P2P – Warehouse / Purchasing February 2012 After reviewing the status of open topics, we discussed the various means and methods of tracking company tools, we will look into the feasibility of integrating bar-coding tool numbers for tracking company tools.  We also discussed a company that (FSG 20 – Austin) uses to refurbish / re-certify (ANSI)…

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P2P – Service Dispatcher  February 2012 After a brief update on the NAC Work Order Flow Chart, we discussed the need for each dispatcher to evaluate their own individual responsibility to maintain good notes in GUI.  We reviewed anonymous work orders that demonstrated good notes and notes that were … well… lets just say… “lacking”.  Stacy pointed…

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This month’s discussion revolved around  the differences in responsibilities of each small job pm as well as the variety of work that is handled from branch to branch.  The bulk of work for some branches is comprised of lighting retrofits, other has a mix of electrical work to lighting retrofits.  Some small job pm’s handle only electrical projects with…

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P2P – Construction PM  February 2012. Today we focused most of our time looking into variables that affect production on job sites.  We used a current example of a project that had 5 separate buildings.  Two were identical, (literally).  One did very well on budgets, the other… well, not quite as good. 

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P2P – CAD Designers  February 2012 February’s discussion revolved around the use of ipad or android tablets to communicate CAD info to the guys in the field.  Mike Galvan (DE40) has been using his Ipad along with WS software to make available drawings that can be retrieved and viewed in the field.  One benefit to…

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P2P – Administrators    February 2012 Robin Taylor reviewed the Fit-N-Tight results from last month.  We emphasized the importance of each person on the team being aware of the Fit-N-Tight program and how their personal disciplines and efforts impact the report.  We also emphasized that fact that this tool will be reviewed by Division Mgrs…

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P2P – Outside Sales and Marketing   – February 2012 Mike Font trained on how to use customer price records.  He demonstrated some of the pit falls he has seen in using PD SBZ and PD SBL menu options.   Mike showed how to set up Type 1, 2, 3,  and 5 price records and…

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