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CASE STUDY 01 · PHOTO BOOTH OPERATIONS

From scattered data to one command center.

How Zim Zoom connected events, capacity, staffing, payments, metrics, and approvals into one owner-focused operating view—in a matter of days.

Zim Zoom owner overview

The owner had become the integration layer.

VSCO held customers, jobs, orders, and payments. Superhuman Docs held metrics. Slack held approvals. Staffing and booth capacity depended on manual interpretation. Each tool worked; the daily burden came from connecting them.

Before, the owner had to search for problems. Now, the command center brings the right problems to the owner.

One screen. Six essential answers.

  1. Revenue booked and collected
  2. Dates nearing booth capacity
  3. Upcoming shifts still unstaffed
  4. Customers with past-due balances
  5. Decisions waiting on the owner
  6. Connected-system health

The projected return

The initial operating model estimates 7–16 hours saved per week—roughly 350–800 hours per year. Those are modeled estimates to be replaced with measured results after enough production use.

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