Oakfield Software Ltd

01/02/2024

If you are struggling with overwhelm, confusion and a lack of support … anything like that, this is for you …

These are common feelings …

Struggling with feelings of overwhelm is tough. It makes it hard to get through the day and often follows you home, leading to sleepless nights. And this isn’t just for business owners, it is for Ops planners, lab managers, team leaders, project managers and many more.

The overwhelm often comes from too much activity, too much information, not enough support, or, ironically, not enough information. When data is in the wrong format, delivered too late, or, is simply too hard to understand, it has a massive impact on how work is progressed.

If this is slowing down how you do your job, then it makes you look bad.

Even though you are not the root cause of the problem.
It gets worse when you have to collect and share information with others, often in what we call ‘low level chatter’ and this too is stopping you from focussing on what matters, doing your actual job.

The tough step to take, is to get help.
It needs to be recognised as an issue and given importance.
Once you’ve done this, fixing it becomes a lot easier.

You can then …
Regain time
Remove the low level chatter that eats at your time
Gain support and effortlessly gather the information you need, on-time

Spend time making the decisions that matter
In other words, doing your job
And being recognised for doing it well.

31/01/2024

Wow. 🥹
How come something so boring just became mainstream?
After 14 years in Planning and Scheduling, it has finally taken off.
Roll back to 2012 when I began selling Enterprise Level Solutions to UK clients. It wasn’t easy. Only Ops Managers, Lab Managers and IT Managers seemed to understand the pains of managing ‘resources’. Be they people, machines, vehicles, labs, or projects.
Fast forward to 2023 and we just agreed a roll out to 70 sites, for 1 client.
(That will be a nice boost for our 2024 figures!)
The pains are now understood, so solutions are being sought.
- Overwhelm
- Lack of clarity
- Operation cost benefits
I’d recognised these issues from when I owned a 150 seat Call Centre, turning on Sky TV Channels.
I knew how much time was spent on the wrong things. Wasting time and costing money.
I also understood how easily and quickly it could all change.
That is when I started selling Planning and Scheduling solutions.
Solutions that made it easy to collect, see, understand and share information.
Solutions that were cost-effective and easy to use.
Solutions that were customised to each clients, but weren’t custom coded.
So, after 14 years, my time has come.
But, that means your time is here and now also!
All you need to do is stop for a minute.
Review your day. Your time pressures. Your daily hassles. Your stress levels.
And take action to remove them. To share the load, or simply remove it.
Hope this helps someone to have a better day.
For today and tomorrow.

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