# 🛍 Retail & Services ### 🔴 High Cost Risk **Efficiency Level:** 🔴 High Cost Risk #### What This Means You are losing money through stock and energy waste. #### Start With These 3 Actions 1. Stop over-ordering stock 2. Turn off lights and signs 3. Check slow-selling items #### Focus Areas Stock loss / Energy #### 30-Day Plan Week 1 → Check inventory\ Week 2 → Reduce orders\ Week 3 → Improve lighting use\ Week 4 → Review costs ### 🟡 Improvement Needed **Efficiency Level:** 🟡 Improvement Needed #### What This Means You can improve cost control with better systems. #### Start With These 3 Actions 1. Order smaller batches 2. Use LED lighting 3. Track product performance #### Focus Areas Inventory / Energy #### 30-Day Plan Week 1 → Track stock\ Week 2 → Improve orders\ Week 3 → Upgrade lighting\ Week 4 → Measure savings ### 🟢 Good Efficiency **Efficiency Level:** 🟢 Good Efficiency #### What This Means Your business is efficient. Focus on optimisation. #### Start With These 3 Actions 1. Improve delivery efficiency 2. Reduce packaging waste 3. Review suppliers #### Focus Areas System optimisation #### 30-Day Plan Week 1 → Review logistics\ Week 2 → Reduce waste\ Week 3 → Improve supply chain\ Week 4 → Track improvements --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.greatcollaboration.uk/knowledgebase/society/business-files/quick-self-assessment-5-minutes/retail-and-services.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.