It's fair to say that for those in the plumbing industry, resupplying is probably the most time consuming and painful aspect of time management in a plumber's day. As a result, warehouse and shop productivity are critical to making the most of your time.
When you work as a plumber, you wake up and first need to load up on supplies - if your merchant doesn't have what you need, it's a stop at the supply warehouse, then you complete one job and it's back to the supply warehouse before starting the next.
After years of seeing how much time is wasted racing about, plumbers have adapted to new technologies and productivity hacks:
Another major hack in productivity is hiring the right people. Employees need to want to work in new ways and adapt to new company procedures. Finding the correct talent for your workforce is difficult, and recruiting is expensive, so tradesmen must frequently decide whether to invest time and money in training new hires.
Bad habits can ruin a new worker's progress in your company, especially if they are unable to adapt and adjust, but bad attitudes are a larger worry. Our next productivity hack is:
Our last productivity hack for plumbers and business owners in general, is related to adapting to change and being overall more organised. Organisation is a major productivity hack and itβs never too late to change you and your business way of working:
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