Latest firsts

I'm still having a great time with this company. And we're still plowing new ground every week.

Two days ago we processed our first shipment with UPS using their online system. Until now, everything had been done by hand in a book full of stickers. In a few days we'll get a label printer which will make the process even easier.

Yesterday we used the label printer (not the UPS one) for the first time to print new box labels to replace the ones we get from our antiquated PC. The old ones are generated using Word Perfect, Quattro Pro, and a decrepit dot-matrix printer. The new ones are a huge improvement not only in looks but in functionality. We've corrected a bunch of little problems the old ones had.

Today the shop guys came in to the office and installed three cabinets on the wall above my desk. Those have been in work for a couple of months so getting them up on the wall was a wonderful milestone!

And another new thing... today I started getting one of our biggest customers set up with an EDI link (that's Electronic Data Interchange). Until now we've done a lot of paperwork for them. The EDI setup will dramatically simplify our interactions as well as making them much less error-prone.

So, yes, I'm still having fun!