Chapter 4

Logging every hour: hassle, or hidden profit?

Ghi công từng ngày, phiền phức hay là lãi?

The chapter's question

How many labour days did this item take last time?

Big idea

Without recording real labour, the next quote is still a guess, and every wrong guess takes a slice of profit.

In this chapter

  1. Part 4.1

    Hours by Line Item

    Do I record labour by project or by line item?

  2. Part 4.2

    Who Logs, and When

    Who records the hours, and is it done daily or weekly?

  3. Part 4.3

    Actual Against Quoted

    How far did the job I just finished land from its quote?

  4. Part 4.4

    The Three That Always Slip

    Which item of mine always takes more labour than estimated?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of The Crew is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of The Crew

  1. 1.Crew keeps changing: their fault, or mine?
  2. 2.Paying by the piece, am I buying sloppy work?
  3. 3.Without me on site, does quality hold?
  4. 4.Logging every hour: hassle, or hidden profit?
  5. 5.Lead hand calls in sick, must the job stop?