2007 New Concept; Finite Capacity Scheduling for Service Businesses

Efficiency in business is paramount to turning a profit and it therefore makes sense to study efficiencies in all types of businesses and apply those principles and theories to your business where possible. For those of us in the service business with service vehicles; we know that the costs to deliver those services have gone up considerably in the last decade; fuel, insurance and labor for instance. Things such as over regulation, lawsuits, traffic and customer demands have also increased to record highs. Shortages of labor and trained employees are also crucial, as quality labor supply dries up.

As the other non-service industries such as manufacturing work hard to study processes and efficiencies, very few use this knowledge and theories and apply it to the service sector, but in this book we intend to do just that. You should discuss in your company how to use theories of efficiency in other industry sectors and cross-pollination strategies and then apply it to the service industry.

It takes no real brainpower to waste or run an inefficient business, anyone can do that. There are so many inefficient organizations out there from some non-profits, which waste 75% of that which they give to our own government bureaucracy that cannot seem to get out of its own way most of the time. It takes no brains to waste or litter or fail to recycle your garbage, waste seems to be a universal human trait, but in business that can be a problem.

Consider while reading this article that you are engaged in a philosophical thought exercise to help you view processes and systems in your own business at a much higher level and then pass on these concepts to friends and business associates. I appreciate you reading this article, as it is one my first on this specific topic. In writing this article and contemplating this thought over many years, it became apparent to me that it probably will not be my last on this subject and you would be well advised to be thinking here too. Perhaps this article is of interest to propel thought in 2007?

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Lance Winslow, a retired entrepreneur, adventurer, modern day philosopher and perpetual tourist.

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