Industries Served
The industries EstesGroup services below, we take great pride in the software solutions we provide them, but even greater responsibility in the professional services we execute for them on a daily basis to make the companies in these industries more efficient and effective with their business operations.
Manufacturing
Did You Know…?
- Manufacturers contribute over Two trillion dollars to the economy, and this represents over 12% of GDP. For every $1.00 spent in manufacturing, another $1.32 is added to the economy, the highest multiplier effect of any economic sector.
- Manufacturing supports an estimated 17.4 million jobs in the US. 12 million Americans are employed directly in the manufacturing sector.
- Manufacturers in the United States are the most productive in the world, far surpassing the worker productivity of any other major manufacturing economy.
- Manufacturers in the United States perform two thirds of all private-sector R&D in the nation.
- Taken alone, manufacturing in the United States would be the 8th largest economy in the world.
Distribution
Did You Know…?
- Computers, electrical goods, and machinery have been among the leading revenue categories for the wholesale distribution sector.
- A distribution channel can include wholesalers, retailers, distributors and even the internet.
- Between 2001 and 2013, industry-wide labor productivity in the Distribution Industry increased 31 percent, thanks to automation a Logistics/ERP software.
Professional Services
Did You Know…?
- The US Professional Service industry is highly fragmented: the 50 largest Professional Service firms account for less than 20 percent of revenue.
- The three largest Professional Service industry segments are IT services, legal services and architectural/engineering services, each of which accounts for about 20 percent of revenue.
- Consulting, accounting services, and scientific research each generate about 10 percent of revenue.
- Worldwide IT spending in 2013 was almost 4 trillion dollars.
- The professional services industry does not include insurance, securities, or real estate brokerage services.
Financial Services
Did You Know…?
- Did you know that money has a short life span? On average a $1 bill lasts only 18 months, a $5 bill will last two years, and a $10 bill will last three years. This is why the U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing has to reprint $541 million worth of currency each year.
- Currently, there is more steel created per hour than the amount of gold that has been dug up in our entire history.
- The U.S. “$” sign has long been in use to represent foreign currency prior to the issue of the first U.S dollar in 1875. Not only that, but the “$” symbol never has, nor does it now, appear on any U.S. currency.