Day to Day
Dressing Barbie- Design and Presentation
My first challenge was to design a product for Airwear that would sell at least 100 units. my first idea was a shot glass the second was Yoga pants.
I'm not the best artist, but drawing up a shot glass was easy. The pants however looked utterly disappointing when I saw it on paper. Not at all what was in my head.
Well, I may not be able to draw, but I can sew, and so I made a sample pair of Yoga pants, just big enough for Barbie.
My boss was a little surprised but they were a hit! And Barbie has become quite popular at the store.
I'm not the best artist, but drawing up a shot glass was easy. The pants however looked utterly disappointing when I saw it on paper. Not at all what was in my head.
Well, I may not be able to draw, but I can sew, and so I made a sample pair of Yoga pants, just big enough for Barbie.
My boss was a little surprised but they were a hit! And Barbie has become quite popular at the store.
ACE Retail P.O.S. System- Set up and Training
On my first day at Buffalo, Peter ( my boss) points to a monitor and a mess of wires, and tells me "that is your responsibility," to set up the new (used) system he bought 6 months prior and hasn't attempted to figure out.
Lucky me.
Untangling the wires, organizing the various accessories and piecing it together was the easy part.
Counting the product (all the product) currently in stock wasn't that hard either, although time consuming.
Adding each item we carry into the system 1 by 1 was child's play.
The difficult part of this task was training Peter to use it.
Going from hand written invoices for each transaction to a til that does the hard work for you was a blessing, but try training someone how to use a system, when he cant figure out how Google works.
In the end the system works. We are still learning and tweaking the system every so often, and new abilities become apparent every so often, but never without more detail oriented work.
By the one year mark of using the system I expect almost all the bugs to be worked out and be able to use the system to its full potential.
Lucky me.
Untangling the wires, organizing the various accessories and piecing it together was the easy part.
Counting the product (all the product) currently in stock wasn't that hard either, although time consuming.
Adding each item we carry into the system 1 by 1 was child's play.
The difficult part of this task was training Peter to use it.
Going from hand written invoices for each transaction to a til that does the hard work for you was a blessing, but try training someone how to use a system, when he cant figure out how Google works.
In the end the system works. We are still learning and tweaking the system every so often, and new abilities become apparent every so often, but never without more detail oriented work.
By the one year mark of using the system I expect almost all the bugs to be worked out and be able to use the system to its full potential.