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Paint and hardware shop · sample business

Paint: the whole day

Nuwan, owner of a paint and hardware shop (sample business).

  • 07:45 to 18:30
  • 5 tours
  • 20 steps
  • Owner, Mixing counter, Till

The day, hour by hour

  1. At 07:45

    OwnerStart of the day

    Will the tint machine run dry in the middle of a builder's mix?

    Opening: the tint canisters. Every canister grouped by how full it is, the low ones first, and a refill typed in by the ml.

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  2. At 08:30

    Mixing counter

    A builder needs four litres of the same blue, and the tints must be exact.

    Mixing a colour for a builder. Pick the colour, say how much and for whom, check the tints against the canisters, mark it mixed and print the label.

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  3. At 10:30

    Till

    The builder collects the paint and pays at the end of the month.

    A trade sale on account. The mixed batch and the sundries on the paint till, the builder's usual discount taken off, and the sale put on account inside the credit limit.

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  4. At 14:00

    Owner

    A cheque arrives. Which invoice does it pay, and what is still owed?

    A contractor pays by cheque. What the builder owes against their credit limit, the statement line by line, and the cheque recorded against the invoice it pays.

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  5. At 18:30

    Owner

    Before locking up: what sold, how people paid, and is any mix left waiting?

    How the day went. The paint Home on Today: sales and profit, the best sellers, how customers paid, and the day's mixes by stage.

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