Logistics is About Service

By 3coast on June 9, 2011

Lean production techniques, just-in-time delivery and reengineered corporations have forever changed the rules of logistics management. Having what’s needed, when needed, and in the appropriate quantities has become more difficult and complex. And for those companies providing logistics services, the competition to attract and keep customers has done everything but ...

How Secure Are You Really?

By 3coast on June 7, 2011

Let’s face it…everyone these days has a website. It is estimated that over 75% of the worlds small to medium sized businesses currently have an active website. These websites contain vital data to run the business, account numbers, client contact information, financial data, and an extensive amount of data that ...

Mary Had a Custom App, Custom App, Custom App!

By 3coast on February 28, 2011

The solution to Mary getting in trouble in the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, is obvious and apparent; just don’t take that little lamb to school! Sometimes problems in business seem as obvious and they are easy to fix. Other times, not so much. A manufacturing client of ...

Don’t Drop the Ball!

By 3coast on January 19, 2011

When it comes to hiring new employees, the simple fact is that having a staffing firm locate candidates allows you to focus on other tasks besides hiring. However, working with a generic staffing firm may actually end up costing you more time/money. Such staffing firms are more generalists and try to ...

12 Days of Christmas with 3coast

By 3coast on December 23, 2010

On the first day of Christmas, My IT Partner gave to me Business Support for IT. On the second day of Christmas, My IT Partner gave to me Two security features (email and web) And business support for IT. On the third day of Christmas, My IT Partner gave to me Three Staffing options (contract, direct hire, contract-to-hire) Two security ...

WAIT….That’s Not What I MEANT!!!

By 3coast on December 2, 2010

You have the right resume, you have an interview with the hiring manager, and all looks great for this new job. There are some commonly misunderstood actions/conversations that can (and do) occur if you’re not prepared. Moments in (and after) the interview that you thought would be taken as a positive ...

The ABC’s of Interviewing

By 3coast on November 26, 2010

So...you've decided you want a new job. You've picked the field you want to be in. You've searched high and low for that perfect job opening. Your resume has been chosen as one of the best by the hiring manager because you took the advice in the blog "How to ...

Remember to Give Thanks

By 3coast on November 25, 2010

The pilgrims came to America and it was a whole new world for them. They were unfamiliar with the environment. They did not know which plants were poisonous and which plants could be used for medicinal purposes. They had yet to figure out how to farm the local fruits and ...

A Company that Plays Together, Stays Together

By 3coast on November 23, 2010

3coast a Managed IT Support and IT Staffing firm, recently held a company “play date” to encourage mingling among departments. The “play date” was held at the park across the street from the 3coast building in Webster, Texas. A few hours at the end of a Friday was set aside for all employees to ...

Don’t Get Caught Watching That Paint Dry!

By 3coast on November 17, 2010

In the basketball movie classic “Hoosiers”, down one point with one shot left to win the game, the Hickory team’s assistant coach tells them to run the picket-fence play. As they are about to take the floor, he says, “Boys, don’t get caught watching that paint dry!” How many businesses have ...

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