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Ticket Triage for Plex ERP: How Small BA Teams Decide What Gets Fixed First

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It is 7:40 am on a Monday morning and your inbox already has four Plex problems in it. A supervisor at one plant cannot print labels. An accountant at another company cannot close last month's books. Somebody - you are not sure who - reports that "Plex is slow." And a text message from a plant manager says a workcenter stopped recording production two hours ago. Four tickets. One of you. Which one do you touch first? If your answer is "whichever one I saw first" or "whoever is loudest," you do not have a support process - you have a reaction process. The fix is an old idea borrowed from emergency medicine: triage . This article covers what ticket triage is, why it pays for itself in a Plex ERP environment, the five-step pass I recommend for every incoming ticket, and the specific challenges that hit small Plex business analysts who support more than one company, in more than one location, at the same time. Listen to the podcast version of this post:...
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Stop Guessing, Start Growing: The Power of SWOT

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Are you feeling stuck? Whether it's in your career, your business, or your personal development journey, sometimes the biggest obstacle is simply a lack of clarity. We often know what we want to achieve, but we don't always know the best path to get there. A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique used to identify and categorize an organization's or individual's S trengths, W eaknesses, O pportunities, and T hreats related to business competition or project planning. Strengths (Internal, Positive): What do you or your business do well? What are your advantages? Weaknesses (Internal, Negative): What could you or your business improve? What are your disadvantages? Opportunities (External, Positive): What external factors could you or your business exploit for advantage? What trends could benefit you? Threats (External, Negative): What external factors could cause trouble or harm to you or your business? Why SWOT is Your Secret Weapon This isn't just ...
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