Materials and the Temporary Store

Who this book is for

Chủ thầu nội thất, thợ mộc, đội cải tạo nhà, và người làm dịch vụ tại nhà ở Việt Nam; quy mô từ một mình cầm đồ nghề tới đội mười lăm thợ và một xưởng nhỏ.

Sound familiar?

• Buys materials on estimate, so every job runs short or over, and both cost money.
• Deliveries arrive with nobody checking; the shortfall shows up after signing.
• Leftovers from the last job sit at the workshop and nobody remembers to reuse them.
• The client changes their selection and the ordered goods can't be returned.

Each chapter answers one question

1. Chapter 1: Is buying extra really the safe choice?

   How much material does this item need, including wastage?

   Buying the wrong quantity costs money in both directions, and buying too much costs more quietly.

2. Chapter 2: Do I lose money haggling, or unloading?

   Who receives deliveries at my sites, and what do they check?

   Money is most often lost not during haggling but when goods come off the truck and nobody checks.

3. Chapter 3: Worried about theft, but am I ruining materials myself?

   Where are my materials stored on site?

   Materials stored in the wrong place spoil faster than materials get stolen.

4. Chapter 4: Mid-job finish change: did the contract see it coming?

   When a client changes the design after ordering, what is my rule?

   Changing designs midway is the client's right and someone's cost; the contract decides whose.

5. Chapter 5: Leftover materials: savings, or money evaporating?

   How much money in materials is left over from the job just finished?

   Leftover materials are money spent and not recovered, and most of it vanishes in the workshop.