I am getting a little busier, it never has been an issue, but it could end up being one.
As I do get more and more business, how do I keep everything separate without second guessing where something is located and is it the right product.
Here is a couple questions about keeping things in order and not mixing up orders.
1)Shafts, I get a bunch of these from time to time. Mostly local folks, but now starting to build, fix and refinish from AZ. How do you separate the shafts in a way you know what needs to be done and where you stored the shafts. I have a shaft holder I made, stores about 100 shafts, I made a grid, A-J across, 1-10 up and down. Made a little card index to file everything. The issue is just making sure it goes into the right hole for now and I update what needs to be done, But I see picture on here of large holders full of shafts, plus a lot of you fix cues so these has to be a method to the madness.
2)Cue orders-not really there yet other than conversions and a bunch of my stuff. Not really taking order for builds because I still have equipment on order and need to still buy. I read the post like 11 years to build a SW. with that many orders, how in the crap can you manage it without a warehouse. Take rings and billets, say I have orders and I want to just work on rings and billets, maybe inlays parts. How could you store them to keep them with the correct cue and know that the rings-billet-inlay parts can be checked off of that build.
3) Veneers-I already have run into this one, And it says when ordering-Buy what you need to finish the cue, Ok, I build out the point veneers, rings or what ever else may need to go with the cue, Now cue is done, 2 years later customer wants a second shaft with matching rings. I would need to make a separate billet or just a veneer ring that may or may not end up matching. Does anyone store extra veneers with the customer info for additional building and how would you keep up with it?
4) Just storing customer info and cue info. Lets say I do make it big, every cue I build would be important and I see a lot of discussion on timelines of when and who did the build. So it would seem smart (just in case) to have a record of everything, where the wood came from, order and finish date, changes or any other info. Or am I just being to Anal. Take the JPs I am making, what if they were made by a famous cue maker, The should be worth more and just more interesting if the story of the build was captured. Maybe, maybe not.
I guess these are some just to get things started, since I am new and have been trying my best to plan for the future, there is no better time to work on this stuff before I have an issue plus a document for the cue. I believe that this would keep me straight on orders and also be more customer friendly. Nothing like trying to find out info and finding nothing.
I don't want my adventure to be, build a cue, sell and forget.
Thank you and I look forward to reading your comments.
Steve
As I do get more and more business, how do I keep everything separate without second guessing where something is located and is it the right product.
Here is a couple questions about keeping things in order and not mixing up orders.
1)Shafts, I get a bunch of these from time to time. Mostly local folks, but now starting to build, fix and refinish from AZ. How do you separate the shafts in a way you know what needs to be done and where you stored the shafts. I have a shaft holder I made, stores about 100 shafts, I made a grid, A-J across, 1-10 up and down. Made a little card index to file everything. The issue is just making sure it goes into the right hole for now and I update what needs to be done, But I see picture on here of large holders full of shafts, plus a lot of you fix cues so these has to be a method to the madness.
2)Cue orders-not really there yet other than conversions and a bunch of my stuff. Not really taking order for builds because I still have equipment on order and need to still buy. I read the post like 11 years to build a SW. with that many orders, how in the crap can you manage it without a warehouse. Take rings and billets, say I have orders and I want to just work on rings and billets, maybe inlays parts. How could you store them to keep them with the correct cue and know that the rings-billet-inlay parts can be checked off of that build.
3) Veneers-I already have run into this one, And it says when ordering-Buy what you need to finish the cue, Ok, I build out the point veneers, rings or what ever else may need to go with the cue, Now cue is done, 2 years later customer wants a second shaft with matching rings. I would need to make a separate billet or just a veneer ring that may or may not end up matching. Does anyone store extra veneers with the customer info for additional building and how would you keep up with it?
4) Just storing customer info and cue info. Lets say I do make it big, every cue I build would be important and I see a lot of discussion on timelines of when and who did the build. So it would seem smart (just in case) to have a record of everything, where the wood came from, order and finish date, changes or any other info. Or am I just being to Anal. Take the JPs I am making, what if they were made by a famous cue maker, The should be worth more and just more interesting if the story of the build was captured. Maybe, maybe not.
I guess these are some just to get things started, since I am new and have been trying my best to plan for the future, there is no better time to work on this stuff before I have an issue plus a document for the cue. I believe that this would keep me straight on orders and also be more customer friendly. Nothing like trying to find out info and finding nothing.
I don't want my adventure to be, build a cue, sell and forget.
Thank you and I look forward to reading your comments.
Steve
