17 Articles Under This Category. Getting the Most Bang From Training Bucks - Brenda Kerton
When organizations spend real dollars on training events they deserve to get as much from them as possible. In too many cases, everyone in the organization, from staff to leaders, assumes that the training event will impart great skills and that the training participants will go back to their... Submitted 1 year 326 days ago.

Gone in a Flash - - Cheryl McNeil
Flashing lights, music, images fading in and out, talking heads, spinning logos How much is too much? Well, I personally think it depends on how well it complements the content, and if the content is of high instructional design quality. There are 3 categories I am speaking of in this... Submitted 2 years 124 days ago.

Photoelectric vs Ionization Smoke Detectors: What Are The Differences? - Stephen Davies
You know what a smoke detector is, but did you know there are different types of detectors? In today's article, we'll explain the differences between two of the most common smoke detectors used in both commercial and residential fire alarm applications. Photoelectric Smoke Detector Simply... Submitted 3 years 140 days ago.

How To Create A Podcast From Audio Tape - Erich Slipsager
The digital revolution has rendered many of to a state of utter confusion when it comes to dealing with older/analog audio technologies. A good number of us are still utilizing the familiar old tape deck to record our audio, but then become absolutely befuddled when it comes time to transfer that... Submitted 5 years 8 days ago.

Commercial vs Residential Plumbing - Joe Berg
The difficulties these two varieties of plumbing, household and commercial, are fundamentally very similar: broken toilets, leaky faucets, and the like. However, there is a big distinction between the two in particularly when it comes to the number of people served by these plumbing systems. The... Submitted 1 year 42 days ago.

Top 10 OSHA Safety Violations for 2010 Announced. - - Henry Wilter
This year OSHA issues over 94,000 citations for safety related violations. At the National Safety Council's 2010 Congress and Expo, OSHA announced the top 10 safety violations, which accounted for nearly half of the total violations, for the year. While this year's list is nearly identical to... Submitted 1 year 162 days ago.

Concrete Cutting Safety Tips - G&S Concrete
In construction industry every project involves nearly some form of cutting concrete or core boring. Hand-held saws are used in the construction project to cut or shape paving slabs, stones or other concrete products. C utting concrete may seem to be simple but on practical ground there are... Submitted 1 year 175 days ago.

"The Times They are a Changing" - The new face of SIA Door Supervisors - - James Seaward
With the ever evolving Security Industry Authority is the face of door supervisors changing for the better? How is the new Door Supervisor course criteria going to affect the industry? If asked to picture a door supervisor the typical image would be a large bent nose, cauliflower eared... Submitted 1 year 288 days ago.

What Are Water Slide-Off Decals? - - Douglas Bryant
Before the invention of pressure-sensitive plastic decals (in approximately the 1950's) all decals where manufactured by using water slide-off decals. The water slide-off decal was manufactured by printing the graphic you wanted to display on the product or as a promotional decal on release... Submitted 2 years 43 days ago.

Destructible Vinyl Decals - - Douglas Bryant
Decals, are manufactured with many different materials, each material group is used for specific uses. Materials like white vinyl are used for decals that mount onto outside windows, doors, lockers, notebooks, vehicles. Clear polyester or clear Mylar is utilized to manufacture decals to be... Submitted 2 years 43 days ago.

C.M.Y.K. or Spot Colors in Printing - - Douglas Bryant
The theory of color is very scientific, but I will not be presenting a scientific answer to what is color. I will be exposing how colors are used in the printing industry. In addition, what the acronym C.M.Y.K. means and how it is different from spot color printing. I cannot define color... Submitted 2 years 43 days ago.

Optimizing Indirect Labor, 10 Good Reasons - - James Cavalluzzi
One of the most overlooked costs of production is indirect labor. Everyone is aware of what indirect labor is and everyone can show you a number which they have associated to it, but how many of those numbers are truly accurate? Most people are astonished once they are faced with the true costs... Submitted 2 years 321 days ago.

Ka-Ching! Using Technology to Improve Fee Collection - Sam Stortz
Collecting and processing payments – your center's financial health depends on it. It can also be one of your most time-consuming and unpleasant administrative tasks. Fortunately, it’s an area where the smart use of technology can provide dramatic benefits. This article will discuss technology... Submitted 1 year 302 days ago.

Calculations for Accumulator Sizing - - Tim New
Based on the following input: Engine: CAT 3512 - 3158 cu.in. displacement Min Cranking RPM: 120 Number of Teeth on Flywheel: 183 Number of Teeth on Starter Pinion: 11 Submitted 4 years 115 days ago.

Training For the Company and Staff - Martina Celegato
Professionalism, competence and constant updating are three elements to any successful company in every industry and every level. To convey these feelings to customers in fact not only helps to retain the customer base but also to achieve high levels of competence and competitiveness in a... Submitted 1 year 77 days ago.

Safety At Work: the Agriculture - Martina Celegato
When it comes to work one of the campaigns and activities that ultimately are going back on the front line are definitely concerning the issue of job security. The safety, in fact, visit the recent cases written in the newspaper, is often underestimated, particularly in those environments that... Submitted 1 year 188 days ago.

Call Accounting and PMS Interfaces - - Jessie Warner
Hotels/motels use a PMS (Property Management System) for handling operational data and billing guests (through folios w/room, amenity and other charges). Call accounting systems interface to a PMS so priced call records are posted directly to the guest folios. Different PMS' use different... Submitted 3 years 60 days ago.