Thanks for all of the great suggestions on the ferret soaps.  Just to
clarify, I'm not really TRYING to raise my production on the soaps.  For
one thing, they are tricky to make (given that I'm pouring a liquid into a
metal cookie cutter ..  and then embedding a heart into it, in addition),
and it's about all I can do to supervise two of them at once while they're
setting.  More than that would be nearly impossible.
 
For another thing, there's a LOT of work involved in shrinkwrapping,
labelling, packaging them, shipping them, and taking orders ..  and so
if I make more of them, I'll push that extra work past the point where I
can handle it myself.
 
What I'm really interested in is how to make the system equitable in terms
of taking orders without getting really backlogged, and either causing long
delays for people, or having to turn them down.  I received some excellent
suggestions from someone else who has done a similar program ..  but I'm
always open to more ideas!  Thanks!
 
- Ela
[Posted in FML issue 2568]