A key component of improving profitability in the tent rental business is and will always be working to realize further operational efficiencies for the business. Teeco Solutions has worked with and studied the best practices of many tent rental operators for over a decade. Certain practices continually resonate as smart, repeatable approaches to improving operating efficiencies. There’s no question that there are a lot of moving parts to a profitable tent rental business. We trust that you’ll find one or two helpful tips that will help you take your commercial tent rental business to the next level. To help further improve efficiencies and profitability for your jobs, get other members of your operations team to take a look at the site and the job description beforehand. Thinking the job through with other members of your team will bring some great ideas to the table that can surely improve operating efficiencies and job profitability. Additional opportunities to increase operating efficiencies may include: • Staging of setup times to allow for setup of smaller tents off to the side in the early stages of the job. By doing so, you may find that valuable time can be saved in the event of inclement weather. • Negotiating start times with the customer. Sometimes events will dictate a very specific start date and time for setup. You will want to identify the customer’s reason for doing so. Often, setup times are established based on issues of space utilization (e.g., the event is to take place at a downtown location, and it would be important to schedule setup at a time when there will be minimal foot traffic, possibly after midnight on a certain weekday). Knowing the reason behind the customer requested setup time will provide greater insight from which you will be able to negotiate a more opportune time for your crew to initiate setup. Additionally, by asking questions of the customer about the site location, you may learn that the customer has a small space that will serve as a perfect staging area to allow for the set-up of 10x10s or 20x20 tops — a day earlier or hours earlier. Then, when it is time to set up for the event,
your crew will be able to carry the tents to the final location. There will likely be times when you can get creative and negotiate with another business or parking lot operator to provide some valuable space for event staging. Taking these extra steps to move the logistics in your favor can help to dramatically beat deadlines for event setup times. All of these actions ultimately can lead to a very satisfied customer that provides great referrals and repeat business. • Labor management. Based on the requirements of the job, it is possible that the majority of the laborers show up at the job site to start their day. This approach will be significantly more efficient than showing up at the warehouse and paying the workers for windshield time to travel to and from the site. These small changes in operating procedures can mount up to significant improvements in efficiencies and job profitability. • A key component to improving profitability in the tent rental business is and will always be working to realize further operational efficiencies for the business. Teeco Solutions has worked with and studied the best practices of many tent rental operators for over a decade. Certain practices continually resonate as smart repeatable approaches to improving operating efficiencies. The challenges of efficiently and effectively operating a tent rental business are plentiful. But many of those challenges can be properly addressed with good planning and resource allocation. When going about the day-to-day operations for your business and planning the work or your crews, be smart and maintain an open eye and an open ear for opportunities to improve both the quality and efficiency of how work is being performed. At the end of the day, it’s the little improvements that will pay big returns in both improved profitability and customer satisfaction.
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