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  • 13 Sep

    Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Masthead


    With the new version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, ‘Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011’ being released, one of the things that I have been wondering is how the graphical elements are going to change for one the icons and the Masthead. For this post I thought that I would cover the Masthead.

    One thing to take into consideration if you want to design something is that there are multiple tabs that may be covering up to half the height of the masthead. This will restrict your ability to have an image or something that you would want displayed all the time.

    With ...

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  • 06 Sep

    Increase Productivity with Microsoft Dynamics CRM


    There are many programs available to help increase Productivity. Although Dynamics CRM is not aimed specifically at increasing productivity in the work place, it has tools that help with productivity. It can also be customised so that the processes inside of CRM can be sped up and in turn increase productivity.

    In this post I am not only going to talk of ways that Dynamics CRM can improve productivity but also some shortcuts you can take within Dynamics CRM.

    Because CRM is based on a central database and is able to integrate with so many other systems it decreases the ...

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  • 30 Aug

    Busy vs. Productive - Part 2


    I was interested in what productivity and busyness each look like in practice. The division presence of both is more common in the work place than you think. I have broken this into two parts with example of each:

    Productivity:

    http://www.profit501.com/utah-tries-a-4-day-workweek/76/

    This website above talks of how Utah was experimenting with a four day work week to reduce energy, they found that the energy consumption didn’t change the most, but it was the productivity as they found that when the employees were working for something the productivity went up and they got more things done in about the same amount of time.

    http://www.switched.com/2007/09/12/facebook-costing-businesses-264-million-daily-in-lost-man-hours/...

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