As a kid I knew how Memorial Day would start. My Dad was a member of the Greatest Generation, who island-hopped through the Pacific Theatre as a member of the 5th Army Air Force. He never talked about the war, but this one day a year he put on his uniform and marched at the […]
We have a Q-Shred User with an office staff of 5 people. There are 2 Scheduler/CSR’s, a Bookkeeper, and 2 part-time general office assistants. Their office is currently buzzing normally with the team booking jobs and dispatching trucks, but with one big new difference. Due to Covid-19, not one of them is physically in the […]
At the NAID Conference in 2019 we met an experienced businesswoman from central California. She knew that she needed dedicated software to run her mobile shredding business properly, but she was being very cautious. It seems that she had tried going down this road once before and had actually invested a chunk of money into shredding […]
It was the second week of March and here in New York we didn’t like what we were seeing. It was still a week and a half away from the “New York on PAUSE” order, but the writing was clear on the wall, so on Friday the 13th of March we pushed out our first Covid-19 […]
Our very first client was an established family-owned shredding business in the southeastern US. As shredding companies go, they had been around a long time and were experienced in the industry. They were regularly running between 4 and 5 shred trucks – always for long days. Though they experienced some success, improvements were sorely needed. They […]
“If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln Maybe Honest Abe said that and maybe he didn’t – but the point is equally valid either way. If a process is inefficient (or your axe is too dull), you are going to work harder […]