George Saunders delivered the convocation speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013. It’s amazing and a flat-out must-read. Some excerpts: So: What do I regret? Being poor from time to time? Not really. Working terrible jobs, like “knuckle-puller in a slaughterhouse?” (And don’t even ASK what that entails.) No. I don’t regret that.
Read More...Last week, our team headed to the Windy City for PeopleSoft RECONNECT, hosted by Quest. RECONNECT, the only PeopleSoft-specific event in North America, is a must-attend conference according to Tim Schinke, our Director of the North Central Region. More than 300 PeopleSoft users from a wide range of industries came together under one roof to collaborate, share ideas and
Read More...MIPRO Consulting is proud to be a featured presenter in the Asset Lifecycle Management and Project Costing track at RECONNECT 2013. On Thursday, July 25th at 11:30am, please join MIPRO’s Steven Brenner as he discusses Lease Management Enhanced through PeopleSoft Real Estate Management. In this session, Steven will demonstrate how Real Estate Management can streamline
Read More...Michael Rigano to Lead MIPRO’s Expansion into Northwest USA June 17, 2013 MIPRO Consulting, a consultancy specializing in implementations, upgrades and optimizations of Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications, announced today the hire of Michael Rigano as Director, Northwest Region. MIPRO President and CEO Jim Prokes made the announcement. With more than 20 years of PeopleSoft
Read More...MIPRO Consulting Retained by Covanta Energy for PeopleSoft Implementation June 3, 2013 MIPRO Consulting, a Milford, Mich.-based consultancy specializing in implementations, upgrades and optimizations of Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications, announced today that they have been retained by Covanta Energy, one of the world’s largest owners and operators of infrastructure for the conversion of waste-to-energy and
Read More...MIPRO Featured in University Business In a time when many organizations are looking to do more with less, one solution is to look at maintenance processes and costs of institutional assets. MIPRO Consulting, a Michigan based consultancy specializing in Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications, regularly works with organizations of all sizes in a variety of industries
Read More...At 14 years old, Zach Sobiech found out he had a rare form of cancer called osteosarcoma, a disease of bone tissue most commonly found in teenagers during heavy growth phases. In the months he had left, Zach turned to music and literally became a star. In the process, he created something truly astonishing. He
Read More...MIPRO Featured in the April 2013 Edition of Cleaner Magazine Properly functioning equipment is a vital component of success for many industries. Unfortunately, maintenance on that equipment typically only becomes a priority when it fails or breaks—and even then the choice to fix or replace the machinery is often a product of whether the
Read More...We’d like to give a quick congratulations to Calpine, a MIPRO client, for having a record-setting year in 2012. We work firsthand with the Calpine teams, and they’re world-class all the way. “2012 was a breakout year for Calpine, as we capitalized on the secular shift toward greater utilization of combined-cycle gas turbines in the
Read More...A quick announcement today: in an effort to help our expanding readership find the content they’re looking for, we have added new categories under the PeopleSoft master category. We have over 900 posts here on Unfiltered, and we want to make sure you can get to the content that interests you quickly. The new categories
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