There are, always have been and always will be concerns about the costs of installations. Generally, the ones who get the blame are the installers. The script is well known and long established. For openers, here are a few of the barbs thrown at installation and installers. "They don't know what they are doing." "For what we pay them, installers should give us good, professional installations done a reasonable amount of time." "Hell, anyone could do the job, why can't my guys do it right?"

Managers who are the problem, or at least part of it, share many faults in common. They are faults that add up to big-time dollar losses on jobs gone bad, to labor costing more than it should, customer dissatisfaction at the highest level, and shrinkage of the bottom line. I will give you a starting list to which many of you can add.