The above quote is often referred to as the 6 p's. And while it's not an exact quote, it's close enough to convey what we're all about–
providing planning solutions for achieving success and preventing failure.
Integrated Planning Systems™ is dedicated to the proposition that it is the quality of one's planning tools and techniques that separates winners
from losers. To this end, we dedicate ourselves to providing first class strategic, financial and technology planning services and products, both custom and
off the shelf, to clients throughout the country.
Check out the product lines in the main menu above for more information. In particular, if you're
interested in Real Estate Investment Software, check out our Real Estate Investment Software page.
Strategic Thinking Requires Strategic Analysis
YOU NEED THE IPS STRATEGIC PLANNING MODEL for UTILITIES
Integrated Planning Systems is a premiere developer of strategic and financial planning models.
If you do strategic planning, you need this model. Find out what the IPS Strategic Planning Model can do for you.
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Strategy Plus Action Equals Results
YOU NEED OUR STRATEGIC and/or OPERATIONAL PLANNING MODELS
Integrated Planning Systems is a premiere developer of strategic and financial planning software.
With the IPS Strategic Planning model, you will be able to quickly see the impacts of alternative strategies.
With the IPS Tactical Planning Model, you will be able to quickly see the impacts of altering your operating plans and budgets.
Previously only customized for individual clients, we are now planning to offer these models as "canned packages".
Watch for their imminent release.
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Making Smarter Investment Decisions Through Superior Investment Analysis
"A smart buy is better than a lucky sell any day!"
A famed Investment Real Estate Professor once told me that. It's good advise. Our Real Estate Investment Software
will help you make smarter investment property decisions through superior investment analysis.
Known for it's power, flexibility and ease of use, our Real Estate Investment Analysis Software gives you the best bang for the buck on the market.
Previously used only for our clients, we are now offering it to the public. The price? Just $389! But Order Now,
and receive a limited time introductory price of $189 — a $200 savings. A small investment for the most powerful and fun to use
real estate investment software there is. What's your return on this investment? Off the charts! Don't believe me? Seeing is believing.
Click the Real Estate Investment Software link above and let us show you how we can make you more money.
Being lucky is great... Being smart is better!
Don't Wait for the Future to Happen! Plan and Make it Happen!
YOU NEED THE IPS PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SOFTWARE
With this model, you will know you're financial condition now and into the future. You'll be able to alter assumptions like increasing your IRA contributions, cutting discretionary expenses
or re-financing your mortgage to see how this changes your future Net Worth.
Previously used only for our clients, we are now planning to offer it to the public for next to nothing.
The price will be just $78. Watch for its imminent release.
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Need Planning and Financial Expertise?
WE CAN HELP
We don't just provide tools for strategic and financial planning; we also provide help over a wide range of issues: e.g. implementing
a strategic planning process, helping to write a strategic business plan, marketing plans, financial forecasting and analysis, capital requirements forecasting, help
getting funding from capital markets, developing a Web strategy, turning around troubled companies, developing accountability reports and Board Assessment reports.
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Unparalleled Service for Unbelievable Cost
ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR ALL YOUR ASSOCIATION NEEDS
Apex Meeting & Management Consultants is a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Planning Systems, Inc. which provides contract services to associations throughout the Country.
This group has expertise in meeting planning, publishing, strategic planning, accounting and finance, website development, and all other aspects of association management.
The productivity that this team provides is unmatched.
Click through for a full list of services and an association specific statement of experience and qualifications.
This Mortgage Calculator is a simple spreadsheet download that calculates mortgage payments. It also provides a schedule for the first 36 months. Feel free to share it with friends and family.
This Retirement Calculator is a simple spreadsheet download that calculates your retirement needs. It's shows you a year-by-year graph and table of your investment account and change in investments. It's in constant dollars. Feel free to share it with friends and family.
Senator Bernie Sanders — although listed as an Independent, he proudly and openly declares himself a Socialist — recently went on a rant about how some of the biggest and wealthiest corporations have failed to pay their fair share of taxes.
Indeed, while hard working Americans are dutifully paying their own income taxes this tax season, General Electric and other giant profitable corporations are avoiding U.S. taxes altogether.
Sounds like a fair criticism, right? But wait — while at first blush it seems quite obviously outrageous and unfair; upon further review (with a little more logical analysis and a lot less visceral demagoguery), it's not quite as clear cut as Bernie would have us believe. Read why.
President Obama has cut a deal with the Republicans to extend the Bush tax cuts for two years and it's causing a major kerfuffle within his own party.
Comments from assorted Democrats are: "we got screwed", "we went right to surrender", "let 'em eat cake", "an absolute disaster", "an insult".
Some are talking of finding a challenger to the President for 2012. There was even talk of preventing a
cloture vote.
This drama had all the appearances of a full scale revolt, inspite of the fact that it eventually got passed.
Well, what's the story? Is this deal a good thing? Or a bad thing?
The "99ers"! That's what they call people who have already exhausted 99 weeks of unemployment.
It use to be that unemployment ran for 26 weeks. Now, you can get up to 99 weeks.
But at what point does the amount of money compensated and the duration of benefits begin to work against you?
Carried Interest is a share of any profits that the general partners of a private equity fund receive as compensation, despite not contributing any initial funds.
This method of compensation seeks to motivate the general partner (fund manager) to work toward improving the fund's performance.
Typically, the amount of carried interest comes out to around 20-25% of the fund's annual profit. While all funds tend to have a small management fee,
the management fee is meant to only cover the costs of managing the fund, with the exception of compensating the fund manager.
Under proposed financial regulation, carried interest will be taxed as ordinary income rather than its current 15% rate.
Obviously, Wall Street, Banks and Fund managers are lobbying hard to preserve this extremely lucrative tax break.
Hiking the tax on carried interest is partly being sold as a tax on wealthy hedge-fund managers, but that is not the case. Investment partnerships, including real estate partnerships, and Venture Capital are the ones primarily hit.
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In any other business, "carried interest" would be called a fee, not a capital gain, since none of the beneficiary's capital is involved. Because a fee is income, it should be taxed at the higher wage rate, not the capital gains rate. It's just that simple.
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How FDR Prolonged and Worsened the Great Depression — And The Implications for Today's Policies:
President Franklin Roosevelt is one of the most revered of all the Presidents; remembered mostly for his leadership during World War II, his positive, reassuring hopefullness throughout the Great Depression, and perhaps most of all,
for his policies like the "New Deal" which got us out of the Great Depression.
The USA uses 100 Quads of primary energy per year (as of 2006) and is expected to grow by 30% by the year 2030 (about a 1.1% annual increase – compounded).
Strategic Planning is practiced by just about every organization. But how many do it well? I've seen many organizations
that have let the process devolve into a perfunctory task, more administrative than strategic. That's unfortunate, because it's a powerful
tool for achieving success. How does this happen?
All companies do Strategic Planning. They have to, now more than ever, because the environment they operate in is throwing challenges at them from every direction and at ever
increasing frequency: e.g. competitive, environmental, economic, regulatory, social, etc. To handle the load, businesses are refining and streamlining their strategic planning processes.
Software development projects can easily get out of control. Witness the recent FBI project to automate and facilitate case management – the "Virtual Case File system",
which after four years and several hundred million dollars of development cost, was essentially scrapped before even being implemented.
Awhile back, an investor of both real estate and stocks asked "are the EBITDA numbers that companies provide to security analysts a meaningful determinant of the stock price?"
This article is my response.
Real estate investment has always seemed to have a special fascination with most people. I think one of the reasons for this is because people are comfortable with Real Estate. It's tangible – bricks and mortar.
It's simple and straightforward. How many times have we heard the cliché "they're not making any more of it".
The "Capitalization Rate", and its inverse, the "Net Income Multiplier", are probably two of the most commonly used ratios in real estate investment analysis.
But is the cap rate useful? And if so, how should you use it? To answer these questions we first have to define it. The formula is as follows:
National Reputation for Providing Quality Solutions
I have provided products and services for companies all over the country for over 20 years. In the process, I have gained a national reputation for quality, excellence and value.
Products and Services
Strategic Planning, Business & Market Development, Valuation, Merger/Acquisition (from several $million to several $billion), Computer Model Development, Financial Planning and Analysis,
Web-site Development, Technology Assessment and Implementation/Project Management.
Started various Businesses (e.g. Consulting, Software Development, Real Estate company, Association Management Company, etc.)
I have been used as an “Expert Witness” (provided testimony) for companies and State agencies with regard to strategic and financial analyses and computer modeling related to regulatory decisions.
I have also developed software products that have been used as a basis for regulatory
decisions (i.e. testimonies, analyses and exhibits) in numerous states across the country.
Publishing and Public Speaking
I have authored articles on strategic planning and computer technology for industry magazines and lectured at industry trade group meetings, conventions,
seminars and training events relating to strategic planning, competitive based strategies, leadership, corporate culture, team work and computer modeling.
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and computer modeling.
Are Corporations Paying Their Fair Share of Taxes?
Sounds like a fair criticism, right? But wait — while at first blush it seems quite obviously outrageous and unfair; upon further review (with a little more logical analysis and a lot less visceral demagoguery), it's not quite as clear cut as Bernie would have us believe. Read why.