Greg Herring Managed exits, centers of excellence, wallet share, working capital management. What do those phrases mean? They mean that BrightView Holdings has a strategic plan and is executing that plan. The proof is in the company's financial results for the year ended Sept. 30, 2018. Before we get to the numbers, let's review BrightView's strategic plan because it has great value to landscape business owners. The BrightView strategic plan has multiple elements: Through this plan, BrightView intends to improve its adjusted operating profit margin by 10 to 30 basis points per year. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percent.) For example, BrightView's adjusted operating profit margin for the 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2018 was 9.49 percent; the company expects the adjusted operating profit margin to be 9.59 percent to 9.79 percent for the 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2019.