BACK CHAT FROM THE USA
CONGRATULATIONS...
BACK CHAT FROM EUROPE
Written and composed by Trevor Scarratt
GOODBYE...
As the old saying goes “one era ends and another begins” and this is most certainly true of the departure of Bernie Collins. In his typical diligent and efferverscent manner, Bernie did much for the Company over the last thirty years and I am sure that you will join me in wishing him well in the baking trade and to paraphrase a famous song: “There’s no business like dough business”. I want to thank those of you who contributed to Bernie’s parting gift which John Collins and myself presented to Bernie a couple of weeks ago. For his gift I decided that for someone who has dealt in the custom-made business for so long, something unique would be in the order of things, therefore I selected for him a clock especially made in the gem-stone capital of Germany at Idar-Oberstein. The clock had an engraved message saying “To Bernie from the Export Guys “. Thank you to you all.
AND HELLO...
To John Collins, who has stepped into the ASM shoes. Once again I am sure that everyone will wish John every success in his new role. Last but not least, I have taken over John’s role of CDM. Part of my duties will be writing editions of BACK CHAT, which I hope I will be writing regularly. But in order to do so, I will need contributions from yourselves, perhaps in the form of any business reminisces or anecdotes from the past or any interesting stories from the present. Any information about hobbies or interests outside of work would be most welcome and, of course, any ideas that can help the business along. BACK CHAT can only be as good as it’s contributions.
DISPLAY IDEAS...
Dave Tindell arranged with the AAFES management to have a display done at the front of the store. As you all would agree this is an eye-catching way of “hooking “potential clientele into our area. Well done Dave!!
EPOS BRIGHT IDEAS...
Now that everyone has TEAM TALK available on the computer (on the RTW Page) we now have the opportunity to check on the amount of cloth available on each and every cloth that we offer in the store. This is especially relevant to promotions such as the current 2 for $650 Sale because many of these selected cloths have a low amount of meterage left.
Accessing this facility is quite simple: first bring up the RTW screen (the one we do sales entries on etc) and right at the bottom you will find TEAM TALK.
Click on Team Talk and you will see a list on the right-hand side headed RESOURCES. Look down this list and half way down you will see CLOTH STOCK.
Click on resources and a list of the bunches will appear on the left hand side. Select the bunch you want by clicking on it and a list of the cloths will appear. To find the meterage remaining look in the left-hand column.
Regular use of this facility will help us all avoid problems with customers concerning PSO’s/TSO’s.The metre status is updated continually so the information is always up-to-date.
HOBBIES...
In this section I will be hopefully highlighting some of the extra-curricular activities on the Export side in Europe. To kick off this new section (forgive the pun) I will be telling you about the footballing life of PAUL WORRALL. Coming from a football mad city like Liverpool, it was only a matter of time before Paul donned his boots and headed out on to foreign fields. Paul has just started playing in an AAFES / Military summer league for a team called…..well simply AAFES. He is certainly dedicated, training each Tuesday and Friday and playing in a match on Monday’s. Paul informs me that he scored 8 times in his first training session, sounds like we have another Michael Owen in the making here! If you achieve as many goals as the former Liverpool hero then you will be doing great!
WORDS OF WISDOM...
Here is a good little ditty to encapsulate the current climate. This is courtesy of Geoff Berry:
IN A JUNGLE TOWN WHERE THE SUN BEATS DOWN
TO THE RAGE OF MAN AND BEAST
THE ENGLISH GARB OF THE ENGLISH SAHIB
MERELY GETS A BIT MORE CREASED
Perhaps if anybody knows who wrote those words then please let me know.
AND FINALLY...
Alan Self – himself indeed - wrote to tell me that, with the appointment of John Collins to the role of ASM, Alan is now serving under his TWELFTH ASM!!!
Is this possibly a record? If any of you out there can beat that then please let me know.
