Peak trading is won in the eight weeks before it. This turns last year into a dated plan covering stock, people, hours, and the cash to fund it.
What's Included
- A dated plan working back from peak across every area at once.
- Last year's actuals as the baseline instead of memory.
- Cash requirement modelled since stock is bought before it sells.
- An assistant that flags what is slipping while it can still be fixed.
How To Use
- Work backwards from the peak week and treat the dates as fixed.
- Build from last year's actual numbers, not from how it felt.
- Model the cash. Peak stock is bought long before it is sold.
- Write down what went wrong straight afterwards, while it is fresh.
Buy for it with seasonal buying, and staff it with the rota scheduler.