Just think: only nine more months until I can type 11/11/11 in the title of a Friday Linkology blog post. Isn’t that exciting? No? In fact, you say, it’s the exact opposite of exciting? I actually agree, but I went with it because I usually lead into the Friday links with some sort of pointless
Read More...People and organizations are “doers” by nature. We want to build something, provide some service, and support operations. Too often, we “take the bull by the horns” and start solving problems because we believe we know what needs to be done — like implementing Oracle or PeopleSoft. Sometimes we get lucky and…it works! Many times,
Read More...A: The Oracle Maintenance Summit is an exclusive invitation-only event for leading maintenance practitioners. Maintenance software, or EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)/CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), is key to improving productivity, which directly affects the bottom line and contributes to an organization’s ability to compete in the global market. We here at MIPRO have been a
Read More...You know what we’ve found? Magical things happen when employees know they’ll get to be king for a week. Gone is the complaining about what management is forcing them to do, because rotating management gives them a clear perspective of both sides of the fence. Employees will step up and grow if you give them
Read More...We had a snowstorm this week, which was eventually dubbed a blizzard by The Weather People just before the snow started falling. Coinciding with this storm, I wasn’t getting a lot of sleep. This combination led me to say a great many stupid puns about the blizzard, including but not limited to: If this blizzard
Read More...At MIPRO, one of our carved-in-stone corporate commitments is to “do the right thing.” We use that as a guide in our interactions with clients, prospects, partners, and team members. But much like it’s said the true picture of a man’s character is how he acts when nobody is watching, the true measure of this
Read More...A: The boy scouts taught me to plan ahead and be prepared. My mother reminded me often that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Your organization’s assets are no different, and a maintenance management solution such as Oracle’s is the perfect starting point for a proactive approach to maximizing the value
Read More...Many organizations striving to be perceived as a ‘Great Place to Work’ consider leveraging retention as a metric to assess their success. While a common practice, organizations often leverage it incorrectly. Let’s walk through a few of the pitfalls in using retention metrics and get to some meaningful ways to assess if your workforce wants
Read More...A: The conference itself is a free, by invitation-only event that includes not only conference sessions but also meals and networking, social events. Many more reasons to follow. Stay tuned!
Read More...If you hold out with your vision a little bit, it’s like a cake being put in the oven. The scene doesn’t work immediately, you have to bake it a little bit. It’s unfair, when you begin to create a shot, say, or a scene, that it’s going to immediately be like those beautiful scenes
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