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It's no surprise, that when the bulk of your efforts are exerted in the "planning phase" of snow and ice removal, you're REWARDED during and after each snow storm. As you foresee new contingencies, you plan for them. As you review plans that could be improved, you revise them.
As you gain more and more experience with what Mother Nature throws your way, planning gets easier.
Below is your Snow Plan Table of Contents. - By applying this type of planning and organization to your snow and ice removal program, you will be rewarded with the BEST budget conscious VALUE for your efforts.
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Planning
before a storm event |
| List each different deployment based on weather conditions |
| How many shifts will you need |
| How many trucks are required for each deployment option and for each shift |
| How many employees will you need ...and for each shift |
| How many contractors will you need to add ...and for each shift |
| What types of abrasives will you need? |
| What inventory levels are necessary to maintain |
| How will you track any accidents that occur |
| How will you respond quickly to citizen requests for plowing or salt |
| How can you place a cost to each of the above operations? |
| How can you show you are operating within budget? |
| How can you record every decision made, in case you need to defend? |
| How can you log emergency actions, such as government delays, early closures and more? |
| How can you easily monitor changing weather conditions? |
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Take a closer look. You have a MANY details to plan.
You have turnover with employees. You have a fleet that requires constant maintenance and repairs. Your deployments will vary depending on weather conditions. You are confronted with lawsuits from constituents for past years activities. How much salt or sand will be needed for next snow season? What is the Farmer's Almanac saying....and on and on.
The days of INYHO plans (IN Your Head Only) - are long gone. You need to share your plans with staff and team members. You need to ensure your plans are implemented smoothly. Snow is chaos.
Just HOW many Excel, Word or other PLANNING documents can you possibly keep track of - and adequately share these with your staff?
Your planning approach is too important to your overall snow and ice removal efforts - to leave it to DISconnected tools. Your plans need to be easily SHARABLE and ACCESSABLE. You shouldn't need to add ginseng to your diet - just to remember where you saved everything.
Try this approach. For the next 30 days -see if using this structured approach to PLANNING, helps you to better keep together ALL of the details and easily share with your team.
Using this preformatted Excel template with separate TABS to define each Planning area (from the top of this page), place this file on a shared folder for your snow removal team to access. Download the sample Snow and Ice Removal Planning to get you started. Enter YOUR basic information in each of the TABS - and remember - there is no easy button! Give it a bit of your time and energy - to really reap the benefits. After 30 days, send me an email and let me know if your plans have begun to GEL, and you are feeling more budget conscious.
I'm betting on your success.
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StormTRAK™ -- Snow and Ice Removal
Budget conscious software solutions for city, county and state governments
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Cycon Publishing, Inc.
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Silver Spring, MD 20904
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