Firm Management

Axium-to-Newforma Integration

Axium-to-Newforma Integration for AE Firms

May 2nd 2013

Axium partnered with Newforma to provide an Ajera-to-Newforma integration, eliminating duplicate data entry between the products. Newforma helps you manage your project data and ensure your team has the right access to what they need every day. Before the integration, rms using Ajera and Newforma had to enter similar project, contact, and employee data manually [...]

Full-Time Sales Professionals: Caveat Emptor!

Full-Time Sales Professionals: Caveat Emptor!

April 17th 2013

by Rich Friedman, Friedman & Partners Making the most of full-time business developers in A/E/C firms is a topic I’ve struggled with and debated for years, as have many of my clients.  Like most marketing and business development (BD) topics, the answers aren’t black and white and one size does not fit all.  This article [...]

Axium Ajera received top rankings in the most comprehensive financial management software survey in the AEC industry

Ajera Ranks Above the Competition

April 12th 2013

Ajera Ranks Above the Competition in the 2013 PSMJ Financial Management Software Survey Axium Ajera received top rankings in the most comprehensive financial management software survey in the AEC industry Portland, Oregon – April 12, 2013 — Axium, a leading developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for architectural and engineering (A/E) firms, announced today [...]

AEC Leaders Meetup

Spend An Evening with AEC Leaders in San Francisco

March 29th 2013

Axium is bringing together leaders of architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms for an evening of networking, discussion and presentations from industry experts. The speakers are A/E firm leaders and advisors with recent and real-world knowledge, including keynote speaker PSMJ Consultant Lisa Blanton presentation, “7 Key Business Metrics Every AEC Firm Leader Needs to [...]

Earnings Club PSMJ

How Do You Sell an “Earnings Club” to an Outside Buyer?

March 14th 2013

by Brad Wilson, PSMJ PSMJ has long grouped the A/E industry into two kinds of firms; those that reinvest their earnings back into the firm to fuel growth and those that endeavor to distribute as much profit as possible each year to the shareholders, and in doing so avoid corporate taxes. We call the first [...]

Exposing Myths About AE Firm Management

Exposing Myths About AE Firm Management

February 27th 2013

“Most firms are providing nearly three months of interest-free financing to their clients.” The Myth: AE Firms have little or no control when their clients pay The Reality: Having the right software can streamline your billing process and shorten the time it takes for you to get your bills out the door, helping you get [...]

7 Sins of Project Management for AE

The Seven Cardinal Sins of Managing Project Managers

February 4th 2013

by Charles Nelson AIA, LFRAIA of PSMJ Resources The idea of the Seven Deadly Sins, or "Cardinal" Sins, has been around since the 14th century – they were then (and perhaps still are): wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. It’s not clear why they were called "Cardinal" sins, except that Cardinals, in particular, [...]

cloud

Axium Releases Cloud-based Hosting for Enterprise AE Firms

January 29th 2013

Axium Cloud is a secure, reliable and efficient way to manage AE projects in Axium’s software, Ajera. Portland, Ore. – 1.28.13 – Axium, a leading developer of enterprise and business intelligence software for architectural and engineering (A/E) firms, announced today the release of Axium Cloud, hosting services for its flagship Ajera system. The addition of [...]