HR process consulting for Kitchen Cabinet Makers: handoffs between showroom, factory and site
A kitchen order crosses five hands and three suppliers. A simple map of steps, owners and dates shows where the week is lost and what to change first.
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Delays are blamed on people, but they usually live in the handoffs: the designer waits for the customer, the factory waits for the final drawing, the countertop arrives a week after the cabinets, and the installer waits for the site to be ready. Without a process, each person works to their own clock and the customer feels the gap.
Good looks like a one page map of the steps from enquiry to handover, who owns each, what must be ready for the next step and the usual time. A coordinator uses it to track each job. Supplier dates for countertops, hobs and sinks are on the same sheet, so the fitting date is only fixed when all can arrive.
How to set it up
1. Map the journey of one recent kitchen
Sit with the people who handled it and note each step, who did it and how long it took, including waits.
2. Mark where the week was lost
Circle the delays and the reason, such as late approval or a missing supplier date. Write the name of the person responsible next to it.
3. Design clear handoffs
For each step, write what must be ready before the next person starts, and who confirms it. Check it again after a month and adjust what did not work.
4. Add supplier dates
Put countertop, hob and sink dates in the same sheet and fix the fitting date once all are confirmed. See HR process consulting.
5. Pilot on five jobs
Use the map on five kitchens, then adjust the steps and owners. Use real orders from this month, not examples.
Check these first
Before changing anything, find out what is true today. These take an afternoon and use your own records.
- Take one finished kitchen and write the date of each step from enquiry to handover.
- Count how many fittings were delayed by a missing supplier item last quarter.
- Ask the coordinator or showroom what they chase most often.
- Look at how many customer calls were about dates.
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Questions owners ask
Not at first. A shared sheet with one row per kitchen works for a small unit. Software helps when the number of jobs grows beyond what one person can track.
Fix the fitting date only after the countertop date is confirmed, and tell the customer early. Keep a standing contact at the supplier for a quick answer.
Usually the handoff between measurement and drawing, since a wrong measure costs the most. We would look at your last few jobs and start where the loss was greatest.