"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 Battle 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 and 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 paper work 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.