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-Add the media/content as part of the adilas quick search. People or users might want to get to their files as quick as possible. This could be really cool. -Allow people to rephrase or explain what they understand. That really helps in both learning and teaching. Basically that step of reprocessing helps it to stick and stay better. During the weekly demo, I used my marker and went over how we could use elements of time to help automate and track packaging and RFID tags over time. Here are some notes and ideas…. -Add subs and pieces to a time event in bulk and mix the pieces as needed. Use a PO to populate the time event and setup the pieces. The subs of time could hold hands with one or more products or items. The subs of time may be treated as a bulk item – say 36 of product X, all on one line, or as individual pieces – say 36 of product X on 36 different lines. Most PO’s are recorded in bulk. Subs of elements of time could be done in bulk or they could help to individually track a single instance or occurrence of an item. -Each line or sub of time could hold settings like cost, quantity, and even a unique barcode per line item. Once again as bulk pieces or individual line items. -We could use the budget settings on elements of time for the totals – both expected totals and totals used or accounted for. This could help us know if we have all of the pieces or if the package, batch, or lot is fully used or accounted for. -We could use the target date settings for expiration dates. Or we could add a physical expiration date to the subs of time. Make it specific to our needs for packaging, lots, batches, and groups. -We could use the done or finished flag on elements of time to help us know if a package has been fully accounted for. -The subs of time for packages will need to connect three of the main pieces of the puzzle. Those pieces are PO line items, parts and items, and invoice line items. This is where we go from bulk to individuals. There still may be some pain between bulk tracking and individual tracking – they are different monsters but need to play well together. We may need some tools to go between the two pieces. -On elements of time, it may be cool if we could name certain parts of the main elements of time such as target date, finished or done flag, and budget settings. These are pieces that may be bolted on to elements of time but we currently can’t control their naming. The key word there is “currently”. We could add more template settings in a heartbeat. Then if we were only dealing with a certain template, we could switch to that verbage. If we mixed templates, we could check for similarities and use custom verbage if possible. If not, no problem, we could use things like budget settings, finished flags, and target dates. Those would be the defaults but the custom verbage could overwrite those defaults if used. Piece of cake. -On the subs of time for packaging … we need to be able to create smaller unique barcodes that will tie the items back to the elements of time or package. These little barcodes could help do some reverse look-ups and get prices, costs, RFID tag numbers, package details, etc. Think backwards. -Make all of the other barcode fields and options have the keyword “auto” as a feature. This could be: “flx” for flex grid tie-in, “cfb” for cart favorite buttons, “rb” for recipe/builds, and “eot” for elements of time. These values would then append the actual id or line id as needed. We could then do a reverse look-up to get additional details and know what to do. Basically, we could use the barcodes to go backwards up the chain. The computer or system could be programmed to play according to specific mappings (barcodes with id numbers), the human side could use a simple barcode scanner to get at the advanced functionality behind the scenes. That could be very powerful! -If needed, we could even allow subs of time for packaging to play according to tiered pricing structures held on smart group buttons. This would be a mix between packaging and flexible pricing and quantity matrixes. Wow, that is a lot of moving pieces… And then to think, we have to take it all the way back to the accounting level. Then again, if we use an object and track it over time, it is capable of holding its own luggage and details. Tell and record the story and then map back to it. It is possible! It may be hard, but it is possible! -Recording notes, thoughts, ideas, actions, answers to prayers, inspiration, etc., is very important. In a small way, by doing so, you can let go and you don’t have to stress as hard to remember everything. You can just go back and look things up. What a great blessing! |