Monthly Archives: February 2011

Pitfalls of using spreadsheets to schedule business operations

Many businesses today use wallboards, spreadsheets or piles of paper to schedule operations. It makes a lot of since to start off using such tools, because they are affordable and easy to start using. Most business computers already have a … Continue reading

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Distribution business needs a Receiving door scheduler

Customer Profile: The client business involved making consumer storage systems. They have a 600,000 sq. foot factory located in the US. The facility supports the manufacturing, distribution and redistribution aspects of the business. Half the plant is for manufacturing and … Continue reading

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Delivery Planner for Sod Farms

In May of 2008 we received a call from FairGreen sod, located north of Toronto. They were in their spring rush and overwhelmed with the task of planning their daily delivery trips. The owner of the business was spending 2-3 hours manually sorting invoices into delivery routes. Continue reading

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IBM Centennial video, Sabre and the business of enterprise software

Recently I was watching the

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