{"id":16450,"date":"2024-01-05T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growthink.com\/?page_id=16450"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T11:34:06","slug":"operations-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.growthink.com\/businessplan\/help-center\/franchise-business-plan\/operations-plan","title":{"rendered":"Franchise Business Plan Operations Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 35px;\"><strong>Franchise Operations Plan<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>While the earlier sections of your business plan explained your goals, your operations plan describes how you will meet them. Your operations plan should have two distinct sections as follows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyday short-term processes<\/strong>\u00a0include all of the tasks involved in running your franchise such as serving customers, procuring supplies, keeping the store clean, etc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businessplantemplate.growthink.com\/franchise\/?utm_source=franchise-business-plan&#038;utm_medium=NA&#038;utm_campaign=seo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008cba;\">You can download our Franchise Business Plan Template (including a full, customizable financial model) to your computer here.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Long-term goals\u00a0<\/strong>are the milestones you hope to achieve. These could include the dates when you expect to serve your 5,000th customer, or when you hope to reach $X in sales. 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