Unplanned Obsolescence

Hello Milo.

Six sentences within five paragraphs. Speaking volumes.

Milo, I hope you do not mind: I plan to print several copies of this, and visit about these at my weekly staff meeting, one paragraph at a time.

I am not sure if this should be a GA for the blog or not, but I am awarding you one anyway. Thank you, my friend. This is the sort of advice and observation that can make a business better... if that business can get past their own self-interest, their self-preservationist, blowin'-it-down-the-pipe, cronyistic (is that a word?) posture of "We have always done it that way...".

I will let you know Friday afternoon if I still have a job.

^{Boy, I seem to be doing some apple polishing today. Nah, just good posts!}

You are welcome to use this.

That is the point of sharing, so that other companies can learn from other's mistakes and remain competitive.

In my experience, sales has seen the finish line as an inquiry handed to someone inside.

It is my belief that sales' REAL job is to sell the organization on what is going on at the customers that they are RESPONSIBLE FOR. And tell them when they see an iceberg ahead. And hold both Customer and Their company accountable for agreements made.

If sales did so, there would be no blogs about obsolete inventory or 'supply and demand.'

But Management enables them with attaboys when they lob a package to quote in over the transom. So they never grow up into responsible part of the team.

I'll be looking for your report.

Milo

Hello Milo. Good to be talking at you.

Well, your observations were given a fair and attentive hearing, and summarily dismissed.

Deeply entrenched practices are difficult (for those practicing) to admit being other than the best way to do things... ah, well. The ice is broken, and perhaps more consideration down the lane may open some thoughtful discussions here at "The Best Little Doorhouse In Fargo".

Thanks again.

And you are still there ; and they now have been implanted with the seeds of , well how come the sales guys don't do a better job of ... etc. etc.

Thanks for the followup.

Milo