Profectus Inc
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Financial and operational analysis & benchmarking software for printing and packaging businesses.
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Print Business Advisor
Premium Edition
$595 /year
or $65/month
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
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Designed for small to midsize printing and packaging companies, the Premium Edition supports a single user and a single company, yet includes the full range of powerful features.
The Premium Edition is limited to Financials and Business Analysis for 1 Company. * If you require more than 1 Company, then you should purchase the Professional Edition.
The Premium Edition is limited to 1 user account and login. * If you require more than 1 user, then you should purchase the Professional Edition.
Analyzes, benchmarks, and compares up to 5 of years of financial and operational data.
Income statement, balance sheets, liquidity ratios, activity ratios, employee performance, sales & marketing, spoilage and more.
Provides insight into the purpose of each KPI and what it means to your company, your performance score for each ratio, where your company is doing the best, and advice for improving the areas that need attention.
- Labor, material, factor, overhead, and other costs
- Plant productivity and efficiency
- Operations, accounting, and other business practices
- Sales win/loss, sales support costs, and commissions
- Break-even, contribution, and profit margins
- And other advice for improving your company
Analyzes and benchmarks financial statements, balance sheets, and operating data against other firms and the profit leaders.
If you're not 100% happy within the first 30 days of your purchase, for any reason, we'll refund your money. What do you have to lose?
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Print Business Advisor
Professional Edition
$995/year
or $95/month
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
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Designed for larger printing and packaging companies, the Professional Edition offers all the capabilities of the Premium Edition plus multi-user and multi-company functionality.
Analysis Financials and Business for unlimited companies, divisions, locations, or plants. * Starts with up to 5 sets and add more as needed
Create multiple user accounts with individual logins, passwords, and access roles.
Analyzes, benchmarks, and compares an unlimited number of years of financial and operational data.
Income statement, balance sheets, liquidity ratios, activity ratios, employee performance, sales & marketing, spoilage and more.
Provides insight into the purpose of each KPI and what it means to your company, your performance score for each ratio, where your company is doing the best, and advice for improving the areas that need attention.
- Labor, material, factor, overhead, and other costs
- Plant productivity and efficiency
- Operations, accounting, and other business practices
- Sales win/loss, sales support costs, and commissions
- Break-even, contribution, and profit margins
- And other advice for improving your company
Analyzes and benchmarks financial statements, balance sheets, and operating data against other firms and the profit leaders.
If you're not 100% happy within the first 30 days of your purchase, for any reason, we'll refund your money. What do you have to lose?
Detailed comparison of features...
Print Business Advisor
Quick Start Package
$4,495
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Short on Time, Resources, or In-House Expertise? Let Profectus' industry experts do all the work for you so you can start benefiting from Print Business Advisor right away.

Here's what's included in the Quick Start Package:
Profectus will assign a senior business management consultant specializing in the printing and packaging industry to work directly with your organization throughout the engagement.
Provide us with whatever data you have - PDFs, spreadsheets, even image files - of your income statements, balance sheets, and other data. Our consultants will analyze and organize your information and enter it into Print Business Advisor.
Our experts have guided hundreds of printing and packaging organizations through financial and business analyses. With deep industry experience, we can quickly understand your situation and deliver effective, actionable advice - even for the most complex challenges.
A Profectus business consultant will conduct a one-on-one session with your team to review key findings, analyze your company's performance, and present clear, actionable recommendations based on the results.
Includes the first year of a Print Business Advisor Professional Edition subscription under your company account, providing full access to your data, insights, and updates. After the first year, the annual renewal rate is $995/year.
If you're not 100% satisfied within the first 30 days of your purchase, for any reason, we'll refund your money - no questions asked. What do you have to lose?
Join hundreds of other users.
5 Stars
Provide a clear picture of our financial performance.

5 / 5 stars
The financial ratios provide a clear picture of our company's financial performance.


5 Stars
Benchmarks our performance against industry profit leaders.

5 / 5 stars
The financial ratios help our management and shareholders benchmark our company's performance against similar companies and the industry profit leaders.
4 Stars
Proactively predict our future performance.

4 / 5 stars
The ratios allow us to predict the future performance of our company so we can proactively make improvement adjustments.


4.8 Stars
Assess the strength of our company.

4.8 / 5 stars
The income statement, balance sheet and cash flow ratios provide vital information about the strengths of our company, and where we need to make improvements, before its too late.
Print Business Advisor
Premium Edition
$595/year
or $65/month
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Print Business Advisor
Professional Edition
$995/year
or $95/month
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Product summary
Designed for small to midsize printing and packaging companies, the Premium Edition supports a single user and a single company, yet includes the full range of powerful features.
Designed for larger printing and packaging companies, the Professional Edition offers all the capabilities of the Premium Edition plus multi-user and multi-company functionality.
Enter data for multiple companies. * Starts with up to 5 sets and add more as needed.
1 * Unlimited
Multi-User. Create individual user login accounts and access roles for improved collaboration with your coworkers.
1 Unlimited
Provides insight into the purpose of each ratio and what it means to your company, your performance score for each ratio, where your company is doing the best, and advice for improving the areas that need attention.
- Labor, material, factor, overhead, and other costs
- Plant productivity and efficiency
- Operations, accounting, and other business practices
- Sales win/loss, sales support costs, and commissions
- Break-even, contribution, and profit margins
- And other advice for improving your company
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Analyzes Income Statement Ratios and benchmarks against other firms and the profit leaders
- Percentage of Sales and Value Added
- Paper and Substrates
- Click Charges
- Outside Services
- Factory Wages & Expenses
- Gross Profit
- Selling General Administrative Wages & Expenses
- Net Profit (Loss) Before Income Taxes
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Analyzes and benchmarks your Balance Sheet Ratios and benchmarks against other firms and the profit leaders
- Current Assets
- Current Cash
- Current Accounts Receivable
- Current Inventory
- Fixed Assets
- Factory Machinery Fixed Assets
- Current and Fixed Assets
- Current and Long Term Liabilities
- Shareholders' Equity
Included Included
Analyzes your Liquidity & Activity Ratios and benchmarks to other firms and the profit leaders
- Current Working Capital Ratio
- Quick Acid Test Ratio
- Days Cash For Operating Expenses
- Days Sales Outstanding Collections
- Return on Net Assets (RONA)
- Paper and other Substrates Ratios
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Analyzes your Employee Ratios and benchmarks to other firms and the profit leaders including:
- Percent of Factory, Admin, & Sales Employees
- Sales per Factory, Admin, & Sales Employee
- Payroll per Factory, Admin, & Sales Employee
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Analyzes your Operations practices and benchmarks to other firms and the profit leaders including:
- Estimates Per Estimating Employee
- Estimate Win / Loss Rate
- Orders Per Order Entry Employee
- Orders Created via a Web Storefront
- Spoilage Costs % of Sales & Value Added
- Training Costs % of Sales & Value Added
Included Included
Analyzes your Purchasing & AP practices and benchmarks to other firms and the profit leaders including:
- Purchasing Practices
- Inventory Management Practices
- Accounts Payables Practices
- Vendor Payments Practices
Included Included
Analyzes your Invoicing & AR practices and benchmarks to other firms and the profit leaders including:
- Job Costing Practices
- Invoicing Practices
- Accounts Receivables Practices
- Customer Payments Practices
Included Included
Analyzes, benchmarks, and compares unlimited financial years.
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Benchmarks your company's financials against hundreds of other firms and the profit leaders. Select, filter, or narrow down the list of companies you want to compare against including:
- Geographic region (i.e., Northeast, Northwest, Canada)
- Sales range (i.e., $1-5 million, $5-10 million, $60-80 million)
- Market segments (i.e., commercial, labels, POP, signs, apparel)
- Equipment (i.e., sheetfed, web, wideformat, inkjet, flexo, screen)
- And many other criterias
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Engineered by industry experts based on industry best practices and formulas.
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A real live industry expert consultant can help you maximize the features and benefits by providing FREE training, help with set up and updating, review and critique your rates, or whatever you need to successfully implement your rates.
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A comprehensive online help, AI, live phone support from a consultant, and a Quick-Start guide with easy to understand instructions, industry best practices, examples, and tips for setting up, updating, and implemention.
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Over 50 detail and summary reports and graphs with drill-down directly to the detailed source data help you reconcile and manage your cost rates.
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PC, MAC, iPad, tablet compatible Cloud, Anywhere, Anytime Access. There's no software to install and you automatically receive the latest enhancements.
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Your data is held in strict confidentiality and protected with the highest levels of security ryptographic protocols, data encryption, and complex password strength requirements.
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No contracts. If you are not satisfied for any reason, you may cancel anytime. Easily upgrade anytime as your business grows without losing your information.
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If you're not 100% happy within the first 30 days of your purchase, for any reason, we'll refund your money. What do you have to lose?
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Profectus, Inc. · Sarasota, Florida · United States · Phone: 1-888-868-8662
Business management consultants specializing in the printing & packaging industry since 1993.
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