by Tammy Davis | Apr 30, 2011 | Daily dose
We once had a program at work dubbed the Indispensable Program. The idea behind it was to make our company so valuable to our key customers that it would cost too much to dump us as a supplier. It involved hyperaccurate forecasting, inventory...
by Tammy Davis | Apr 29, 2011 | Daily dose
Years ago, I lobbied for a job that I already had been doing de facto. I presented my case to my boss in a well-reasoned memo and then sat down to discuss it with him. I thought it was a slam dunk. He didn’t give me the job. I was definitely frustrated, but the...
by Tammy Davis | Apr 28, 2011 | Daily dose
Once upon a time, I did a lot of volunteer work with an international youth exchange organization. After a couple of stints as an exchange student myself, I worked with students coming to the US as well as US students (and their parents) preparing to go overseas. If...
by Tammy Davis | Apr 27, 2011 | Daily dose
When I opened up an industry trade magazine today, I noticed an article titled Internet and Fax Scams. As I consider myself a fairly enlightened user of electronic media, I was in the process of flipping to the next page when a couple of bullet points caught my...
by Tammy Davis | Apr 26, 2011 | Daily dose
George Harrison. Tom Petty. Roy Orbison. Jeff Lynne. Bob Dylan. Sounds like a dream team of music, doesn’t it? It would really be something to hear if they all sang together. Oh wait–they did! For a brief interlude, on a whim and as a bit of a lark, they...
