NO plan = disaster, LACK of good plan = disorganized system, GOOD plan = some problems, EXCELLENT plan = success. It’s hard to recognize when everything is perfectly set-up, even if it’s either a huge 1000 people event or a small table with candy. It stands aside with reality, customers have high expectations, and in order to convince them about the product you’re offering there needs to be an established working routine where everything maintains a certain level of professionalism. But the main problem ascends when you as a company have certain moral values that shape up the culture of the business, therefore, affecting --most probably in a positive way-- the manner in which the system works. Event planning requires a team of people who are willing to implement their human capital in different occasions. As easy as it might seem, there’s so much more to it that regular customers don’t appreciate. |
The planning method used was not enough to have a polished system a day before the event. As confident as we as a business where about the sale we had planned, at 7:30 am of the next day we noticed thousands of small specific details that where missing out. Not to say that the sale was a complete failure and a disaster, it’s just the single idea that we could have done much better; not only to sale out, which we did, but to work efficiently and purposefully as a team, which we didn’t.
complete day lost in the set up of the business: moving ingredients and utensils up and down, running all over the place to search for tape, transporting tables from one place to another, delivery disorganization, losing money due to no inventory count, and an environment of tension and stress. In fact, because of insufficient planning, the original plan CRASHED; we couldn’t follow the established schedule for the day. Honestly, this was disappointing, at least for me. |