WORKING at height specialist Simian Risk has won a contract to provide on-site training for Shell and the South Oil Company in Iraq. The North West based consultancy firm, which launched in 2005, will provide bespoke scaffolding and work at height training and supervision at a new oil field site in Southern Iraq. Simian Risk will be working closely alongside local workers to train and assist them in erecting scaffolding for building works at the site, which currently employs thousands of Iraqis. This is a massive project, with a whole infrastructure being built around the oil field. MORE >>

Kevin Benedict, a mobility blogger for Sys-Con Media , posted an interesting, short video about what he calls “field service velocity.” ” Basically, it’s an abstract term for how well an organization can coordinate the various competing factors needed to complete a job – parts, logistics, a properly trained technician. The faster a company can get those things to the right place at the same time – the “optimized intersection” – and get the job done, the better its field service velocity. How have you tuned your organization’s field service velocity? MORE >>

 . Mobile is one of the fastest growing segments in the market. Does it make sense for you to use it to engage your customer base?  . Here are a few tips to think about if you’re considering using emails to go after your targets. Ask your customers if mobile is the best way to reach them. Ask them what kind of info would be useful to receive on their phones. Keep it simple – make sure things like your subject line are clear so they know who it’s from. Keep it short – get to the point and make sure your most important part of the message is up front. MORE >>

How many times have you been stuck wondering; does that really work, just what does that mean, how much load can that handle, I think that’s right, right? Fortunately for many of us we have a huge rolodex of people we can call or shoot an email to, but as we know they are generally Read more. General Articles Directory Resource MORE >>

I love John Wayne, his work and what he stood for. The Duke is in my opinion one of the best Western actors of all time. In one of my favorite movies, “McLintock”, one of the characters frequently addressed George Washington McLintock (John Wayne) as “Big Macklin” He greeted G. with a, “Ho, Big Macklin” several times in the movie and that’s become a phrase I often use when I run into something that takes me by surprise. had a “Ho, Big Macklin” moment this morning when a young fellow called. He was concerned that maybe the 1.11 markup of 1.11 MORE >>