BOH4ME-01 - Benefits of Planning

Planning allows for the efficient usage of peoples time. An example would be a delivery business organizing their routes in the most efficient way possible. This would benefit them through saving labour and mileage costs.

A meal prep kitchen may have specific lists of the tools needed to create a specific dish, so they can be gathered all at once to prevent excess trips to obtain the needed tools.

Planning ahead allows many moving parts to co-exist and function together in an efficient manner. A lawn care business with multiple trucks with teams can be difficult to coordinate, but if you plan what teams will be doing what jobs and when they will be doing them, this format can make the business scale rapidly through effective use of their trucks.

Additionally, planning daily or weekly site visits with your teams allows for control over the quality of care being provided, when you are not right there with them at all times.

With so many moving parts to organizations, getting overwhelmed is easy to do when you lose control over these moving parts. Planning how tasks will be executed allows you to systematically examine how your organization is managing through the structure you have planned to and are implementing.

Reducing stress allows you to most effectively execute your tasks within the organization.

When a plan is in place that is not so rigid there is only one way to execute a mission, it is fluid enough to adapt to and implement contingencies when they arise. A construction business may give their workers notice of last minute call-ins. So if a worker calls in sick, they have a good idea that they can fill that workers spot as needed.

A courrier may have specific packages that need to be delivered at specific times, and other packages that can be delivered at any point in a day. If the delivery drivers knows this, increased flexibility can be provided for them to take their breaks when they want to.