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Big/old companies tend to get entrenched in their ways, I see this everywhere as a MSP, spouting idioms like "If it ain't broke don't fix it!" and "There's no n
by pfundstein 5y ago
Big/old companies tend to get entrenched in their ways, I see this everywhere as a MSP, spouting idioms like "If it ain't broke don't fix it!" and "There's no need to reinvent the wheel".
- shagie 5y agoI don't completely blame them... just disappointed. They had supply chain problems for their current computers (granted, their own making by not upgrading as time went on) and they were thinking "can we get 10k of these devices? They're all sold out currently... at best, we could get a few hundred, not enough to redo all the current stores if we were to go down this path."
- mark-r 5y agoTen years ago I worked at a place that used single board DOS machines for clocking in and out. And this wasn't just at the beginning and end of a shift, this was every time they worked on a new batch of parts. It became very hard to keep these machines operating, you couldn't get spare parts for them anymore without scrounging other machines. It was a medical device manufacturer, so it wasn't just company inertia holding them back - any change had to go through regulatory compliance. The company was in the midst of replacing their planning and tracking system when I left, and they've changed ownership twice, so I presume they've managed to replace those old systems too. I shudder to think of the problems they're having if they haven't.