Synthetic example · Workflow X-Ray report

Taste & Thyme Catering

Synthetic catering example

Modeled time and cost

$722.31 weekly / $37,560 annual

Time in workflow

18.62 hours per week

Problems identified

  1. Double-booked Saturdays caused by drift between the Sheet and paper calendar
  2. Ingredient shortages and overbuys caused by ordering from memory
  3. Staffing swaps in group text missing the event sheets
  4. Hand-retyped invoices and untracked deposits delaying payment

One full recommendation

Move event bookings onto one shared calendar by configuring Tripleseat as the single booking record, with Google Calendar connected so that Saturday holds are visible in one place instead of the Sheet and the paper calendar being updated separately.

Addresses problem 1 · Tools: Tripleseat, Google Calendar