How To Make Your Own Job Order Form

Instead of discussing with you the detailed procedures of laundry, i will tackle the method of making your own Job Order Form.

Preparation of this form is usually the result of your research on competition.

Steps In Making Your J.O.
1. Know how much your competitors are charging their customers
2. Study their rates
3. Learn their market

As an example, let us assume the following;

Competitor A :

• Maong is P35 per kilo
• Comforter P150 per kilo
• Curtains/Blanket/Bedsheets P50 per kilo
• Regular P25 per kilo WDF
• WDP P50 per kilo
• Dry Clean P150 per piece

Competitor B:

• Regular (except Comforter) P25
• Comforter P50 per kilo
• Regular P25 per kilo WDF
• WDP P50 per kilo
• Dry Clean P150 per piece

Being the owner you decided on the following:

• WDF                 P25 per kilo
• WDP                 P50 per kilo
• Dry Cleaning      P150 per piece
• Comforter          P50 per kilo

WDF means Wash Dry Fold - using our example, you will charge P25 per kilo regardless of what kind of fabric you will be working on, except comforter.

WDP is Wash Dry Press - you simply charge double the WDF

For the comforter you charge a little higher from the rest which is P50 per kilo.

This is what it should be like on your J.O.

                                          Price           Actual Wt/Pc          Amount
WDF                                   25
WDP                                   50
Comforter                            50
Dry clean                           150

Total Amount


That's all for today.

Types of Laundry Business

Hi,

I am new to Blogging so that will explain that the aesthetic is not as good,yet. However, i will make sure that it will be worth while for you to stay and learn all about laundry.

Lesson 1      TYPES OF LAUNDRY BUSINESS

INDUSTRIAL TYPE:
       This type are for the big guys. Usually utilizes the use of a tunnel washer and/or a heavy duty front load washer with big capacity, about 50kgs up per machine. Would require big investment. Clients to look for if you have this type of laundry would be institutional like hospital, hotel, motel. spa and etc etc

COMMERCIAL TYPE:
       This makes use, of course. the commonly found machine in the market. In asia, the way i see it- though i maybe wrong, the built of the units are other than plastic. Mostly aluminum with metal base.
In countries other than asia, the common brands are whirlpool, maytag, samsung.. etc.
The target clients are mostly walk-ins.

RESIDENTIAL TYPE:
       As implied, the operation uses an ordinary unit which is usually made of plastic. Not durable for a 24/7 operation. Though if you are in a start-up and would like to test market, then fine and go. However, i would not recommend the use of residential machines in a laundry business.

Basically the type of Laundry is determined by the machines to be used and targetted clients. In this blog, i would be concentrating with the COMMERCIAL TYPE .

OPERATING A COMMERCIAL TYPE
There are two kinds:
1. Stand alone - this means all your machines are within your business premises. In asia, the lead time would be 1- 3 days to do the laundry. Other countries, would be hours only if the units are coin operated.

2. Pick-up Station - if you are still uncertain if you want to go full time and let go of your hard earned money. You might want to be a partner of a stand alone shop owner. The commission will have to be agreed upon by the two parties. By doing this kind, you are actually building up your own market. If you feel you have already enough market, then that would be the time to go Stand Alone.

To those who would venture with coin operated machine i would suggest that you visit this link:
Owning a Laundromat

Next lesson LAUNDRY PROCEDURES (Detailed discussion)