I'm not sure about you, but I feel like April had 973 days in it! We are not only working on helping you through this difficult time but are also looking ahead to when the pandemic will end and we can ALL open our doors for business again!!!
Let's examine some suggestions for planning your business recovery.
1. Don't waste the downtime!!! If your shop or business is idle right now, use the time to organize. Is there a corner, shelf, delivery area, or spare room that you've been meaning to get to for months (or years) to get straightened up? Do it now!! Maximize your ability to use your workspace to its best potential and productivity.
2. Inventory!! Take the time to make a full listing and accounting of all equipment, machinery, appliances, and material on hand. Is it perishable? Is it preservable? How long can I fill orders with the material I have on hand when I re-open? What would I need to get back to full operations? What do I need first? Then plan an initial order.
3. Evaluate!! Begin analyzing your business processes. The priorities of your recovery plan should directly connect to your business priorities. So what are your priorities? At a basic level, this business impact analysis assesses which systems and applications are most critical to your organization's functioning. There are two sides to this coin: the pieces that enable the crucial operations that run your business, and which of those pieces are most vulnerable to threat, loss, or shortage? Your business impact analysis and risk assessment should include both.
4. Plan your strategy!! Your strategy is the high-level evaluation that looks at how the shut-down recovery fits into your business objectives and what it will take to implement it. It should consider things like:
*RESPECT SOCIAL DISTANCING
*WHAT WILL CUSTOMER INTERACTION LOOK LIKE? IS IT POSTED FOR MY CUSTOMERS?
*CREATE A NEW CLEANING SCHEDULE AND LET YOUR CUSTOMERS KNOW ABOUT IT.
*ADVERTISE YOUR PLAN AS YOU REOPEN
5. Be on the lookout for webinars on how we as a community, can rally and be successful moving forward.
Please start looking ahead to when we will be "business as usual" again and start identifying things to do now to have your business ready to re-open and return to business as normal when the shelter-in-place orders are lifted!
Jennifer and Jennifer are both working diligently from their homes to assist our businesses in any way that we can. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us with questions and for assistance with anything!!
