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Understanding the Value of Your AE Firm
There are a number of different ways to determine the value of an AE firm. Here is a summary of some of the common methods for valuing AE firms along with comments on their applications and usefulness.
Customer Spotlight: How Ameren Improved Schedule Quality with Deltek Acumen Fuse
Due to its rapid growth, Ameren Transmission (ATX) needed a solution to ensure it could consistently produce top quality schedules for the large volume of projects it manages. Read on to see how Deltek Acumen Fuse helped ATX improve the overall quality of their schedules, ultimately leading to more consistent project success.
Customer Spotlight: Orbital ATK
Discover how Deltek Acumen is helping Orbital ATK drive on-time, and even early delivery, to its customers.
Customer Spotlight: Aerospace & Defense
See how a large Aerospace & Defense company enhanced usability and earned value (EV) reporting with the help of Deltek Acumen.
10 Keys to Project Management Excellence
Project management (PM) is the centerpiece of design and construction organizations. Many firms have only basic or partially developed project management systems.
Key Financial Ratios and Indicators for Engineers and Architects
by Dave Wahby, Principal, Wahby & Associates Your firm’s accounting software for architects and engineers will include two reports: An Income Statement (Profit and Loss Report) and a Balance Sheet. The income statement measures income relative to expenses for the period of time covered by that particular statement.
Do you DPE and Overhead
By Andrew Sam, Axium Certified Consultant I recently completed an Online Training Session on the “How and Why of DPE and Overhead.” Adding the cost of Direct Personnel Expenses (DPE) and Overhead to project costs is not a new concept, but it is a rather important one.
Performance-Based Incentive Compensation Plans for AE Industry
Part 1: Performance-Based Incentive Compensation Plans for the Architecture and Engineering Industries By Kenneth J. Hedlund, CPA NOTE: This article is the first in a two-part series related to the implementation of a performance compensation plan for Architectural and Engineering Firms.
Unifying Project Data in a Single Source of Truth
Peraton, a national security company, faced fragmented data systems across multiple platforms including SAP and Microsoft Dynamics. The company partnered with Deltek to consolidate its financial, project management, legal, and contract operations onto a single platform with Costpoint, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), and TIPQA. In one eight-month integration effort, Peraton unified a multi-billion dollar acquisition onto a single source of truth, now managing $600M+ annually through Deltek and delivering faster insights to government and intelligence customers.
SPI Project-Based ERP Report
Discover the latest insights you need on project-based ERP technology to elevate your organization’s performance within the SPI Project-Based ERP Report.
Aerospace Manufacturer Future-Proofs its Operations
After building up a collection of disparate IT solutions over time, Qarbon Aerospace implemented Deltek Costpoint and Deltek TIP enterprise-wide, unifying asset management, document control, maintenance scheduling, and quality management in a single platform. This resulted in real-time data access enabling rapid decision-making, a consistent company-wide way of working, and a future-proof foundation as Qarbon pursues next-generation manufacturing—including a major Virgin Galactic spaceship contract.
QuesTek Cuts Costs, Increases Integration with Costpoint
As a growing small business, QuesTek outgrew Microsoft Dynamics—which lacked DCAA compliance, business intelligence, and cybersecurity capabilities. The company switched to Deltek Costpoint and added GovWin IQ. Costpoint now serves as the company’s sole ERP, driving a 12% reduction in accounting time, 9% fewer business development hours, and 8% lower administrative costs. GovWin IQ’s one-click integration with Costpoint has further streamlined federal contract pipeline management and proposal workflows.