RESELLING — ADVANCED · THE BUSINESS-OPERATIONS PACKET (chapter 9) Free from ePORTS — eports.global/resources/reselling One folder, five parts. A forecast earns its keep by making the miss readable — and forcing a decision. ===================================================================== THE FIVE PARTS ===================================================================== [ ] 1. NET-PER-HOUR REPORT — the time study re-run for the four weeks, row by row (platform · channel · kind of item), overhead separate. Cash basis: $____/h On finished work: $____/h Judge again on: ____ [ ] 2. RECORDS AND SALES-TAX SETUP — the one-account rule · a cost on every row · the exceptions log · the sales-tax and resale-certificate record with the professional's answers and dates. [ ] 3. RETURNS-AND-CONDITION POLICY — as published, with any changes and why. [ ] 4. FORECAST TESTED AGAINST ACTUALS — eight-week forecast, four real weeks beside it (cash, hours AND the aging of new stock), the misses read, the changes they caused. [ ] 5. DECISION PAGE — every expansion considered: the gates, the answer, and at least one growth option you decided NOT to take. ===================================================================== READING THE MISSES ===================================================================== Week | Forecast OTB | Actual | Miss | Forecast hours | Actual | Miss _____|______________|________|______|________________|________|_____ _____|______________|________|______|________________|________|_____ _____|______________|________|______|________________|________|_____ _____|______________|________|______|________________|________|_____ Any line that missed the SAME WAY three weeks or more is an assumption to find. The assumption: __________________________________________________ ===================================================================== THE CHANGES — dated, written, binding ===================================================================== 1. ____________________________________________ from: ________ 2. ____________________________________________ from: ________ 3. ____________________________________________ from: ________ What each change made you DO differently this week (a promise, a purchase, a gate): ________________________________________________________ ===================================================================== THE DECISION WE MADE NOT TO GROW ===================================================================== Option: ____________________ Gate that refused it: ______________ Date: ________ Did later evidence confirm it? [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] not yet --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Reselling shelf: Basics · Intermediate · Advanced Free resources: eports.global/resources/reselling ePORTS — your ecom source. eports.global