It’s a weird week, what with the 4th of July falling smack in the middle of it, but I’m confident the following two videos will: Be entertaining Contain moving images Whiten your teeth as we head into the weekend. Enjoy. Wes Anderson’s American Express Ad Considered to be his finest commercial. (Best line — WES:
Read More...My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! — Thomas Jefferson Politics and polemics aside, America enjoys freedoms no other country can claim. Let’s think about that today, and celebrate it. We’re luckier than we know. Happy July
Read More...This quote is from Ira Glass, and it’s about working hard in creative endeavors so that your output can eventually match your ambitions, but this is worth hanging on your wall no matter what your business. If more people kept fighting, even when things are far from where they’d like, everyone would be so much
Read More...Team members share the challenges of landing Curiosity — the Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL — on the surface of Mars. Suddenly, your ERP project doesn’t seem so daunting. ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
Read More...The challenge of “preventive maintenance” is complicated in the healthcare market and one of the elements that was made clear to me at Interact 2012 was the distinction in healthcare between the maintenance crews for facilities (buildings and grounds) and the biomed machinery. Folks we spoke to talked about the segregation between crews that have their
Read More...In our previous video blog about XML Publisher we showed you the basics on how to get going with creating some simple queries and reports. In this video blog we show a few more tricks and tips to help take your reporting to the next level. We will highlight how to create charts within groupings,
Read More...Chris Taylor over at Process Excellent Network has a piece about the damp world of Business Process Management (BPM) gaffes that struck me as interesting. In it, Taylor riffs on his seven deadly sins of BPM, which are: Taking the word management in vain Working in process silos Reinventing the wheel Making it hard to
Read More...If you’ve read our previous posts in this series, you’re up to speed (if not, here’s part 1, part 2 and part 3). You understand the risks associated with not having a strategic, coordinated and effective maintenance management program supported by an integrated software solution. You recognize the value of Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM), and
Read More...Last week, I listed my favorite must-have, daily-use iOS (iPhone/iPad) apps. Because I might be the biggest Apple slappy you semi-sorta know on the web due to a blog you read, I have more to share. Way more. But I’ll spare you the way and just give you more, because these might be useful to
Read More...We’ve talked about the maintenance and operational challenges associated with successfully running a large and complex healthcare organization/facility, and we’ve talked about the exciting potential of Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategies and powerful programs like PeopleSoft ALM. “But what’s the big deal?” you might ask, “How much of a difference can a fully-integrated ALM really
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