Run Operations
The delivery engine: how the business actually makes and provides what it sells.
What this skill manages
Capacity
- Daily/weekly output limits (how many covers, clients, jobs, units?)
- Bottleneck identification (kitchen, equipment, staff, space, founder hours)
- Demand-capacity lock: validate-opportunity cannot recommend a volume this skill cannot staff
Suppliers and supply chain
- Supplier list with contacts, terms, lead times, backup options
- Single-source risk flags
- Order calendar (when to reorder, how much, from whom)
Inventory (the ecosystem's biggest gap)
- Par levels (minimum stock before reorder)
- Reorder points and quantities
- Variance tracking (theoretical vs actual usage — waste %)
- Cycle count schedule (weekly spot-check, monthly full count)
Recipe/job costing
- Per-unit cost breakdown (ingredients/materials + labor time + overhead allocation)
- Menu price derivation from cost + target margin
- Margin by item (which items make money, which are loss leaders)
SOPs (standard operating procedures)
- Opening checklist
- Closing checklist
- Weekly deep-clean / maintenance
- Quality standards (what "done right" looks like)
- Safety procedures
- Customer complaint handling
Compliance operations
- Daily/weekly/monthly compliance tasks
- Inspection readiness (health, fire, safety)
- Equipment maintenance logs
- Permits/licenses renewal calendar
Key outputs
- Capacity plan (max output + bottleneck)
- Par sheet (what to stock, when to reorder)
- Costed menu/service list (per-item cost and margin)
- SOP binder
- Compliance calendar