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A good friend and very smart business owner-developer had created and grown his company so that by mid-2006 it was prospering.  But it was keeping him buried in operational issues and distracting details too much of the time.

An innovator at heart, he was quietly getting more frustrated over some missed opportunities, and the loss of control over his time.  He certainly hadn’t intended to accomplish success only to end up slowed down by daily issues.  Being trapped in this way was delaying his plans to expand the business.

Paul knew that by working longer hours, and starting to build a deeper management pyramid that he could expand, but he also knew that this would increase the chances that he would simply burn out.  He needed some other options, some ways to work better and smarter, and to keep his life in balance.

Stopping for iced coffee on Loop 360 one hot July morning, he happened into a conversation with another business owner and acquaintance, she was saying, “Paul, you need to see this new kind of system-vehicle for yourself to really get how it could help you break out of that trap.  I’ll arrange something, ok?”

It took Paul less than a month to work through the first phase, a pilot project to implement and test some of his operations on the system.  He didn’t have to purchase hardware, or install anything because the system is web-based and was delivered online ready to configure, exclusively for his business operations.

He only needed to configure his initial processes, rules, and organization on the system for testing.  Then, to get a real hands-on sense of the system, he got his first group of team members trained to work their assigned jobs through his new web-based vehicle.

To use his system, employees needed only their work computers running the standard web browser, plus their ID, security key, and the training Paul arranged for them.  They easily recognized their assigned work-processes, even though these were now on their new web-based system instead of “on paper and PC” as before.

Paul realized immediately that this was the first time he had seen an automated way to convey his intended company-wide work patterns and rules through a system that actually helped the team get things done . . .  without involving him so often.

He quickly saw that putting most of his operating staff under the new system would save more time and make it easier to scale up for expanded operations with modest management growth.

At his pilot project checkpoint review, Paul made a “Go” decision for more deployment.  Then, over the next few months, Paul moved one process at a time, step by step to automate his operations business wide.  After each step, he experienced using his laptop to interact with more of his business working in real-time.

Ultimately, Paul had 24x7 auto-pilot like control of operations and compliance with his processes through the system, and he could configure and adapt as needed.  He was getting real-time information like operating status, and financials with a few click of his mouse, and he started finding more time for business development.  He rescheduled his vacation with a real commitment to taking it, this time.

Paul accomplished things he had never seriously considered possible and he did it surprisingly fast with Compact Enterprise tm.

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