Description
Hire stock should be the most profitable part of a styling business. It usually is not, because nobody knows exactly what went out, what came back, what condition it is in, or what it costs to replace. Boxes get short, linen gets stained, candelabras chip, and the loss quietly comes out of your margin every single season.
The Styling Hire Inventory System gives you the records and routines that professional hire companies run on, sized for a styling business rather than a warehouse.
What is inside
- A six-step setup: coding, replacement cost, catalogue photography, hire pricing, storage locations and grading
- A printable item record card for every piece of stock you own
- A five-level condition grading scale with a clear action for each grade
- Wash, repair and turnaround guidance for linen, glass, metalware and painted timber
- A sixteen-point return processing routine
- Packing lists built by crate, with quantity out, quantity in and grade in
- An out and in check sheet covering pick, pack, load, deliver, collect and shelve
- A replacement value schedule and a loss and damage report form
- A quarterly inventory health check
Who it is for
Wedding and event stylists with their own hire stock, planners adding a hire arm, and small hire companies who need one repeatable system instead of a spreadsheet nobody updates.
After you use it, every item has a code, a value and a grade. You know what a hire costs you to turn around, you charge for losses without the awkward conversation, and your stocktake takes an afternoon. Anything contractual or financial is framed as questions to take to your own lawyer or accountant.
What’s inside
- Item coding and record card
- Five-level condition grading scale
- Wash, repair and turnaround guidance
- Return processing routine
- Crate-based packing lists
- Out and in check sheet
- Replacement value schedule
- Loss and damage report form
