Studio Ops Weekly Note

Summary

This week centred on tightening the vendor list, re-forecasting Q4 spend, and closing out the open reimbursement queue with Accounts.

Key Updates:

Closed the Q3 ledger and handed the signed pack to Accounts for filing.

Re-forecast the Q4 allocation — moved headroom into tooling and trimmed travel by 12%.

Cleared four reimbursements held over from the studio and workshop teams (EUR 3,840 total).

Flagged a late vendor payment (EUR 1,760); Accounts expect it settled by 14 November.

Circulated the refreshed spend tracker to every team lead for visibility.

Next Steps:

Sit down with the Accounts lead on Tuesday to sign off the revised Q4 figure.

Draft the cost-reduction memo ahead of the November all-hands.

Make sure October reimbursements land in the November statement.

Notes:

Handovers were quick this week. Everyone turned around figures the same day, which pulled the whole review forward by two working days.