Fusariummy

We all know that maintaining a golf course requires a lot of labor, and the cost of this labor makes up a big portion of our budgets. Last year I was coming off a very difficult year labor-wise and was facing further budget restrictions. In order to meet my budget restrictions it was obvious that I needed to do something to maximize my labor efficiency. I needed to do more with less. Following a detailed analysis  it became obvious that we had a lot of room for improvement. There is nothing better than having a lot of room for improvement when working to reduce a budget. I needed a plan. I started out by setting a few goals to guide me; Staff do majority of mowing before golfers teed off No overtime All essential jobs covered during regular hours by my staff, not me. Reduce the extra hours for me...I needed to balance my work/family life Reduce or maintain current labor budget. I was not scheduled for any regular maintenance practices, as I am the mechanic, irrigation tech, and eve...

For the past few years I have been keeping very detailed records of most parts of my operation. The reason for these records are to analyze what we have done, and come up with solutions for improvement. Currently I have employees fill out a Google form after each time they operate a mower on the course. I collect the following data: operator name equipment name area of course which holes? hour meter reading amount of grass collected when cutting greens This gives me a ton of info that I can analyze to really see what is happening out there on my course. I can even compare employees to each other to see who is more efficient at each job. This combined with each person's wage gives me a very good idea of what the actual cost of each mowing task really is. Even though I am the most efficient operator at my course, my higher salary make it much more expensive to the club for me to operate a mower. Equipment Use Efficiency One of the biggest costs for golf course maintenance is mowing ...