Being where you are
August 28th 2007 12:26
I heard about a businessman the other night who deals, if I remember rightly, with the installation of telephone cables, including fibre optics. He has a large fleet of vehicles and is big on inventory management systems and keeping track of what’s where. A canny businessman, in other words.
In an even more canny move, he installed tracking devices on each of his vehicles, without his staffs’ knowledge, so he could be sure his vehicle fleet was always where it was supposed to be.
One morning, he decided to check on the fleet, and went through the list. One of the vehicles was showing up as being 200 miles north of its designated location. He got the driver on the cellphone and asked him where he was. The driver told him he was at the place he was supposed to be. ‘No, you’re not,’ replied his now angry boss, ‘you’re two hundred miles north of that. What are you doing there?’ The driver did a bit of blustering, having no idea how the boss could know where he was, but in the end had to admit he was much further away that he should have been.
Being a canny businessman, the boss gave him the sack.
These days you don’t want to be a worker who thinks he can get away with fooling the boss. And if you are the boss, then it’s worth checking out some of the systems available to keep track not only of your workers, but of your merchandise. F. Curtis Barry & Company are a reliable company who provide warehouse management systems, and are well worth a look.
In an even more canny move, he installed tracking devices on each of his vehicles, without his staffs’ knowledge, so he could be sure his vehicle fleet was always where it was supposed to be.
One morning, he decided to check on the fleet, and went through the list. One of the vehicles was showing up as being 200 miles north of its designated location. He got the driver on the cellphone and asked him where he was. The driver told him he was at the place he was supposed to be. ‘No, you’re not,’ replied his now angry boss, ‘you’re two hundred miles north of that. What are you doing there?’ The driver did a bit of blustering, having no idea how the boss could know where he was, but in the end had to admit he was much further away that he should have been.
These days you don’t want to be a worker who thinks he can get away with fooling the boss. And if you are the boss, then it’s worth checking out some of the systems available to keep track not only of your workers, but of your merchandise. F. Curtis Barry & Company are a reliable company who provide warehouse management systems, and are well worth a look.
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