Management

Generix Group Presenting at NAV Summit!
15 October, 2018

Please join us as we present these highly informative and engaging sessions:

SCM86 - Hot Topic: Is Your Supply Chain "Future Ready"?

Presenter:  Phil Gautrin, VP of Customer Success, Generix Group

Heard of Industry 4.0 or the digital supply chain? Amazon and the other industry leaders have been driving this revolution for years now, and soon anyone not embracing the capabilities of having technology embedded throughout their supply chain will be left in the dust. We’ll discuss the latest innovations and resulting capabilities being recognized, then drill down to real actions your small to medium-sized business can afford and execute.

Tuesday, October 15, 10:15 – 11:15, Rm. 156 South

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Trade War
Are Your Supply Chains Ready for a Trade War?
28 August, 2018

16 Things You Can Do Now To Prepare for Disruption

A trade war began threatening global supply chains just as the 2018 hurricane season got underway.

Trade wars and hurricanes are, of course, unrelated. But both can disrupt supply chains, and both demand readiness.

The process of preparing for hurricanes offers a useful metaphor for how companies can prepare for trade wars.

What can you do to prepare? This article shares one caution and 16 ideas from diverse sources.

 

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Generix Group North America to Sponsor a Dynamic Opportunity for the User Group Community – Join us at BCUG/NAVUG Summit Phoenix!
27 June, 2018

This fall, step away from your screens, pack up your big ideas, and head to BCUG/NAVUG Summit Phoenix, the most comprehensive and impressive conference of the year. As a proud PREMIER SPONSOR, Generix Group North America is excited to share this experience with you.

Why you should attend:

BCUG/NAVUG Summit is THE go-to conference that brings industry experts, software development vendors, and everyday users together to discuss important issues, trends, product updates, customer pain points, and genuine solutions.

The value of BCUG/NAVUG Summit is endless! Here are a few more reasons why you should attend:

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Food Recalls: 8 Ways to Contain the Staggering Costs
Food Recalls: 8 Ways to Contain the Staggering Costs
2 May, 2018

Food recalls are increasing in frequency. In this article, you’ll read eight suggestions for food brands and manufacturers to reduce the likelihood of their products being recalled.

You’ll also read about current trends for food recalls in the United States and Canada, with an estimate of the typical costs of a single food recall.

This post opens by  the continuing toll of a 2017 food recall in the United States and Canada. The cause was E. coli contamination in soy nut butter. The product sickened 32 people in 12 states.

The article ends with a list of suggested resources and further reading.

Imagine the most stressful time of your career.

If you work for a food company, it may well be a product recall.

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How to get the most out of your warehouse employees
1 May, 2017

When Amazon bought KIVA 3 years ago, the material handling world was a whirl with talk of how robots would “re-invent the warehouse business.” While this might be an economically viable option for distribution behemoths, medium to large sized organizations will continue to rely on their warehouse staff to get things done. So while robots might be marked as better, faster, stronger, we think you can get superior results from your current warehouse employees.

The following three elements will help create a cohesive, engaged, and productive warehouse team. The results will be motivated employees and happy customers!

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Protected Customizations for Painless Software Upgrades
2 June, 2016

by Sébastien Delorme and Nicolas Laplante.

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Plan de Formation
25 July, 2013

L’implantation d’un logiciel en entreprise est depuis toujours un défi de taille. C’est un travail de longue haleine et les étapes de mise en place doivent être bien définies, documentées et surtout, bien exécutées.Dans ce cycle, une grande partie de l’effort consiste à procéder à l’analyse et l’inventaire des besoins spécifiques du client et d’adapter la solution en conséquence. Souvent, des mois de travail ardu sont nécessaires et une course vers la date de mise en marche du logiciel est lancée.Une des facettes souvent négligée est malheureusement la formation des utilisateurs sur la solution développée. C’est une erreur qui a pourtant de grandes conséquences sur la réussite globale d’un projet. En effet, la formation des usagers est une étape clé qui devrait être priorisée  et planifiée dès le lancement du projet.

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Agile - A Development Culture Change
10 July, 2013

Software development methods are evolving. Inspired from lean manufacturing, agile software development methods are replacing the waterfall method. Agile methods aim at frequently releasing small software increments, collecting user feedback, and adjusting future developments based on the feedback. Each development iteration goes through all software development phases, including specifications, design, implementation, testing, acceptance and deployment, but over a short time frame, typically 2 to 4 weeks. The main benefits are:

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