A Maintenance Log Template Can Save a Home
Business Start Up Tons of Time & Reduce Stress
A home business start up usually begins with new equipment and software. They
seldom think about the maintenance of this equipment when they purchase it. Yet that is exactly when you
should set up your maintenance log template.
We all get so busy in our home business start up that we often forget that our machinery needs to be maintained,
until it suddenly stops and then we have a crisis on our hands. How much better for you to pick the time to be
without your machine, than for it to choose the time!
In the event that you wish to sell it as a second hand machine at some time in the future, how much more likely
will you get a reasonable price because you are able to sell it with a copy of its maintenance log template!
It is so easy to forget dates when we are busy in our home business start up – after all, the owner has to do
everything without any help. As well as having a record in your equipment and software maintenance log template,
also put in your forward planner when the next due date for maintenance is. I cannot stress enough the importance
of thinking ahead so that stress is eliminated (or at least greatly reduced).
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This template will provide a format for your
Equipment Maintenance Log.
You can access your
FREE Template
here.
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Case Study of the Importance of Having
a Maintenance Log for
Home Business Start Up
Lilly had an important set of documents to produce for a client. She had three printers so
thought she could run information off on all three so the job would be completed faster enabling
her to meet her tight deadline with comparative ease. The first printer stopped after 10 pages -
and she had no idea why, but thought perhaps she had better have it seen to shortly as it had never
had any maintenance since she purchased it, two years previously. Unfortunately the second printer
then ran out of ink. So she raced to the office supplier (there were two in her area) but neither
had the correct replacement cartridges. The third printer was a particularly slow printer and the
quality was not as good as the others - so she was literally ‘stuffed’. All her hard work was
spoilt because she did not have systems in place that ensured her equipment and consumerables were
at their best when she needed it.
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TIP for Home Business
Start Up on Using
Your Maintenance Log
Always have another set of ink cartridges for your printer. Don’t wait
until the last one is used (what if it is faulty?) Have one in the printer and two waiting. When a
new cartridge is used, purchase another immediately. Now you have a safety margin.
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Cost
This video on how to use a Mindmap to get your thoughts in
order and to organise your activities will show you just how easy it is to plan your day, your
month, your year or your project. It is a great tool for brainstorming and enables you to
think more creatively.
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