Patent ID: 7389276

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of projecting a target gross profit for a period of time that provides a specific net profit for operation of a business, comprising the computer-implemented steps of: dividing annual budget by annual hours to bill to produce baseline profit index factor; dividing average sales revenue from a specific period by annual sales revenue for the specific period to provide a seasonal sales curve percentage; multiplying said annual hours to bill by said seasonal sales curve percentage and subtracting hours lost for said specific period to provide target hours available to bill; multiplying said baseline profit index factor by said annual hours to bill to produce target gross profit; subtracting said target gross profit from actual gross profit from a previous period of time to produce accumulated variance; summing said annual budget and said accumulated variance, dividing by said target hours available to bill to produce adjusted profit index factor, said adjusted profit index factor being stored on a computer storage device of a computer and viewed on a display device of the computer; displaying current profit index factor of at least one current transaction adjacent said adjusted profit index factor on said display device; and adjusting at least one of said target hours, hourly rate, current hours and current price of the at least one current transaction if said current profit index factor is less than said adjusted profit index factor with the result being that said current profit index factor is increased to be equal to or greater than said adjusted profit index factor.