{"id":5567,"date":"2023-11-17T10:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2024-12-04T11:13:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:13:44","slug":"mdesign-architechs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/mdesign-architechs\/","title":{"rendered":"M.Designs Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5567\" class=\"elementor elementor-5567\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-362c9fc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"362c9fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e557be3\" data-id=\"e557be3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ed394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75ed394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1204\" src=\"https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/team3rdfeb-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5569\" alt=\"team3rdfeb-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/team3rdfeb-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/team3rdfeb-1-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/team3rdfeb-1-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/team3rdfeb-1-1536x963.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ac3d85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ac3d85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fe1215\" data-id=\"7fe1215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81d5bed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81d5bed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Case Study<\/strong><\/h5><h1><strong>M.Designs Architects<\/strong><\/h1><h6><span style=\"color: #096098;\">Improving Overall Business Efficiency<\/span><\/h6><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>M.Designs Architects is a California based architecture, planning and interior design firm specializing in sustainable, residential design as well as commercial and industrial projects. They have more than 47 years of management experience in all aspects of designing, documentation and construction support, as well as an extensive background in construction and cost estimating for architectural projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb5d3f6\" data-id=\"cb5d3f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba52c8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba52c8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-size: 3.5rem; color: #074770;\"><strong>Challenge<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ceb15ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ceb15ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9294cf\" data-id=\"e9294cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b6fe03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b6fe03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many businesses in the architectural design and construction industry struggle with inefficient operations and a lack of proper tracking and management of employees and workers. Indeed, the performance of employees is critical to the success and growth of business in the services industry. As a part of this industry, M.Designs Architects faced similar issues such as mismanaged timecards and difficulty sticking to project budgets which often led to either overspending or underspending on projects, resulting in budget overruns. This led to inefficiencies and a lack of visibility into their employees&#8217; overall performance and efficiency.<\/p><p>The service industry is built on employee performance, the larger the operations, it gets difficult to track your employees efficiencies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fab8cc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fab8cc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8d7213\" data-id=\"b8d7213\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0514d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0514d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-size: 3.5rem; color: #074770;\"><strong>Our Strategy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a401f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a401f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Operational Dashboards<\/strong>: <br \/>We developed real-time dashboards for M Designs Architects, that gave team leads visibility into the progress of their projects and the work being done by their employees. As a result, management was able to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in operations, allowing them to make informed decisions. <br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Professional Invoicing<\/strong><strong> &amp; Data Management:<\/strong><p>With our professional invoicing and a centralized data management system, we were able to help M Designs Architects streamline their financial processes and improve their overall efficiency. This enabled the firm to accurately bill clients, receive timely payments, and organize and access relevant data when needed.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10b3424\" data-id=\"10b3424\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0001c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0001c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To solve this problem, M.Designs Architects turned to SMB Services, a leading provider of Financial and Project Management Services. As their strategic partner, we provided a solution to this problem through Business Intelligence Dashboards &#8211; ensuring business efficiency and crucial insights into their operations. Our contributions included:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Streamlined Employee Timecards:<\/strong> <br \/>SMB Services implemented a system to accurately track the time spent by employees on different projects. This helped M Designs Architects accurately forecast their budgets and avoid overspending or underspending on projects.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Budget Management<\/strong>:<br \/>Partnered with M Designs Architects to create a budgeting system that gave them visibility into their financial operations and allowed them to better plan and forecast their expenses.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4b5de9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4b5de9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71379d1\" data-id=\"71379d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-356f4e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"356f4e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COLOR PALETTE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c2e41b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c2e41b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/color-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5646\" alt=\"color\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e232555\" data-id=\"e232555\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b95131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b95131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/case-lap-1-1024x858.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5648\" alt=\"case-lap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/case-lap-1-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/case-lap-1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/case-lap-1-1536x1288.png 1536w, https:\/\/smbservices.co\/case-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/case-lap-1-2048x1717.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97e8b0b\" data-id=\"97e8b0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07416d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07416d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPOGRAPHY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa0973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fa0973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oswald<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d5ac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78d5ac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Medium\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d6f7df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d6f7df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4597e55\" data-id=\"4597e55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aab2b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aab2b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-size: 3.5rem; color: #074770;\"><strong>Results<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa0504d\" data-id=\"fa0504d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb132e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdb132e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This partnership with SMB Services helped M.Designs Architects streamline 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They noticed an improved visibility into their operations, enabling them to identify and resolve any inefficiencies, which in turn led to better decision-making. Their invoicing process was also streamlined, resulting in timely payment from clients. 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