Proposed
Sub-Contractor Usage
Sub-Contractors are a valued asset in managing workload. It is
advisable to integrate them into your execution plan. Providing a
fixed cost on variable aspects of the workload allow you to estimate
and budget a job more accurately. Integrating them into the initial
job and allowing your own employees take over will give you control
over the final product and leave your customers with a better sense
of satisfaction.
The following process described as the “Work Slider Diagram” gives
you a gage of what you should be doing yourself and what you are
contracting out to Sub-Contractors. Depending on workload you have
the Sub-Contractor do more up to the maximum point “Customer
Training”. Your own Technicians should be well versed enough to take
the job over from whatever point the Sub-Contractor finishes.
Including the Pre-Wire if the market warrants.
Work Slider Diagram
The work slider diagram is a means of managing high and low
volume times with Sub-Contractors. Moving into a busy period you
simply move the slider forward to give more responsibility to your
Sub-Contractors. Adversely in a low volume time you move the slider
back to put more work onto your own technicians.
Using this method you break a job into its components and assign
the components based upon current work load. Everything left of the
bar goes to the Sub-Contractor, everything to the right goes to your
own technicians. Getting a complete quote from the Sub-Contractor is
important, especially if your workload changes day to day.
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