Service Leadership
Total Profit Solutions for IT Companies™
Service Leadership Index™
- Q/Q Revenue Change - BIC Profitability SPs: Q4-08 2.0% Q1-09 16.1% Q2-09 168.3% Q3-09 -75.7%
- Q/Q Revenue Change - Median Profitability SPs: Q4-08-9.7% Q1-09 -38.4% Q2-09 15.4% Q3-09 32.3%
- Q/Q Revenue Change - Bottom 1/4 Profitability SPs: Q4-08 -12.2% Q1-09 1.9% Q2-09 16.5% Q3-09 -42.5%
- Product GM% - BIC Profitability SPs: Q4-08 21.2% Q1-09 23.4% Q2-09 24.3% Q3-09 25.1%
- Product GM% - Median Profitability SPs: Q4-08 18.7% Q1-09 17.2% Q2-09 23.8% Q3-09 18.6%
- Product GM% - Bottom 1/4 Profitability SPs: Q4-08 3.4% Q1-09 25.1% Q2-09 55.5% Q3-09 15.5%
- Services GM% - BIC Profitability SPs: Q4-08 52.6% Q1-09 53.6% Q2-09 50.5% Q3-09 54.9%
- Services GM% - Median Profitability SPs: Q4-08 37.8% Q1-09 47.5% Q2-09 31.9% Q3-09 46.3%
- Services GM% - Bottom 1/4 Profitability SPs: Q4-08 38.6% Q1-09 41.6% Q2-09 38.7.3% Q3-09 44.1%
- SG&A% - BIC Profitability SPs: Q4-08 30.2% Q1-09 29.1% Q2-09 38.1% Q3-09 26.4%
- SG&A% - Median Profitability SPs: Q4-08 27.1% Q1-09 35.3% Q2-09 35% Q3-09 29.9%
- SG&A% - Bottom 1/4 Profitability SPs: Q4-08 42.0% Q1-09 42.8% Q2-09 35.7% Q3-09 39%
- EBITDA% - BIC Profitability SPs: Q4-08 14.5% Q1-09 17.7% Q2-09 13.6% Q3-09 21.9%
- EBITDA% - Median Profitability SPs: Q4-08 3.9% Q1-09 4.0% Q2-09 -1.8% Q3-09 6.9%
- EBITDA% - Bottom 1/4 Profitability SPs: Q4-08 -7.1% Q1-09 -9.7% Q2-09 -14% Q3-09 -2.6%
- Q/Q Headcount Change - BIC Profitability SPs: Q4-08 -1.1% Q1-09 15% Q2-09 164.2% Q3-09 -71.4%
- Q/Q Headcount Change - Median Profitability SPs: Q4-08 2.1% Q1-09 -32.5% Q2-09 57% Q3-09 -41.9%
- Q/Q Headcount Change - Bottom 1/4 Profitability SPs: Q4-08 2.1% Q1-09 12.2% Q2-09 62.3% Q3-09 -48.6%
Quarterly Solution Provider Performance
Improve Your Financial Performance
It's our belief that many IT Solutions companies can benefit from a better understanding of their profit model. Too often, companies add services, products or capabilities without understanding how to organize the company to sell and deliver them profitably.
Service Leadership can help. Our profit model is simple:
That's it; nothing else matters.
As we know from our benchmarking and advanced peer studies, the best performing IT Solutions companies serving the SMB marketplace have regularly attained 20% or more in pre-tax income, after owners' compensation, even during the economic downturn.
The challenge is transitioning your organization's sales, services and management to the most profitable model. Because we've worked with hundreds of IT Services companies - and built and run several successful ones ourselves - we know what works. And we know how to transition to a more profitable business model, while retaining and growing your customer base and bringing your people and your partners along.