No shopping cart discussion would be complete without mentioning Ideo. They designed a shopping cart for an ABC News broadcast. They are very much a company that works hard to understand value. When I grow up, I want to work at Ideo.
That's why there needs to be a cost associated with sending out your resume for Monster to work. I think it should cost a dollar to submit a resume. That might make everyone a little more selective about who they approach.
People run jobs through a plant in batch, because they worry about the costs of setup time (or switching costs). What most people forget is that the setup time is often irrelevant - unless that operation is the bottleneck. The gains in flexibility and reduced WIP outweigh the time spent setting up. See Goldratt and the Theory of Constraints for more info.
"//I quit because I'm a programmer, not a fucking tech support flunkee. Beware the after hours cell phone."
Don't guess you ever heard of being a team player. Our development group and tech support group at least try to work together. I'm not saying it is perfect, but language like yours just sets a department up for failure.
I just got back from IBM's AS/400 Fall Technical Conference... one of the offerings was session on IPL. For a large system, they hope to bring the time down to 15 minutes (for a normal IPL). While that sounds all well and good, our ERP will then take several hours to 'catch back up' - running reports, processing unfinished requests, etc.
In any case, stability and up-time are much bigger issues than the time required to restart the system.
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No shopping cart discussion would be complete without mentioning Ideo. They designed a shopping cart for an ABC News broadcast. They are very much a company that works hard to understand value. When I grow up, I want to work at Ideo.
Link to a clip of the show:
http://www.ideo.com/media/info.asp?x=3
Novel is a book. Novell is the company.
That's why there needs to be a cost associated with sending out your resume for Monster to work. I think it should cost a dollar to submit a resume. That might make everyone a little more selective about who they approach.
This article explains why they aren't a bank... scary or not, they couldn't attain their goals under the constraints of a true bank. Wired Mag Article
People run jobs through a plant in batch, because they worry about the costs of setup time (or switching costs). What most people forget is that the setup time is often irrelevant - unless that operation is the bottleneck. The gains in flexibility and reduced WIP outweigh the time spent setting up. See Goldratt and the Theory of Constraints for more info.
You don't have to spend that much money or time... I'm getting my MBA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville via the Professional program.
Cost: $21,500*
Time: 16 months (albeit mostly Saturdays)
*Plus my employer is paying for part of it.
"//I quit because I'm a programmer, not a fucking tech support flunkee. Beware the after hours cell phone."
Don't guess you ever heard of being a team player. Our development group and tech support group at least try to work together. I'm not saying it is perfect, but language like yours just sets a department up for failure.
I just got back from IBM's AS/400 Fall Technical Conference... one of the offerings was session on IPL. For a large system, they hope to bring the time down to 15 minutes (for a normal IPL). While that sounds all well and good, our ERP will then take several hours to 'catch back up' - running reports, processing unfinished requests, etc.
In any case, stability and up-time are much bigger issues than the time required to restart the system.