I recently returned from a two week vacation on the beach. While some may look forward to vacations with anticipation, I tend to see them as bittersweet. Taking vacations has always been difficult for me because thoughts of work piling up haunt me while I’m away. I also don’t like the idea of others doing work in my stead. I learned from reading this article that I was not unlike many Americans in this respect.
As a small business active for more than 20 years, Remedi understands the value of employee morale and retention. While our business and workforce has grown, we have seen the need to find dependable, long-term employees. In our experience, by treating employees like extended family, we have been able to sustain high morale and retain valuable employees. The investments made have since paid major dividends. Some of Remedi’s longest tenured consultants have been with the company for more than 17 years.
Not unlike most consultants, my EDI career has been challenging at times. I've been in EDI for over 20 years and continue to see the same issues no matter what company I am working at. Listed below are my top 5 roadblocks to an EDI team's progress.
If you are a gadget geek like me, this article will be right up your alley.
This weekend I picked up a gadget called the “Nest”. Little did I know at the time that it would find its way into my article this week.
Nest is a learning thermostat for your home HVAC that identifies your heating and cooling patterns and habits and “learns” to program itself. I thought this would be a neat gadget to have since it would save me money on my heating and cooling bills. But then I discovered all of the OTHER gadgets that Nest interfaces with.
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While it is not likely your IT group has sales people, it is likely that IT resources and business sponsors are required to sell the cost/benefits of project initiatives (capital projects or otherwise) to the CFO, CEO, COO, or project committee.
