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Joe --- IBM and iSeries works very closely with the Small Business School
http://smallbusinessschool.org/webapp/sbs/sbs/index-ns.jsp?Size=800&Speed=250

We had a link to it on the Nation's home page... I see it's gone but...
it'll be back!

We help provide customer references for their programs.  They do a really
good job!

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From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Subject: RE: The AS/400 0on TV
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:38:48 -0500
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com

We have a local station here in Chicago, WYCC (Channel 20) that does tons
of
educational program (it in fact bills itself as "The Education Station").
Yesterday, I happened to catch an episode of a show called "Small Business
School", which basically talks to small business owners about how they run
their businesses.

The store being spotlighted in this particular show was one called "The Art
Store", which turns out to be a pretty successful chain of art supply
stores.  And while I never caught the gentleman's name, he was quite a
proponent of using the computer - he talked on and on about how he had no
backroom inventory, all 17,000 itmes were tracked via POS barcode scanners
and ordered using electronic orders - in effect, implementing JIT
distribution techniques.

And all of this was because of his trusty AS/400.  He actually used the
word
"AS/400" several times, and said that without it, he couldn't have
implemented his business strategy.  And while the word flew over the head
of
the interviewer, I was thrilled to hear it said on TV.

Just a little note, hopefully to brighten up someone's day.

Joe


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