As everything is unloaded for the winter in December, it’s checked off the list, and everything is re-inventoried, numbered and tagged as it’s loaded up again for the season. The company uses an inventory spreadsheet with each truck listed separately by number.
In March, if we were behind at all as far as the repairs and things like that to tools and equipment, it would cost upwards of $100,000 worth of production,” Walton says. “So you really have an opportunity to lose quite a bit, I would say. Round one routes need to be completed by the end of March because once April hits, crews have to move on to the second round of calls. Swingle gives customers set date ranges for service in rounds. “You’re talking about being days, weeks behind in the timing which will put us in catchup mode throughout the entire season,” says Chris Walton, senior operations manager. The team takes inventory seriously since it can cost the company thousands if crews aren’t properly equipped. Technicians repair anything and everything they can and note what needs to be replaced. The process begins at the end of the lawn care season when they unload all of the tools and equipment from the trucks and inventory everything from truck parts to aerator parts to spray guns. That’s why Swingle Lawn, Tree and Landscape Care in Denver makes sure that its trucks are loaded up with everything they need before the season even begins. No one wants to start the year at a disadvantage.
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