53 Entering the 21st Century July 15, 2025
And only 25 years late! As we continue to ramp up, we need to find ways to be more efficient. Previously, when one of the staff finished a job, they had to track down Karl for their next assignment. Our lead machinist suggested that Karl put up a white board with each persons pending assignments. Karl liked the idea. I pointed out that he already had that information in our data base and that it just needed to be sorted by employee. He was a little skeptical so I spent a couple of hours programming it to automatically display on remote monitors. Once he saw it, he liked it so I had Mike buy and install the monitors and all the necessary accessories. It went from concept to fully operational in a week. The best part is that the staff have fully embraced it and like it resulting in less wasted time trying to track Karl down. I know what a lot of you are saying: “We have had electronic assignment boards at our course for years!” One of the things that amazes me is the specialized software for golf courses like (shameless plug) caddieiq.ai and others. I have searched and continue to search for a comprehensive and affordable management software for small manufacturing. It doesn’t exist, which is why we had to develop our own using Filemaker from www.claris.com. I guess the programmers know where the money is.