{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Survive: Essentials for C-Store Assistant Managers","title":"GOAL SETTING (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S OPERATIONAL BUDGETING SYSTEM)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d9e532a6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":306,"description":"SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION)Episode Title: Goal Setting: The Assistant Manager’s Operational Budgeting System (Episode 121) Episode Description: \"You are an Assistant Manager who is essentially operating as a 'budgetary bystander'.\" In this episode of Survive, Mike Hernandez explains why Assistant Managers must move beyond passive compliance and start acting as \"operational budget-architects\" who actively forecast and optimize every resource under their control.What You Will Learn:Labor-Utilization Forecasting: Moving from reacting to schedules to proactively engineering staffing for maximum efficiency.Waste-Reduction Commitment: Treating inventory waste as a forecasting failure that can be mitigated through shift design.Benchmark-or-Bust Philosophy: Why setting your own internal performance targets is the only way to drive district-level results.Operational Profitability: Transitioning from \"budget-watcher\" to \"resource-allocation engine.\"Resources & Links:Download the Assistant Manager’s Operational Budgeting Blueprint: Text the code word SURVIVE121 to 9 5 6 - 8 9 7 - 9 1 9 2.Get the Digital Interactive Version: Email the code word SURVIVE121 to admin@cstorecenter.com for a mobile-friendly checklist.Recommended Listen: Thrive: Episode 130.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fp7lkIUjQuQcxJj-6T03P_9wyiw05RvWj0NL8FNLSew/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYzFk/Mzc2ZjM2OWEyZTk4/ZDQwY2Y5MDUxMTJj/YWI2Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}