Tag «technology»

Rock, Paper, Concrete…

MAVNS, a successful construction company, has been staying ahead of the innovation curve as it relates to construction technology and site development over the past few decades. However, stagnation in the evolution of its employee time keeping processes has created a snowball effect of other issues that are ultimately costing profitability and significant competitive advantage. …

Is It Time to Retire?

Brad McIntire, President of Conserv Building Services, sat in his office, wondering if it was time to retire. Once again, Technology, his nemesis, had derailed his organization and brought it to a standstill. Brad was thinking, “I think these I.T. guys are literally going to be the death of me.”

Techgenics’ Data Security Compliance

 “This is bad, really bad,” Jay Santos thought to himself. An email from Microsoft greeted him first thing in the morning with news of several new vulnerabilities, many that the software manufacturer had rated as critical. What troubled Jay was that the vulnerable software subsystem was the remote desktop protocol (see Exhibit 1). The use …

How to Fill the Holes in Mining Inventory?

JoAnn put down the inventory reports of four Mosaic mines that she had been contemplating. Much of the raw material for the company’s phosphate fertilizer production was mined and processed at these Florida facilities. Keeping track of the vast array of equipment, parts, and supplies required to operate the mines had become an issue.