equipment for manufacturing. It turns out that our products are capital equipment to our customers. Capital equipment represents large investments for most businesses that need to be depreciated over…

by JoeK
February 28, 2013
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Financial Management is the Same Big or Small

Setpoint has always been able to grow to the projects it has. We have learned to flex with the opportunity. The other challenge for a small manufacturing business like Setpoint is to keep the cash…

by JoeK
August 5, 2010
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Revenue Recognition in Managing Projects

At Setpoint, we measure percent complete by labor only. We evaluate how much labor was spent on a project every week and then we estimate labor required to complete the work and use labor only…

by JoeK
June 22, 2010
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He Said What?

Ben is a crusty retired Allis Chalmer equipment salesmen and manager. Ben is ‘old school’ when it comes to business. If you did not pay a bill on time, you would know about it from…

by JoeK
March 18, 2010
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Why does the huddle work at Setpoint Systems?

Setpoint Systems is an open book company. This means that our books are open to our employees. The weekly tracking process happens on a big white board where projects are measured for material costs and…

by JoeK
January 14, 2010
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