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BPS Mobile App
The Business Process Suite mobile app enables, in addition to the invoice approval workflow or the ePosting solution to execute invoice verification and invoice approval on a mobile device (smartphone, iPhone, tablet or iPad). On these devices, all steps of the workflow, including recalling scanned invoices, can be executed and processed accordingly. The Business Process Suite mobile app is offered as an option for the ePosting solution or the invoice approval workflow.
Posting with Excel
Posting with Excel is a tool by means of which you can enter postings in Excel and thanks to a smart import function import them to SAP. Therefore, you may generate multi-line postings or vouchers via one single file. This solution is extremely efficient for regular, similar postings. Contents in Excel are edited or deleted. If all conditions are met (e.g. balance zero), the file can be imported and the original table can be archived as paper document. The posting templates are adapted by ERPsourcing to the individual needs of the customer.
Business Expenses Module (BEM)
Module for processing expenses including the possibility of collecting costs and original vouchers (photo) on mobile devices (Android and iOS). The integrated authorisation workflow ensures compliance of IKS standards and regulations and the corresponding audit guidelines. Due to the high integration in SAP, the correspondingly collected expenses that were approved in the workflow can be directly posted in SAP. Payment of vouchers is executed afterwards according to the specifications of each customer. The module BEM can be integrated seamlessly in the ePosting solution and therefore guarantees efficient and safe processing of the expenses both for the employer and the employee.
Business Process Suite (BPS)
With the Business Process Suite (BPS) ERPsourcing AG offers a framework supporting our customers in different administrative and operational processes in many ways. The strengths of the Business Process Suite are located in process optimisation, meeting IKS regulations, fulfilling financial and IT audits, provision of various information and assessments, archiving of documents and extending mobility. Both standard modules and customer-specific modules may be used in the Business Process Suite frameworks. By means of the Business Process Suite cloud and the corresponding web interface, the access to modules and data is guaranteed around the clock. Furthermore, the Business Process Suite mobile apps offer versatile options and substantially increase the efficiency within the modules.
CATS Mobile App
The CATS mobile app allows to record working hours on mobile Android devices (iOS being developed), analogous to the ERPweb working hours recording option. Besides recording hours for individual projects, the CATS mobile app additionally offers the possibility to enter work and holiday reports. These report possibilities provide among other information on hours performed sorted by projects, on working time control or holiday balances. The ergonomic interface allows easy and efficient recording as well as evaluation of the working hours. After having recorded and saved the data successfully, the entries are transferred to Terzi@
CRM Mobile App
The CRM mobile app displays data from cobra CRM Plus in a mobile application. Address and contact information can be searched and displayed in many ways. The interface and its operation have been specifically tailored to the needs of employees who need information from CRM with just a few clicks. There is the possibility of dialing the telephone number of a company or its contact directly from the application. Furthermore, emails and SMS can be directly sent from the app and the route from the current location to a specific address can be calculated as well. Additionally, a contact can be added to an address. The data will be directly read from the SQL database or will be written directly into the database. For that reason, the ERP CRM mobile app can be connected to other CRM with SQL database and only little effort is needed to adapt it.
CRM Modul (CRM)
This module offers the possibility to easily create a CRM which aggregates and displays both customer and supplier date in a variety of views. Besides the traditional application on the PC, this CRM module offers additionally comprehensive utilisation and operation via mobile devices (Android an iOS). Starting from basic data regarding company, address, contact to displaying sales-relevant information, debtors and creditors accounts receivables, open purchase items, open order items up to recording customer data directly during the visit on site, his module allows to implement an efficient and extremely comprehensive CRM application. Other features are starting a call or sending an email to a contact directly from the mobile app as well as opening the customer's website. Even navigation to the customer can be started directly from the mobile app. The CRM module is designed to be customized and therefore to meet all customer-specific requirements.
Customer Information Portal (CIP)
The Customer Information Portal (CIP) is another module of the Business Process Suite and enables to aggregate and consolidate information from different systems (customers and/or suppliers) within one unified platform. In CIP you can display reports, assessments, statistics and dashboards according to the individual customer's and/or supplier's requirements. Individual information can be exported to Excel files at the touch of a button. Due to the concept of permission integrated in the Business Process Suite, utmost safety is granted upon accessing the individual information and the IKS guidelines are completely observed. The Customer Information Portal is perfectly suitable for the systematic exchange of information, as it guarantees a high level of data transparency within customer and/or supplier relationships.
Data Center Services
For years, ERPsourcing operates successfully two proprietary, completely independent, symmetrical data centres in Kloten-Balsberg and Wallisellen. First of all, they serve to host customers-ä SAP systems and to host the ASP products of ERPsourcing. As a SAP Hosting Partner, SAP Cloud Partner and SAP Channel Partner, ERPsourcing is a certified SAP hosting company. Both data centres are equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure (Installation 2009, expansions 2012 and 2013). We attach great importance to a homogeneous, optimised environment. This allows a very cost-effective operation. Further certifications: SAP Partner Center of Expertise (PCoE) and ISAE 3402. ISO27001 is planned for mid-2015.
Document management system (DMS)
Entire document management system with integrated, electronic file feature. Due to the automatic assignment of unique identification numbers (file numbers) upon receipt of emails and/or manually scanned documents, the assignment to the corresponding business cases as well as a seamless traceability of all information can be guaranteed. The solution is based on two elements, the "electronic file" which covers all business-related documents and the actual document management which covers archiving and management of all not business-related documents, files and emails. For archived data (OpenText), distinction is made between audit-relevant and uncritical documents. The audit-relevant data are saved in the OpenText "SnapLock", the uncritical ones are saved in OpenText without "SnapLock". The integrated, user-friendly user interface GVFI DMS Suite ensures ease of use and easy and efficient handling of individual features.
Dynamic tray control (for forms)
The solution "Dynamic tray control" for forms enables to issue one form and single pages of a form from different printer trays using several printers. As an additional option, the language of the form is available, so the desired printer tray can be selected according to the language needed. The following form types are supported: SAPScript, SmartForms and PDF. The ERPb@seline add-on is flexibly applicable and can be configured for up to 5 printers with only one day needed for the implementation.
E-Billing for SAP
Traditional customer invoices in paper form are replaced by electronic invoices by using E-Billing for SAP. By means of the data hub OSIS, the corresponding interface between SAP and the provider of electronic invoices (PayNet) is ensured.
e-dec Export with SAP GTS
SAP Global Trades Services is the perfect supplement for an SAP ERP environment. By help of the application components Compliance Management, Customs Management, Risk Management, and Electronic Compliance Reporting, SAP GTS supports regulatory controls in every respect. The activities focus on processing foreign trade processes, as for example the sanction list scanning and customs clearance. From verification and validation of the master data up to electronic transfer of customs declaration via EDI converter, SAP supports GTS in the complete foreign trade processing.
EDI as a Service
ERPsourcing is specialised the field of electronic data interchange (EDI) in connection with SAP systems. We replace the individual interface programming in the process chain by configuration of an intelligent technology. A Cockpit contains the central control, management, monitoring and automation of information flows. Great availability and performance at low project and operation cost are characteristic for this product. For the exchange of data with "non SAP systems" ERPsourcing has all state-of-the-art log adapters (SOAP, SFTP, SCP, Email, SQL, RFC, X 400, HL7, AS2, etc.). For the exchange of content of information, all standard formats are available (XML, IDOC, EDIFACT, CSV etc.). Furthermore, we implement prepared solutions for data exchange in the field of trading with suppliers, subsidiaries, storage facilities and logistics service providers in the transport industry. ERPsourcing delivers readily available solutions to the interfaces and is able to implement them with minimal effort.
Electronic personnel file
The primary advantage of the electronic personnel file consists in the fact that all employee data like applications, contracts, monthly payrolls or annual evidence for tax offices are available paperless at a glance and independent from their type (letter, fax, contract, memo), the form and the format. Workflows are facilitated and accelerated. SAP Records Management (RM) enables to integrate the existing system landscape. All information is summarised in a continuous business case in one smart file. Thus, existing archives of departments or locations are merged to a company-wide pool of information. The goal is to completely replace all paper files by electronic files.
ePosting Solution
The ePosting solution is based on the framework and several modules of the Business Process Suite It contains data extraction from paper and PDF documents and electronic invoices via SIX PayNet, the manual or automatic account and workflow assignment, the approval workflow in the Business Process Suite according to IKS as well as posting invoices in the SAP system. Furthermore, an image of the invoice is stored in the SAP archive. Additionally, the Business Process Suite mobile apps for invoice approval (Android and iOS) are available enabling the user to approve invoices via smartphone or tablet away from his or her workplace. Its strengths are the close SAP integration and the automatic account assignment as well as its high level of mobility due to the Business Process Suite mobile apps for invoice approval. The variable costs are based on a unit price per processed invoice. The standard solution is based on ERPb@seline and our OpenText archive solution.
ERPb@seline Archiving
ERPb@seline Archiving enables audit-proof archiving. This increases system performance and empties file cabinets. This archive of documents contains audit-proof archiving of original vouchers. The paper form gets obsolete and needs no longer to be stored. The list archive ensures that the invoices of the past year can be archived completely traceable and stores the most important lists (balance sheet, account details and so on) in the archive. For a freely definable retention period, they can be retrieved from SAP. The SAP data archive regulates reorganisation of SAP data, this will also be executed after the closing of the period for SAP vouchers that are no longer needed. They can be removed from the SAP database. The archive option in the records management allows to organise all archived vouchers in a folder structure.
ERPb@seline Services
ERPb@seline Services – powered by SAP is the complete solution for processing of information in a service company and is based on the basic processes of the standard software SAP ECC 6.0. From project management, project controlling, sales support, invoicing up to controlling, all departments are integrated in a system. One central feature of the project management contains the structuring of the project as well as the project course, including planning of deadlines, costs, budget and revenue. The project manager is always up to date due to the information system and is therefore able to monitor the services rendered, to discover deadline conflicts and to trace the running costs. An exact planning and the assured overview of the project course ensure to reach the project goals.
ERPb@seline Finances
ERPb@seline Finances - powered by SAP is based on the basic processes of the components of Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) of the standard software SAP ECC 6.0. The corresponding master data - general ledger accounts, customers, suppliers, cost centres and staff - can be managed linked among each other. Data can be evaluated and processed in all components by means of the corresponding information system. ERPb@seline Finances – powered by SAP is not only suitable for trustees and financial service providers but also for controlling in small and medium-sized companies and may be worthwhile for a single workstation only.
ERPb@seline Trade
ERPb@seline Trade – powered by SAP is the complete solution for processing of information in a trading company and is based on the basic processes of the standard software SAP ECC 6.0. From material procurement, inventory management, sales, marketing, controlling up to financial accounting, all fields are integrated in one system. A central function of inventory management contains consumption- or demand-based disposition. Quantity- and value-based inventory management monitors constantly all inventory and offers assistance during stocktaking. Exact and clear planning ensures timely delivery of the products to the customer.
ERPb@seline Human Resources
ERPb@seline Human Resources – powered by SAP is based on the basic processes of the component Human Resources (HR) of the standard software SAP ECC 6.0 and is particularly tailored to the requirements of small and medium-sized companies in Switzerland. By using the pre-configured solution ERPb@seline Human Resources – powered by SAP, fast and cost-effective entry in human resources management is possible. Our solution contains all necessary settings and processes for easy salary processing, focusing on the essentials. Requirements from real life, like copying root or account data, staff-related measurements showing the employee's life cycle in the company and the automatic import and export of root and salary data has been integrated in our solution in advance.
ERPb@seline Production
ERPb@seline Production – powered by SAP is the complete solution for processing of information in a manufacturing company and is based on the basic processes of the standard software SAP ECC 6.0. From material procurement, inventory management, sales, marketing, controlling up to financial accounting, all fields are integrated in one system. A central function of inventory management contains consumption- or demand-based disposition. Quantity- and value-based inventory management monitors constantly all inventory and offers assistance during stocktaking. Exact and clear planning ensures timely delivery of the products to the customer.
ERPb@seline Wine trade
ERPb@seline Wine trade – powered by SAP is the complete solution for processing of information in a wine trading company and is based on the basic processes of the standard software SAP ECC 6.0. From material procurement, inventory management, sales, marketing, controlling up to financial accounting, all fields are integrated in one system. A central function of inventory management contains consumption- or demand-based disposition. Quantity- and value-based inventory management monitors constantly all inventory and offers assistance during stocktaking. Exact and clear planning ensures timely delivery of the products to the customer. Particularities like reports to the EAV (Eidgenössische Alkoholverwaltung - Swiss Alcohol Board) are considered.
ERPcockpit is a practice-oriented user interface for a quick overview. It provides any SAP user his or her "own" cockpit with exactly those applications he or she needs. ERPcockpit is standardised and can therefore be used in all SAP modules, at the same time, it is not imperative that the installation comes from the product range of ERPsourcing. The focus of application is usually in the SAP applications Finances (FI/CO), Human Resources (HR) and Logistics (SD, MM). Permissions of individual users can be designed individually. ERPcockpit offers a pleasant and ergonomic appearance and is in total a successful platform providing the user with indispensable tools for managing his or her tasks.
ERPphone is a solution creating a connection between the switchboard and the SAP system. The product is developed and applied for Bachmann Forming AG. Bachmann Forming operates two separate systems: NEC Business Connnect System and SAP ERP with CRM Light. These systems are connected among each other. The interface logs of the Philips switchboard are used. The ERPphone Server assumes the communication between the switchboard and the SAP system. ERPphone Client is used for the connection to the workstations. For incoming calls, the customer's data from CRM Light are displayed at the corresponding workstation. From the application CRM Light, calls can be made at the push of a button. The solution is comfortable, flexible, easy to use.
ERPsourcing App Distribution Portal (EADP)
Similar to an app store, the EADP enables the internal and external distribution of apps for the mobile platforms Android (version 4.0 or higher) and iOS (version 7.0 or higher). The EADP, applied as web application, is hosted on a DMZ server at ERPsourcing and offers, besides the productive platform, a test platform. Access to the platforms is feasible directly from mobile devices, via the browser (https://apps.erpsourcing.ch and https://apps-test.erpsourcing.ch) or the mobile gateway and the EADP app. The administration (user administration, automatic password reset, apps management etc.) is executed via web interface in the corresponding backend. A separate, local database, which has no relation to AD, serves as administrative basis for the user management. By introducing this platform (EADP), a problem- and risk-free distribution of all mobile apps developed by ERPsourcing can be ensured. In order to facilitate the instructions for the different customers, a corresponding installation and user manual has been created (Installation EADP Mobile App unter iOS v1.0.docx).
ERPsourcing Customer's access
The services of ERPsourcing AG can be accessed in several ways: For connections within Switzerland, where availability, latency or high bandwidths have utmost priority, we offer dedicated IPSS connections in collaboration with Swisscom. Bandwidths, redundancies and support level can scaled to a large extent freely. Most of our customers access our services via site-2-site VPN connections. This solution is for free and available worldwide. The internet is used as transport medium, therefore, we cannot guarantee availability, latency or bandwidth. For mobile employees and home offices, we offer SSL-VPN-based connections. Only a computer with internet connection and possibly a local SAP GUI installation is needed. Also in this case, the internet is used as transport medium, therefore, we cannot guarantee availability, latency or bandwidth.
ERPsourcing Mobile Device Management (EMDM)
By means of EMDM, single mobile devices can be managed individually and the corresponding access permissions can be controlled. The EMDM is another module of the Business Process Suite in which mobile devices can be managed in addition to the user permissions. Due to the detection of the device ID which is generated in the corresponding mobile app from the "native device ID" and therefor provides an additional level of safety, any access to mobile apps and the therein used data can be locked independent from the user in case of loss. Furthermore, there is the feature "remote wiping" offering the possibility to reset a device to the factory settings and lock it at the same time. Using the EMDM means a high safety standard for the use of ERPesourcing mobile apps and allows our customers the safe operation, even for sensitive and critical data.
ERPsourcing Mobile Gateaway (EMG)
The ERPsourcing Mobile Gateway (EMG) is as Reverse Proxy enabling access of the mobile apps to the corresponding backend applications such as SAP, CRM, BUSINESS PROCESS SUITE etc. via internet. As a central element of the ERPsourcing Mobile Suite (EMS) it guarantees the seamless distribution and installation of the mobile apps via the ERPsourcing App Distribution Portal (EADP). Furthermore, the EMG enables the management of the Android and iOS devices via ERPsourcing Device Management (EDM).
ERPsourcing Mobile Suite (EMS)
The ERPsourcing Mobile Suite (EMS) is intended as a platform for all mobile apps and consists of a development platform for the operating systems Android and iOS, a mobile gateway, depending on the portal (EADP) for Android and iOS for the delivery of apps as well as a device management for Android and iOS to ensure the safety-relevant requirements of the individual apps and customers as well as the involved systems. Furthermore, "remote wiping" in case of a lost mobile device is possible. Due to the construction and application of the EMS, ERPsourcing is able to develop, operate and manage the different apps exactly tailored to the customers' requirements. Within EMS, clear guidelines regarding appearance and functionality of the individual apps are fixed in a style guide. Moreover, there is a naming convention which guarantees a uniform labeling and naming within the individual apps. Likewise, the correct name of versions and builds are mentioned in this style guide.
ERPsourcing Web Hosting
The web hosting offered by ERPsourcing contains both hosting of existing websites and complete web shops. Additionally, we are able to create new websites or adapt existing websites in collaboration with our customers. In the field of hosting web shops, we offer besides their operation, also support and maintenance as well as applying new web shops or transferring older, existing web shops to our proprietary platform. Our know-how includes everything, from technical aspects to the design up to the operation of all necessary components. Additionally to the hosting, we offer consultancy for the implementation of new ideas and solutions. Also in this case, the goal is to offer everything from one source: consultancy, design, technical implementation, support and operation.
The ERPwebshop is a web shop that is completely integrated in SAP SD and that benefits from the strengths of SAP. Hence, the sales process is optimally supported, both by current material master data from SAP and the current pricelists and the unique calculation logic. The ERPwebshop uses the original calculation in SAP, so there is no discrepancy between web shop, order and sales order in SAP. Other features of the ERPwebshops are: Control of the web shop relevance via article master, listing of articles per customer/exclusion of individual articles, display of customer-specific rates acc. to SAP, graduated price acc. to SAP, navigation structure according to SAP product hierarchy, coupon/discount control with promotional codes in the web shop, minimum order quantities according to SAP, integration of image databases/external images, customer-specific shop design, integration of barcode scanners.
ERPweb-Time recording
The intelligent Front-End ERPweb Time recording is used when it is difficult to maintain an overview on all project works and absences and in order to support a quick and meaningful administration. Manifold reporting options offer information of working hours sorted by projects, on working time control of the employees, holiday balances and so on. ERPweb Time recording is a real alternative to SAP CATS, based on SAP NetWeaver and which allows the customer and its employees, record working hours in an ergonomic user interface more efficiently and to evaluate them.
ESR-Multiple Subscriber number
The SAP standard for Switzerland allows to use only one ESR subscriber number in the accounts payable accounting. Therefore, when several ESR numbers of a creditor are available, there is no automatic link to the supplier when reading the deposit slips. This add-on enables to enter several ESR subscriber numbers in the supplier master data in order to ensure the automatic processing when scanning the deposit slip and during the subsequent transfer to the payment run. The implementation thereof is quick and cost-effective.
Executive Service Module (ESM)
The Executive Service Module (ESM) is a module of the Business Process Suite developed for the processing of different executive services. The entire solution is fully integrated in AP and is compatible with the IKS standards. Within ESM, all processes can be mapped, from acceptance of the customer's order to the production planning, the supplier order, the creation of delivery notes up to the invoice to the customer. The supplier orders executed inside ESM can be transferred directly from the module via fax or email. Furthermore, a customer's order created in ESM is automatically created in SAP as an order as well. ESM can be described as a simple "mini ERP system", as it contains elements from SD, MM, PP and FI. Therefore, this solution is perfectly suited for application of decentral business units or start-up companies having no or only a limited IT infrastructure. Due to the high level of integration, decentrally collected and processed data can be consolidated in a higher-level ERP system at any time.
Payroll accounting via printing lines
The "payroll accounting via printing lines" enables to address printing and packaging lines directly from SAP via machine-readable OMR coding. The ERPb@seline add-on is flexible and can be configured within just a single day.
HR Process Management
The processes and data flows within the core process of HR are standardised and largely automated by help of the BPS module HPM (HR process management). Manual processes (routing slips, check lists, excel lists, word documents, etc.) are replaced and optimised by standardised process templates and electronic workflows. Application of new, electronic processes ensures comprehensive transparency and process monitoring (four eyes principle). Using an "employee self-service" can lead to sustainable relief of the HR fields and their responsible persons. Additionally, the traditional dispatch of payrolls will be replaced by the corresponding paperless version in electronic form within the employee self-service. The module HPM is a particularly user-friendly pre-system for HR systems of different manufacturers.
Hybris Webshop
This product represents a web shop based on Hybris. The deep SAP integration is achieved by the application of the ERPsourcing product Hybris SAP Connector. This web shop is able to meet even the most complex requirements due to the use of the Hybris technology. Interactive online calculations or product configurations in real time can be effected reliably by means of this technology. It is a web shop technology leaving nothing to nothing to be desired regarding realisable functionality. In contrast to the ERPsourcing Webshop, the Hybris web shop is more suitable for large companies and enterprises. The graphic expression of the Hybris Webshop can be tailored to the demands and the corporate identity requirements of the customers.
Inflight Retail Modul (IRM)
The inflight retail module is applied by several airlines in conjunction with the duty free packing process. The duty free scanning (DFSC) serves as a central element enabling to write off individual articles by scanning the bar codes both in SAP and in the inflight retail system. Due to the connection to the corresponding inflight retail system, standard loads and the current stocks of articles in the individual carts can be read in directly into the mobile scanners. Therefore, the quantities having to be refilled are automatically displayed in the scanner screen when the articles are read in. Transferring the single article references to SAP and to the applied inflight retail system is done via DFSC Forwarder through a data terminal (cradle). Data transfer is initialised by inserting the scanner in the cradle is effected in form of a batch transfer via FTP or SFTP server. Thanks to the use of IRM, the entire data flows within the so-called duty free packings can be substantially optimised.
Internet access for evaluations>
The add-on "internet access for evaluations" allows employees of a company to access several evaluations via the internet. This application is a variant of ESS (Employee Self-Service) without complex settings and the high costs of large SAP solutions. By means of this add-on, employees get access to typical HR-related evaluations like payrolls, salary statements or their holiday balance, but also other evaluations such as cost centre summaries or a sales report. Therefore, the solution is applicable in all departments, as far as evaluations or reports are available in SAP.
Invoice Approval Workflow (IAW)
The invoice approval workflow is basically a "light version" of the ePosting solution. Scanning and parking of invoices in the IA is not effected automatically but manually. The scanned invoices are parked in SAP and subsequently forwarded to the BUSINESS PROCESS SUITE. Therefore, verification and approval in the invoice approval workflow can be executed completely corresponding to the IKS requirements and the audit regulations. The verification of the invoice as well as its approval can also be done via smartphones and tablets (Android and iOS). Thus, cycle times of the individual invoices are substantially reduced and the efficiency of the accounts payable accounting can be significantly increased. Once an invoice has passed all approval steps, the corresponding posting is done in SAP directly from the BUSINESS PROCESS SUITE. Thanks to the integrated dashboard, all responsible employees in the accounting department are always able to get an overview of the status of invoices in the workflow and so, they are able to intervene proactively, if problems are identified.
IT Services
ERP assists its customers in the field of consolidation and improvement of the system availability as well as in optimisation of the infrastructure. By help of our extensive know-how, especially in the field of SAP software, we can actively assist our customers. The experience IT experts of ERPsourcing assist our customers in the following areas: SAP introduction, IT backup, management, IT audits, SAP updates/upgrades, IT output management, SAP NetWeaver Support, IT change management, SAP safety , IT capacity management, IT documentation management, SAP data hub, SAP archiving and IT taskforce management.
Small Billing
The solution Small Billing has specifically been developed for companies in the SME field that do not need the complexity of logistics modules but do not want to waive the creation of professional invoices in SAP. Small Billing by ERPsourcing AG can generate both one-time and periodic invoices - without using the modules Distribution (SD) and Materials Management (MM). The solution is based on proprietary features and tables, but is fully integrated in the SAP Standard. Generated vouchers are automatically posted in the modules Finances (FI) and Controlling (CO). During the daily business, the user can access templates, easily implement price changes and export documents at the touch of a button (e.g. as PDF) or automatically send them as attachment to emails.
Parking of creditors/Scanning/Archive
The add-on ERPb@seline Add-on "Parking of creditors/Scanning/Archive" enables to park (scan), approve pay and at the same time archive vouchers revision-proof. The parking of vouchers offers an overview on the customers' "in-house" invoices. By way of easy handling, the user is assisted throughout the complete control process regarding tracking and monitoring of incoming invoices. Great emphasis is put on speed. The electronic processing in form of scanned vouchers shortens the decentralized approval process of invoices significantly. Scanned vouchers are stored electronically and audit-proof.
Supplier Portal
By means of the web application "Supplier portal", the supplier is able to access their open order items directly in the customer's system to create and print the labels for the dispatch of pallets according to the customer's specifications. After having selected a purchase order position, the produced pallets can be recorded by entering the following information: Your reference, supplier's batch, roll number, quantity in units. Afterwards, the labels for the corresponding pallets can be printed directly via the browser.
Ontego Designer
Ontego offers a complete design suite for the mobile application settings. Any business process can be made available for mobile devices, even if the client is not a programming expert. Whether online or offline scenarios, goods receipt posting or a complete sales software: Ontego is in any case the perfect tool without burdening the customer with additional, time-consuming basic works. Features, objects, fields are read in as per configuration and are available immediately. But any tool has its limits, therefore, the customer is able to intervene at many positions by individual Java programming as well. Very special logics can be controlled via JavaScript and individual interface elements are integrated via a API concept. Maximum freedom is guaranteed.
Ontego Mobility Platform
By help of the Ontego Mobility Platform, the customer is able to make all processes in his company available for mobile use. Due to the integrated designer suite, access to the full SAP web services and other back ends is available at once. Ontegos smart offline synchronisation offers 24/7 availability, even if not network is available. This solutions is flexible in all fields, like logistics, service, sales, stocktaking, production, storage, management and many more. The easily understandable concept of use is essential for the employees' acceptance. Ontego combines the modernity of today's mobile interfaces and the specific requirements of applications in the business environment.
Password Reset Self Service (PRSS)
Our product Password Reset Self Service enables users to reset their password in case it has been forgotton or if their user account has been locked due to false login attempts. With our tool you will save unnecessary waiting times and other related trouble. At the same time you will increase your productivity and the service desk will decrease its workload. The process requires a two-way authentification to avoid misusage and improper access. Our solution is browser-based and implemented with Web Dynpro for ABAP.
SAP BusinessObjects Cockpit
SAP BusinessObjects Cockpit is the basis to be able to make reliable and competent decisions in companies - no matter, if it is about a metrics overview for the CEO, a sales overview for the marketing/sales department or any other company reports. From the SAP BusinessObjects Cockpit package, you get preconfigured reports. 1 day of training/transfer of knowledge, the access via internet as well as the automatic dispatch of reports as PDF-files is included.
SAP HANA @ ERPsourcing AG
SAP HANA is a high performance In-Memory-Database by SAP AG. It allows complex evaluations with large amounts of data at a very high speed. This is particularly useful for BW applications. Furthermore, SAP HANA database can also be used as database in a traditional ECC 6.0, offering a large advantage regarding speed for everyday users. ERPsourcing AG offers a cost-effective entry into the world for SAP HANA for tests and proof of concepts. Furthermore, we offer productive, highly available SAP HANA installations in our distributed data centres. Likewise, SAP supports the virtualised platform for productive use.
SAP Hosting
For years, ERPsourcing operates successfully two proprietary, completely independent, symmetrical data centres in Kloten-Balsberg and Wallisellen. First of all, they serve to host customers-ä SAP systems and to host the ASP products of ERPsourcing. As a SAP Hosting Partner, SAP Cloud Partner and SAP Channel Partner, ERPsourcing is a certified SAP hosting company. Both data centres are equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure (Installation 2009, expansions 2012 and 2013). We attach great importance to a homogeneous, optimised environment. This allows a very cost-effective operation. Further certifications: SAP Partner Center of Expertise (PCoE) and ISAE 3402. ISO27001 is planned for mid-2015.
SAP Licenses
SAP AG is the leading provider of enterprise software for companies of any size and in any industry. Since its establishment in 1972, SAP has been developing through innovation and growth to become the leading provider of enterprise software with more than 251.000 customers all around the world. SAP AG brings technological revolution to the companies and develops innovations, which not only improve processes in the global economy, but also the lives of people. From the back office up to the management, from the warehouse to the shelf, from the desktop to the mobile device. Business applications: ERP, CRM, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management. Databases and technology: Databases, cloud computing, application platforms, enterprise information management, business process management, in-memory computing, IT management, real time data platform. Business analyses: Date warehousing, business intelligence, risk management and compliance, enterprise performance management. Mobile solutions: Mobile apps, mobile apps platform. Cloud computing: Cloud solutions:
SAP NetWeaver Single Sign- On
SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On combines increased safety for companies including great ease of use for the end user. It integrates seamlessly in their existing authentification processes and offers single sign-on for business applications, network safety and digital signatures. SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On is available for SAPGUI, SAP WebAS for ABAP and WebAS JAVA, SAP BW Business Explorer or SAP Netweaver Business Client. Furthermore, applications by third party providers can be integrated. All connections are encrypted in order to protect the company data.
SAPikett is a proactive standby service package offering assistance to customers in the event of a fault. The offer is aimed at different needs, from a simple standby service up to comprehensive system support. Depending on the service level agreement (SLA), operation and response times are agreed differently. EPRsourcing AG will receive information about a possible fault from the client either by email/SMS or via telephone. Depending on the time of day, different schematic processes are carried out to solve the issue. By means of appropriate tools, ERPsourcing AG can monitor systems and detect potential incidents early. Through proactive actions, emergency responses during operation, at night or during the weekends can be avoided. SAPikett is supported by the two monitoring solutions ServPatrol and SAP Solution Manager.
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Leicester City Council said if no site could be found for the As-salaam Trust then negotiations on the sale of the lease would resume.
About 200 people attended a demonstration at Thurnby Lodge last week to oppose the group's plans.
The As-salaam Trust said it was sad the community could not work together.
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Mohammed Lockhat, from the As-salaam Trust, said: "We are in discussions with the council.
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The U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service won't pursue an investigation into 29 forgeries suggesting that former Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the murder of Heinrich Himmler, the Financial Times said, citing Detective Inspector Andy Perrott.
The only suspect in the case, historian Martin Allen, is too ill to stand trial, the newspaper reported.
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The forgeries were placed in 12 archived files in the National Archive between 1999 and 2005, the FT said. Forensic examination revealed that documents supposedly written in 1945 by Brendan Bracken, Churchill's minister of information, were made with a laser printer, according to the newspaper.
At some time after he saw the documents, he suggested, they had been removed and replaced with exact replicas, clumsily forged to cast doubt on his discoveries. In the absence of any other public statement by him, this is the only explanation that Allen is known to have put forward.
Perhaps this was the true scenario: Allen, a self-styled "eminent historian", stumbled on the documents during painstaking research that took him to files left untouched by other historians; then, after his books were published and unknown forces read about his discoveries, the only way they (presumably modern British intelligence agents) could discredit him was to substitute forgeries in the files for the genuine "smoking gun" documents.
But the police investigation, relying on Forensic Science Service tests, finally revealed that this had not just happened a few times. In all, there were 29 forged documents, each typed on one of only four typewriters. They were placed in 12 separate files, and cited at least once in one or more of Allen's three books. In fact, according to the experts at the Archives, documents now shown to be forgeries supported controversial arguments central to each of Allen's books: in Hidden Agenda, five documents now known to be forged helped justify his claim that the Duke of Windsor betrayed military secrets to Hitler; in The Hitler/Hess Deception, 13 bogus papers supported Allen's contention that, in 1941, British intelligence used members of the Royal Family to fool the Nazis into thinking Britain was on the verge of a pro-German putsch; in Himmler's Secret War, 22 counterfeit papers also underpinned the book's core claims that British intelligence played mindgames with Himmler to encourage him to betray Hitler from 1943 onwards, and that ultimately they murdered the SS chief.
The publisher had asked Allen to show him copies of four "smoking gun" documents and, months before publication, the author had produced photocopies. They were identical to the document sent to the forensic experts, even down to the forged handwriting style. This strongly suggested that, at least in these cases, Allen's theory of a conspiracy could not be true.
A second theory is presented in Himmler's Secret War by Martin Allen (2005). Allen cites a number of documents he discovered in the British Archives that clearly indicate the British intention to 'get rid' of Himmler. However within weeks of publication SOME of the documents that Allen found were identified as forgeries and pressure was applied by the media and others to withdraw the book.
Quite rightly, Allen refused to do this. As he points out the documents, if forged, had somehow found there way to Kew and it was essential to establish how this could have happened as it threatened the integrity of the National Archive. No satisfactory explanation has been forthcoming, so the book, thank fully, remains in print. Of the many documents that Allen accessed for the book, only five were claimed to be forged.
Originally posted by khunmoon
Thank you for your informations, Kilgore. Makes me feel a little better to know that Allen is not associated with the Holocast deniers, because my gut feeling tells me he was set up and he might be right in his assertions.
Originally posted by khunmoon
That Anglo-German connections and a strong favour for nazies did exist in the British elite I've been aware since my old English teacher told us about the Duke of Windsor and his abdiciation of the throne (very convinient with Wallis Simpson ..but).
Originally posted by khunmoon
The American connections to the third reich I have mostly learned about here on ATS.
Originally posted by khunmoon
Your thread linked gives an insight to that, and you seems to have quite a knowledge on the subject matter. You mention the Swedes a couple of times, and I would like to ask you what you know about the nazies connection to Sweden in general. I know about Goring being married to a Swedish baroness and his morphine adiction brought him psychriatic custody their.
Originally posted by khunmoon
The Scandinavian connections to the nazies are manyfold, not just in the elite and arts, but also in the scientific world. Much of Hitlers views on race superiority was based on Danish research from the 20's/30's ..and that was racial leading to mass strerializations and lobtomony as standard procedures.
Well, off-topic maybe, but the epoch in general has my interest.
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
As you mention the Swedes, though held up as progressive, continued to sterilse their citizens up to the mid 1970s and no-one batted an eye lid. Many of the nefarious acts commited by the Nazis were supported and endorsed financially through out the western world, though this in no way exonerates the Nazis, it should serve as a lesson.
Originally posted by khunmoon
The other event of August 44 I refered to, was a popular and spontanious uprise in major cities caused by the sabotage of a German vessel that had been maintained on a Danish yard. That caused the Germans to disolved any self governing. Politicians (some) were arrested and the entire Danish police force deported to KZ-camps. Prior to that --after the war against Soviet started-- the same police force had on request from the occupiers eagerly participated in the rounding up of Danish communist to be executed or deported.
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
Do you think that this could have been to cover up their pro-Nazi activities? Many of the industrialists and financiers that held Nazi Party membership conspired with Himmler to be arrested in the round up of the 20th July 1944 attempt on Hitler's life.
Originally posted by JPBellinger
My name is Joseph P Bellinger, and I was the first researcher to undercover convincing evidence that Heinrich Himmler was assassinated by British agents in May, 1945. I am the author of the book, 'Himmlers Tod,' which was first published in Germany at about the same time Mr. Allen's book was released in England. It has also been recently published in France, but no English edition is currently planned for release.
Originally posted by JPBellinger
If I may venture an opinion on the business of the forgeries, I would wager that the documents were in fact planted by people working within the British secret service rather than an obvious clumsy forgery by Mr. Allen. I further suspect that the forged documents were most likely destined for myself and that Mr. Allen simply happened to stumble upon them before I did.
Originally posted by JPBellinger
The entire convergence of all the available evidence released from the archives in the United States as well as the United Kingdom all leads to the ineluctable conclusion that the chief of the Gestapo and SS was assassinated. My book also sets out convincing evidence as to why the assassination was decided upon and by whom. If I had relied on these planted documents, my entire thesis and credibility would have been irretrievably compromised.
The publisher had asked Allen to show him copies of four "smoking gun" documents and, months before publication, the author had produced photocopies. They were identical to the document sent to the forensic experts, even down to the forged handwriting style. This strongly suggested that, at least in these cases, Allen's theory of a conspiracy could not be true.
Originally posted by JPBellinger
The fortuitous fact of the matter is that I did not need to rely on clumsily contrived, opportune forgeries to prove my thesis that Heinrich Himmler was assassinated outright in 1945. The entire convergence of all the available evidence released from the archives in the United States as well as the United Kingdom all leads to the ineluctable conclusion that the chief of the Gestapo and SS was assassinated. My book also sets out convincing evidence as to why the assassination was decided upon and by whom.
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I am François Delpla, a French historian. I said and wrote, since June 2005, that something is unclear an am asking, on my website and by other ways, for the whole truth and above all the complete release of the documents about Himmler's death.
The half-revelations of the english press and the National Archives website is a very good thing to boost that claim.
Cf. www.delpla.org...
Originally posted by François Delpla
Where did you find this ? I personnaly saw, in Kew's files or catalogs, many documents or files 'retained' without the slightest announcement of release !


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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Legal Dirty Politics
Last week, I blogged on the case and since then there had been twists and further twists on the matter. As the initial defense by the PAP-owned IT company has been widely discredited by the Singapore public, Coordinating Chairman of the 14 PAP Town Council (I didn't even know there's such a position), Teo Ho Pin, issued a 26 paragraph statement explaining the PAP's Town Councils rationale for the sale.
Like the initial defense by AIM, the Singapore public did not accept it as there were gaping holes in his statement. The question of conflict of interest was not touched on and while Mr. Teo said that the Town Council will save $8000 in the leaseback agreement, we have no idea how that figure came about as no one seem to know the cost of developing the original software.
In the latest additional to the saga, lawyers acting on behalf of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) served a letter to local blogger Alex Au demanding he take down the blog post that first raised the issue. Mr. Au, quite naturally, did so (why not when the matter is already out) but the damage was already done.
I think this act through the lawyers was truly foolish on the part of the PAP.
Now the ongoing saga involving AIM and the town councils has raised questions of propriety, transparency and accountability. The PAP had tried to explain away the entire episode (twice), but the Singapore public is not accepting their explanation. The last thing they should be doing is to go after Alex Au.
To the Singapore public, it looks like the PAP tried to explain away their actions to no avail so now they are going after the guy who first broke the story. To me, that's like saying the PAP has no more cards to play, no more arguments to make, so the only thing left for them to do is to shut people up.
Simple put; going after Alex Au now is an admission of defeat!
Also, this latest action by the PAP comes at a totally inappropriate time. I mean if you want to shut people up, do it before trying to explain away your actions! Not after you had failed to do so! What's worse is that this action by the PAP now makes people think there's really something wrong with the whole AIM deal.
There isn't! Everything is totally legal. It's dirty but it's legal and this is all the PAP need to emphasize. To be blunt, it's dirty politics but it's legal, dirty politics. Yes, Singaporeans are unhappy about the deal and most expect our leaders to be more ethical than this, but let's be serious here. If Singaporeans can accept the PAP gerrymandering left, right and centre every election, they can accept this.
This is dirty politics and the PAP need to stop trying to justify dirty politics. It's not going to work and they need to stop trying ASAP because the more they try, the worse it will get for them.
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I hope many Singaporeans also do not dismiss this merely as "dirty politics" and look the other way.
The people of Aljunied (amongst 5 million in other GRCs) contributed funds to develop a software. The software was transferred to a private party, controlled by the PAP, under dubious circumstances. "Dubious" because its not even clear (if you look at Alex's analysis) that the private party ended up paying a cent for it. There's round-tripping involved. Kinda like the round-tripping you read about, you know, in Enron or even in the latest City Harvest case.
The terms of the tender notice was vague. The other 4 potential participants smelled a rat and quickly backed off. The winning party who's the sole bidder bid 5 days after the tender notice was closed and won. The related party transaction was never disclosed. In any other commercial enterprise, at the very least, you will have needed directors and shareholders resolution to approve a related party transaction.
I agree that its OK for PAP to make life difficult for WP. Fair enough. Even OK, to stick a foot out, to trip a person. That's life, isn't it.
But not sale of PUBLIC assets to a private company. And I don't care if the company is PAP owned or WP owned. Or City Harvest owned or whoever.
If we do not draw the line here, what's to stop the PAP from transferring the ECP or PIE to AIM in the future, when it senses that Singaporeans are voting in opposition in big numbers? Or, to transfer the roads, bus-stops in your district? Because these programs are initiated by the PAP, right?
And as a Singaporean, wouldn't you now want to know what other assets have been transferred to AIM, other than this software?
The ST is trying to muddy the water with its coverage. Hoping to show that it is just a normal, ugly tit-for-tat. I'm gratefull that there are brave souls out there who refuse to be intimidated and doggedly pursue the truth. I hope in our own small ways, we Singaporeans can be supportive of their efforts. This is yours, and my, money involved here. Its our country, right?
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me."
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- January 7, 2013 at 6:55 AM
Losers can shut up our mouth, why? because unlike them, we do not have the resources to fight them in kangeroo court, but they cannot stop our minds working. Everybody (maybe except the 60%) know the dirty things going on, we are not stupid and stop treating us like idiots! Their days are numbered...
- January 7, 2013 at 1:09 PM
- Ghost said...
There's a lot of unanswered question in this case, the whole deal stinks but there's a big difference between that and corruption. A lot of comments on the internet are saying there's corruption; my post is my view that there isn't and the PAP's action against Alex Au does more harm than good for the PAP.
Also, why do people keep on saying there's corruption. It makes no sense to me. We, the Singapore public, don't know enough of the case to make that assessment and no one in the WP has said that there is.
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In Android, there is a high probability of your app crashing even after you have manually and automatically tested it. This can be due to factors such as incompatibility with different API levels, screen sizes, phone memory, hardware sensor availability, and vendors' customization to suit their individual devices. Crashlytics will help you diagnose these problems.
Crashes make your users sad and angry. They might even want to uninstall the app if this happens often. Then give your app a bad review, give negative feedback on the play store, and then go install your competitor's app! In this already crowded and competitive app market, making your users happy is vital for your app success.
It's quite impossible for your app not to have crashes, but keeping your crashes down to a minimum is very important. During development and testing, you might not have encountered a particular crash, but in production when your users are actively using it, you'll begin to see crashes. Using a robust and powerful crash reporting solution is essential to collect information about your app crashes and to give you an insight into how you can fix the problem to keep your users happy.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use Crashlytics, a free and powerful yet lightweight crash reporting solution, which is part of the Fabric set of developer tools by Twitter. We'll create a simple app that crashes when a button is clicked, so that we can get insight into the crash with Crashlytics.
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Kelly Carr and Brian Grow recently reported in Yahoo Finance:
The secretive business havens of Cyprus and the Cayman Islands face a potent rival: Cheyenne, Wyoming.
At a single address in this sleepy city of 60,000 people, more than 2,000 companies are registered. The building, 2710 Thomes Avenue, isn't a shimmering skyscraper filled with A-list corporations. It's a 1,700-square-foot brick house with a manicured lawn, a few blocks from the State Capitol.
Neighbors say they see little activity there besides regular mail deliveries and a woman who steps outside for smoke breaks. Inside, however, the walls of the main room are covered floor to ceiling with numbered mailboxes labeled as corporate "suites." A bulky copy machine sits in the kitchen. In the living room, a woman in a headset answers calls and sorts bushels of mail.
A Reuters investigation has found the house at 2710 Thomes Avenue serves as a little Cayman Island on the Great Plains. It is the headquarters for Wyoming Corporate Services, a business-incorporation specialist that establishes firms which can be used as "shell" companies, paper entities able to hide assets.
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The Nigeria Football Federation has purchased a Nissan Altima – 2.5 SL 2015 model – for the Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh.
The car, which the federation said was delivered at the NFF secretariat, Abuja was confirmed on Tuesday by the federation on its official twitter page.
"Sunday Oliseh Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 2015 Model Car has just been delivered at the NFF Secretariat," the NFF tweeted with a picture of the parked car.
The 2015 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL is valued at about N6.5m.
It was has also learnt that the coach's official residence in Abuja was almost ready.
Oliseh's first assignment with the Eagles is the match against Tanzania on September 5 in Dar es Salaam as part of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nation qualifiers
Just In: @sundayooliseh Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 2015 Model Car has just been delivered at the NFF Secretariat pic.twitter.com/wQF1Of2P4W
— The NFF (@thenff) August 25, 2015
After One full week of Training,the home based are showing lots of promise pic.twitter.com/JVTgunaTKl
— Sunday Oliseh (@SundayOOliseh) August 25, 2015


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All very exciting possibilities - and both headed up by Millenials - born after 1980 - who never knew about a life without computers as completely part of their environment. I wonder what else Millenials will come up with - probably more amazing things to transform teaching, learning and communities. Makes me think of how important our jobs as educators are - to be sure technology is used in meaningful ways - and that our students learn about discerning use of technology and how the world can be improved with technology.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Proliferation of Web 2.0 Apps, Chitch.at, Teach the People, others
We know about Wikis, podcasts, blogs, Google apps (which seem to be increasing nearly every day - what about Google Sky, huh? Amazing, and so many educational possibilities), Twitter, etc. But there are new ones coming up all the time. Tuesday I met with Jack Phelps to see Chitch.at which is an answer to Blackboard and Moodle, but adds a lot more, such as math functionality with a teacher-friendly approach. It's being written in Ruby on Rails. Could be very useful to schools - and right now they're looking for schools to pilot it - for free. I've also been speaking with the people running Teach the People which is still in beta but is another fascinating concept - taking the idea (not the content) already done by several universities that are putting their curriculum online for everyone - but adding more tracking, feedback and other features. They're also in beta and looking for participants.
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Pushing The Higher Ed Envelope
Just read this article in the Argusleader.com in South Dakota which contained the quote from a regents administrator:
"K-12 is moving in their technology and we have no other choice.." - Regent James Hansen of Pierre, SD, above referenced article.
The "moving in their technology" is laptops in K-12 schools, which South Dakota has made a priority. I was in Mitchell in June as a keynote at their excellent Laptop Institute which was partly held at DSU and involved teachers, administrators, and professors from Dakota State.
South Dakota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Michigan all have statewide laptop programs, and many states have district-wide programs. So these students are now arriving at colleges and universities and pushing the envelope for more use of 1-to-1 for productivity and for teaching.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Integrating Technology Into Our Thinking About School Reform
All these things converged recently through conversations and reading blogs - about technology and integration of technology into our thinking much more thoroughly about school reform.
One was reading Will Richardson's post from August 7 (above snippet.) where he quoted Sylvia Martinez and Connecting Ed Tech to Ed Reform which made me think YES! (a favorite dog-eared book I can recommend by the way which is not about technology is Robert Evans "The Human Side of School Change: Reform, Resistance The Real Life Problems of Innovation") this makes so much sense - to connect educational technology to school reform.
One more thing is that we have to be sure technology is thought of in an expansive way for teaching and learning, and not just constructivism but much more. I always fear that we educational technologists may be boxing ourselves into an only-constructivist stance.
Then I listened to a podcast (scroll down to Episode 7 where he interviews David Elliot) from Chris Smith at Shambles (what a terrific resource) and where David Elliot talks about how his school used Grant Wiggins' Backward Design/Understanding by Design as a framework for teaching and learning which also included technology.
Earlier this summer I enjoyed this Teacher Tube which discussed how a Middle School in Australia had started a whole teaching and learning project - it started with having the students think about and understand how learning happens (something we often don't do - we teach the kids and expect that learning happens - but don't often talk about what learning is - what learning styles are - how the brain works.)
Before that, I'd had a converation with Terry Dash, Director of Technology at The Pike School after she'd posted on the ISED-L listserv about a technology day involving teachers in the big picture thinking about technology -- not just having everyone view an LCD projector and show a few tech tools as so many tech professional development days often happen. They opened up the thinking school-wide on what does successful technology use really mean. Being in the trenches every day with teachers like Terry and so many others involves grappling with these big educational questions in a realistic way.
Some are seeing technology as integral to teaching and learning and less as an "add on." Visiting Israel speaking and touring as part of the KATOM! Project, I was so impressed with how the teachers had actually redesigned curriculum when their students were given laptops. They didn't understand how remarkable this was - I said most U.S. schools had retrofitted technology into curriculum and not rethought or redesigned curriculum when 1-to-1 was introduced.
Hopefully many more educators will really take this deep thinking approach to making technology integral and part of reform -- and not an add-on to what's already happening. They'll seize the opportunity to consider the big picture and ask the tough questions about teaching and learning, how schools are changing and need to change, how the world is changing, and how technology needs to be right smack dab in the middle of it all.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Web 2.0, Web 1.0 and the Classroom
I'm honing a new workshop and polishing my grad school class at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and both have a similar content - emerging technologies/Web 2.0 for the classroom. Also starting to think about an update to my book (which is more than a year away because of research, editing, and publishing.) And also thinking more about Web 1.0 - how we would all accumulate lists of resources and share them and have students find them. I'd taught a number of workshops in the past providing lists of links for teachers and the invariable question would be "what do I do with these?" and many of us would come up with scavenger hunts or Web quests and virtual field trips, etc. All creative uses of what we had - which was the hyperlinked Web.
But the exponential, interactive nature of what there is now is so far beyond anything that was then.
Last year during the grad school class we started out thinking about podcasts and Wikis and blogs and RSS feeds and tagging and by the end of the class everyone was coming in to show new things none of us had even seen yet - (which we all know about now) - like Twitter and PageFlakes and SecondLife and Classroom2.0. So what are we going to see this time around? The exponential growth of Web 2.0 applications is astounding - not yet to the growth of hardware a la Moore - but quite amazing and shows no sign of stopping. McLuhan said when there is great change, it's the artists who really understand it as it's happening - and I know educators are artists - so I really look forward to hearing from my colleagues and grad students about new Web 2.0 developments.
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Social Networks - New Report
edWeek's Teacher Magazine reports on a new study from the National School Boards Association which questions some of our Internet fears for kids. The study, which is also sponsored by MySpace's parent company News Corps, along with Microsoft and Verizon, finds the stats on children who were pursued by predators to be lower than previously stated. It also says we should evaluate MySpace and social networks for educational uses.
So here's my opinion for what it's worth - we do have to empower children with knowledge and understanding of the Internet, and what playing in a place where everyone can be watching really means.
But - we are just now really learning what the read/write Web fully means - and there is a huge amount of untapped possibility for every classroom that exists right now. A lot of it is for free (now at least.)
If you think back to the early days of the Web, so many of us were enamored with just putting up simple Web sites, and with finding things online. People put up lists of clickable links and aggregated all sorts of Web resources ad nauseum. Sometimes the links worked, sometimes they didn't. There are still lots of pages like this out there.
But now interactivity rules. Newspaper articles have comment areas. Experts on just about everything blog. Podcasts from conferences are available days after the event. Wikis on any topic are there for the reading and for the editing. It's the world now.
Social networks are important in my opinion because community is changing and shifting and because communication, real give-and-take discourse, can happen that didn't happen with the flat Web and its lists of resources. It's the discourse that's important. How does that discourse happen, what is shared and what shouldn't be shared, how does living publicly in networks make or break reputations, enable or thwart learning, add to or warp knowledge, how can money be made and influence be obtained, what is kindness in the age of Web 2.0.
There are a lot of questions and the people posing these questions and ideas? Teachers. Because we have to.
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Saturday, August 4, 2007
Change ... Changing ... Half-Change ....
Looking through some U.S. district education sites - interesting that some have a lengthy list of technology skills for students but then few or none for teachers. Not that I'm a fan of skill lists. Just noting the disparity here.
Also thinking about change - the word change meaning that something has happened and has reached the state that it's become a noun, implying some kind of permanence. But shouldn't the word be changing ... implying growth and continual movement. Also, is there a "half change?"
It's the half change where I am most interested and involved. Starting from where people are right now as educators as administrators. Kind of like Vygotsky's "Zone of Proximal Development" - and what happens just before change - the "almost" state - maybe that's pre-change.
Anyway I hope we aren't blaming the teachers for technology not being fully integrated because that's not useful or helpful. Just a thought after a lot of blog jumping -- and noticing a dichotomy of those who are completely onboard with Web 2.0 and newer technologies and those who are just learning about them.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
Managing the 1-to-1 Classroom
This seems to be a universal question from teachers - how to effectively manage the 1-to-1 classroom.
So I will be designing a brand-new workshop for schools on this specifically - tips, techniques, ideas, lessons, projects, examples of how to teach when most of what you learned about classroom management from your bachelor's or master's degree program has been turned on its head. It's completely different when resources are decentralized and every student has a laptop - because a laptop or tablet changes all our old assumptions of teaching and learning. Which is good in most ways - you can get to the thinking faster when every student is empowered with a computer - but challenging in many ways.
Email me if your school might be interested.
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New BIO-Antifreeze VAMP take care of the environment, protect the cooling system from corrosion and cavitation and ensure a safe and highly efficient operation of a vehicle up to 5 years or 250 000 km.
In today's difficult economic situation Ukrainian drivers will face a difficult choice when buying oil for replacement. On the one hand, there are high-quality imported oil, but prices have continued to grow rapidly after the exchange rate. On the other hand, there are more affordable oil domestic producers, but most of them are still designed for cars produced in Soviet times.
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In January 2015, we added a line of motor oils three new products:
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Hello everybuddy. What's new? Do you have an exciting week planned?
I'm not running up any buildings for the foreseeable future. This week I am doing a webinar. Something about social recruiting. Whatever. You know the drill. My job is to highlight some of the really good things happening in HR and recruiting departments and teach you how to copy that shit. If you think you know what you're doing, this webinar isn't for you.
Then I am volunteering at Ignite Raleigh 3. I spoke at one of these events in 2010 and it really changed the whole trajectory of my speaking career. I learned how to rely upon slides… and how to ditch them, too. Super fun.
I'm at the door. My job is to take tickets because I want to be nice and social — but it's wholly unrealistic to expect me to carry on a conversation while doing this job. That's perfect for a woman like me who is an introvert walking around in an extrovert's life.
So that's my week. No, wait, I'm using my annual birthday gift certificate at the Umstead Spa. That will be super-fun and awesome.
What about you guys? Anything new? Anyone get a bonus, this week? It's that time of year. Bonuses need to be paid out by early March. And if you're part of the 99%, you're like, "What the eff is a bonus?"
Baby, I know. You better start occupying if you want to find out.


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What a wild, well dressed ride we've been on! Thirty-two of the best dressed Chicagoans from all over the city put their best foot forward to showcase their respective styles in our "November of Dressing Nicely" bracket. Looks from street-style to suits and ties were represented.
A few notables:
- The first two rounds saw more votes for the men than the women. Can honestly say I didn't expect that. Speaking of...
- We had more submissions from men than women.
- Ages ranged from 21 - 40.
The entire contest garnered more than 120K votes. Insane, right?


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Hidden in the heart of East London, comes our jaw-dropping venue, The Royal Regency. From the moment you step inside, you will not realise where you are and just be in awe of the wonderful Victorian style design of the interior of our building, which has been restored with our modern touch.
Having a theatre styled building, we can accommodate up to 1000 people seated theatre-style and up to 720 people with round tables, that's just the ground floor. We also have an upstairs balcony which is on looking towards the front of our main stage, there we can fit another 300 people with round tables.
Having been one of the first in the industry, we've racked up quite a bit of experience in dealing with weddings and events. With a marvellous range of décor available on-hand, we know exactly how to make our venue look remarkable to suit your needs.
Just contact us to make an appointment, check out the venue and get a quote!


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Watch Snoop Dogg and Seth Rogen Recap Game of Thrones High
Dueling Petyr Baelish impressions.
Spoiler Alert, just in case you were planning on reading only the first sentence before watching below: The video consists of Snoop and Seth Rogen smoking weed, being high, and talking about the last episode of Game of Thrones. They also watch a YouTube edit of one of the episode's big scenes mixed with Ludacris's "Move Bitch." Fortunately, it's not possible to die from giggling because, if it were, society would be down two of its favorite potheads.


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This was my first adventure trip. Thank you for a wonderful experience! The guides (ONeill, Kimike and Capi) are skilled and talented - they shared so much knowledge with us. Their love and respect for Belize, the environment, ocean, reef and marine life was presented so enthusiastically. I have the upmost respect for all three and you are lucky to have them guiding your tours. Both lodges were wonderful and charming, a real Belizean, Caribbean experience! I cannot express what a wonderful team you have. Working with Norm was amazing. Thank you for providing options for me in regards to my seafood allergy - and I loved how we all sat down and ate together as a family. I wish you success with your future SUP lodge to lodge trips.
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Hurricane Arthur has knocked out power to more than 7,200 NC customers
Hurricane Arthur has knocked out power to more than 7,200 customers in North Carolina, state emergency management officials say.
As of 7 p.m., Arthur had registered maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and was 169 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras. The storm is moving north-northeast at 14 mph.
The storm is now projected to be a Category 2 storm when it moves over North Carolina tonight and tomorrow.
A Category 2 storm means maximum sustained winds of 96-110 mph.
Arthur is the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season.