THREE DISTINCT ADVANTAGES of a SELF- SERVICE LAUNDRY BUSINESS against other SERVICES Business
Unlike other personal services like barber shops, salons, spas, etc., or other food businesses like milk
tea, fries, shawarma, shakes, etc., the self-service laundry business has three distinct advantages:
1. Less Manpower Requirements – A simple self-service laundry shop can operate with only two personnel for a 14-hour operation. Unless you decide to offer pick-up and delivery laundry services and your drop off and full-service offerings become preferred by most of your customers, then you will need additional personnel.
2. Less Inventory Needs – Unlike other businesses, specially a food business where multiple Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) must be managed, in the laundry business, the only items needed to be inventoried are laundry supplies and materials (Ex., detergent, fabric conditioner, bleach, laundry baskets, and hangers) and counter and packaging supplies (Ex., pens, forms, plastic bags, tapes, and markers). These are very simple inventory items to
maintain and do not have spoilage issues.
3. Easier internal controls – Nowadays, laundry shops can operate with a card system that can effectively control cash sales through loads just like cell phone loading. The system can also track machine operations which can be tied up with the usage of prepaid cards. Thus, examination of books will be much easier and fraudulent activities can be immediately
detected.
Reference: May Pera sa Labada by Rogelio Tapang
#LabaBox #LaundryBusinessMindanao #LGCommercialLaundrySystem
tea, fries, shawarma, shakes, etc., the self-service laundry business has three distinct advantages:
1. Less Manpower Requirements – A simple self-service laundry shop can operate with only two personnel for a 14-hour operation. Unless you decide to offer pick-up and delivery laundry services and your drop off and full-service offerings become preferred by most of your customers, then you will need additional personnel.
2. Less Inventory Needs – Unlike other businesses, specially a food business where multiple Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) must be managed, in the laundry business, the only items needed to be inventoried are laundry supplies and materials (Ex., detergent, fabric conditioner, bleach, laundry baskets, and hangers) and counter and packaging supplies (Ex., pens, forms, plastic bags, tapes, and markers). These are very simple inventory items to
maintain and do not have spoilage issues.
3. Easier internal controls – Nowadays, laundry shops can operate with a card system that can effectively control cash sales through loads just like cell phone loading. The system can also track machine operations which can be tied up with the usage of prepaid cards. Thus, examination of books will be much easier and fraudulent activities can be immediately
detected.
Reference: May Pera sa Labada by Rogelio Tapang
#LabaBox #LaundryBusinessMindanao #LGCommercialLaundrySystem