Comments on: All the Little Ants are Marching…

By: David

David — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:45:27 +0000

@Scott, they are all exact copies, so why not have them sign one and then make 2 traditional copies?

It would still be cheaper than using that old 3-play with carbon type paper. No?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:44:13 +0000

David I feel your pain as back in the day for (if memory serves) Sunbeam I made toast or opened cans until the tool failed or went up in flames. Good times, not!

I should note we use a legacy dot matrix once a year for physical inventory.

A-n-y-w-a-y yes this behavior is everywhere including our little ant farm. My guess is the fear magnitude outweighs the actual ripple of the change itself.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:31:20 +0000

Andrew,

An electronic signature would not work. Truck drivers (employed by another comapny) are the ones who need to sign it.

By: Fred Crawford

Fred Crawford — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:42:30 +0000

Yep, daily. You have to show it to them in wasted dollar amounts. Time doesn’t matter, but dollars do.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:40:50 +0000

Love the Dave Mathews reference.

Scott, how about an electronic signature that prints out on the form?

By: scott

scott — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:37:19 +0000

My company still uses a dot matrix printer to print our bill of ladings. I would love to get rid of it. However I am not sure how. Our bill of ladings are printed on a three part form. Each form part needs a signature. How do you acomplish this with a laser printer without having to sign each copy individually?

Thanks,
Scott

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:37:08 +0000

I just love the “I’ve always done it this way” people. No reason for not making a change, just don’t want to be uncomfortable for any amount of time. Even if the change would simplify or improve processes. … unbelievable!