There are lots of benefits to an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in a manufacturing environment. One of the more fundamental ways I've experienced it being helpful to is with reporting. Massive amounts of data exist when a company runs their processes and related data through an ERP system. It follows then that business people …
Category: Attitude
Up and Down
Thinking back to a ride in Disneyland recently. It was one of the few our son would go on, given his place in time and space and thrill tolerance. We went up and down on this one as we spun around at a reasonable (but not scary) clip. Looking through the pictures, it has me …
Think Globally, Act Locally
When I was in school, my professor wrote this phrase in my class journal while he was reviewing it one time: "think globally, act locally." I don't recall the journal entry details I'd written that prompted this comment from him; I know very well that my head and heart where on fire with lots of …
Perseverance and Peace
Second Timothy, Chapter 3. “11 Here is a saying that you can rely on: If we have died with him, then we shall live with him. 12 If we persevere, then we shall reign with him. If we disown him, then he will disown us. 13 If we are faithless, he is faithful still, for …
R30
Major theme for this weekend: “SCU’89_R30.” This is the moniker I’ve given our 30th college reunion happening this weekend. What does this alphanumeric reference mean exactly? My own shorthand for “Santa Clara University Class of 1989, 30 Year Reunion.” Random? A little silly? Yea, I’m like that sometimes. This coming together, or really, collection of …
I Should Have Known
Big gathering this weekend, a reunion, a couple hundred (or more?) folks getting together to celebrate our years together in college a long time back. Fun for so many, especially those coming in from out of town, to visit the campus, refreshed big time since we walked those grounds. And people spending extra time in …
Lyrics Post: “24K Magic”
This might have been the first song I heard by Bruno Mars, a couple years back. My wife liked it; our kids liked it. That was enough to give a listen. Fun music this cat throws down, and this particular song? Worth solid gold, I'd say. : - ) "24K Magic" Tonight I just want …
The Weekly
For 20 plus years, The Weekly... A simple gathering, a chance to get together and share and vent and get a bit of a break from the day to day. It began when folks in our little group started having kids. Sometimes we’d talk about parenting, a lot of times it’s about getting a couple …
What You Do
The Inventory Cage Sometimes it’s not so much where you are but what you do that matters more. Do What You Do. I found myself in the inventory cage getting some work done recently; mind you, the work I was doing related to what was in the cage. So I figured, rather than go back …
Road Trip!
Zero Dark Thirty, we rolled out. Regardless the hour, the excitement and anticipation were palpable. Over a great highway, southbound. And we chatted and the kids dozed and woke again. After several hours we arrived. And immediately we set to work, “having fun.” We learned pretty quick from the kids’ reactions to various proposed rides, …
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