Cut the crap out of freight

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May 152014
 

Cut the crap out of freight. Subscribe to the RNS standard of barcode numbering, a one off cost will give you an infinite sized range of Consignment numbers, Manifest Numbers and Item Numbers to last your entire business’s lifetime – and you can easily exchange data with other businesses using the same RNS standard and they can all co-exist in the one system making tracking a breeze.

If you want you can personalise your numbering scheme today. How would you love to have SANTA as your exclusive numbering system prefix. At a special introductory price we have a SANTA prefix just for you. Don’t let someone else get your preferred number prefix and contact us today!

We’ll even show you how you can allocate these same allocated numbers to all of your senders, receivers and 3rd parties… best of all, you will never run out!

JC & FW

RapidFMS Compatability as of April 2014

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Apr 152014
 

RapidFMS Compatability (Clients)

  • Various Android based phones 2.2 and later
  • Various Android based Media players
  • iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4
  • Google Chromebook
  • Windows Phone 8
  • Blackberry Playbook
  • Windows PC (Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8)
  • Mac with OSX (Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion)
  • Linux Ubuntu (and other flavours)
  • Google TV
  • Blackberry Bold 9780 (the browser sucks, it works but not really nicely)
  • SONY Playstation 3
  • Nintendo Wii (works suprisingly well if not a little slow – likely due to lack of RAM)

RapidFMS Compatability (Servers)

  • Various Android based phones 2.2 and later
  • Various Android based Media players
  • Windows PC (Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8)
  • Mac with OSX (Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion)
  • Linux Ubuntu (and other flavours)

JC

RapidFMS

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Mar 242014
 

RapidFMS is the ideal platform to build your custom Freight Software Solution. We pride ourselves on developing the most up to date solutions with years of investment in R&D to provide our customers with a solid platform to build upon now and for the foreseeable future.

Why Choose Us?

Our core group has over 40 years experience in the transport industry and has recognised the many changes in the way businesses need to dispatch and label their freight for acceptance by their customers while at the same time being compliant with requirements.

We believe RapidFMS to be one of the most advanced high performance freight systems available today with features such as the ability to work on multiple consignments at the same time, sign on glass or the ability to print remotely and directly to thermal or laser printers anywhere across the World even from a tablet or mobile phone.

RapidFMS is compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS desktop systems as well as iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone devices and more including in-vehicle devices.  Also compatible with the most popular Web Browsers, RapidFMS can be used from anywhere around the World.

The Freight Management System itself has many features that can be tailored to your needs. The system is suitable for a whole range of clients ranging from Freight Brokers, Carriers, Wholesalers / Large Retail chains to Small Businesses.

  • Leveraging off proven development libraries, standards and techniques, we are able to provide customisations to our software in favourable timeframes at highly competitive rates.
  • Users whether they are clients, staff or management can work more efficiently by working with multiple forms and documents at the same time. This multitasking capability enables a continuous flow of work with less interruption.
  • Your important data is secured from exploitation giving you peace of mind. Security was part of the system’s design from the start and will remain important for the life of the system.
  • Users will wait less. RapidFMS is faster and smarter! Intelligent caching and lower network traffic than your traditional Web App enables high performance even over a 3G / 4G mobile network. This is particularly important when using mobile or in-vehicle devices.
  • Your users expect software to run on their device. With out-of-the-box support for Windows, OSX, Linux, Android and IOS you will have catered for almost everyone.
  • Most business applications have the need to print, be it reports, labels or charts. RapidFMS has inbuilt printing services including the ability to print to locally attached printers, over a network, over the internet and even from mobile devices using Android and IOS.
  • We found charting was so desirable to our clients we built charting services into RapidFMS. You can display multiple charts of multiple styles, report on them or just watch them update in near real-time.
  • Branding is your business’ identity and it’s important for client-facing and even sometimes internal-facing Apps that they are branded for your business.
  • With its modular design, RapidFMS is easily extensible allowing additional functionality to be added easily as your business grows.
  • RapidFMS has inbuilt document repositories for document or images storage and retrieval.
  • B2B Internet Services as well as in-house software integration facilities are already built into RapidFMS allowing a greater choice in how you can provide your staff and customer services.
  • An important factor of any project often overlooked is the planned lifespan of a project when making technology choices on which to base it. RapidFMS uses current mainstream marketplace technologies, so you should be able to look back in a decade’s time with a smile.
  • Because of the mainstream technology choices for which RapidFMS is based upon it is easy for you to find those additional development resources as you require.
  • RapidFMS gives you a choice second to none of hosting options. Host it on a server or locally on any of the following – Linux, Windows, OSX or even on Android.
  • With the investment we have already put into RapidFMS, we continually research and invest back into the product providing our customers with regular enhancements, bug fixes and if they ever arise, timely security patches.

Want to know more about RapidFMS…

JC

Planners vs.Reactivists – you certainly wouldn’t build a house without putting up a ‘planned out’ frame first

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Nov 122013
 

I was having a good discussion with JC last night around the Agile project methodology and a few good points were raised.

For example, when implementing an Agile Methodology it is important not to forget about Planning and Reflection to become a more efficient team.

This is clearly outlined in the very last paragraph of the Agile Manifesto – “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.” – http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.htm

It is also clearly outlined in Agile’s Declaration of Interdependence – “We improve effectiveness and reliability through situationally specific strategies, processes and practices.” – http://pmdoi.org/

It is too easy to get bogged down in simply delivering to a customer and “keeping them happy” and not devoting or allocating any time to Planning.  The Agile Methodology dictates a fine balance of Planned and Re-Activist based approaches therefore a lean towards either direction also means to stray away from being Agile.

A ‘Spike’ is a very important part of Planning and I can’t stress how important they are to an Agile project.

Therefore make sure they included in between sprints within your Agile based project.

“Spikes will usually take place in between sprints” – http://agile101.net/2009/09/29/using-spikes-in-agile-software-development/

I suppose I just wanted to stress to all ‘Agilists’ out there that they should at least try and allocate more time to Planning to ensure resources are being used efficiently throughout all aspects of your Agile project.  This will surely bring success to all involved.

FW


“Agile on the other hand is a truly open and transparent system of working, one that still gives the client the secure knowledge of fixed charges and fixed timescales by simply adjusting the breadth of features that can be accomplished. So whilst the product owner might not get all of the lower priority features they wished for at that the project’s conception, they are still guaranteed a viable, usable, and working product for no extra or hidden charges. Likewise, less of the job’s budget is spent on project management, change orders and scope limitation so more money goes straight to where its needed: design, development and content.”

http://8gramgorilla.com/applying-agile-development-to-web-projects/

Web Renovators certainly prides itself on delivering quality solutions to it’s customers and agrees that correct use of Agile project management can certainly assist with this.

Bringing RapidOS Products to your devices…

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Oct 032013
 

Just noting the devices that RapidOS is compatible with:

Windows PC (Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8) (works flawlessly)
Mac with OSX (Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion) (works flawlessly)
iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 (works flawlessly)
Various Android based phones 2.2 and later (works flawlessly)
Various Android based Media players (works flawlessly)
Google TV (works flawlessly)
Nintendo Wii (works suprisingly well if not a little slow – likely due to lack of RAM)
Blackberry Bold (the browser sucks, it works but not really nicely)

JC

Seven more ways Mitsukibo’s new Web App framework “RapidOS” can add value to your business

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Sep 092013
 

Just a quick followup of 10 ways Mitsukibo’s new Web App framework “RapidOS” can add value to your business

11. Extensibility:

With its modular design, RapidOS is easily extensible allowing additional functionality to be added easily as your business grows.

12. B2B/Integration:

B2B Internet Services as well as in-house software integration facilities are already built into RapidOS allowing a greater choice in how you can provide your staff and customer services.

13. Longevity:

An important factor of any project often overlooked is the planned lifespan of a project when making technology choices on which to base it. RapidOS uses current mainstream marketplace technologies, so you should be able to look back in a decade’s time with a smile.

14. Resourcing:

Because of the mainstream technology choices for which RapidOS is based upon it is easy for you to find those additional development resources as you require.

15. Hosting:

RapidOS gives you a choice second to none of hosting options. Host it on a server or locally on any of the following – Linux, Windows, OSX or even on Android.

16. Supported:

We provide friendy ongoing support to customers RapidOS and RapidOS based products.

17. Future:

With the investment we have already put into RapidOS, we continually research and invest back into the product providing our customers with regular enhancements, bug fixes and if they ever arise, timely security patches.

JC

10 ways Mitsukibo’s new Web App framework “RapidOS” can add value to your business

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May 072013
 

When you development a new Web App, it is common to choose one of the many frameworks available so you can focus attention on the business functions rather than the technical and fast-track your product. With so many frameworks available it can be a daunting task to research each and every one of them to ensure they are up to the task.  Even if you have the time to perform such research, should you want to do something different, it can be a sizable task in itself to develop your own. Many businesses choose to skip any real architectural design choices and end up with slow barely maintainable apps with a higher cost of ownership than should have been .

Here are 10 ways which Mitsukibo’s new Web App framework “RapidOS” can add value to your business.

1. Development:

Web Apps can be developed and brought to market quicker enabling the other benefits to be brought forward sooner as well as lowering costs and reducing the risks of long running projects.

2. Efficiency:

Users whether they are clients, staff or management can work more efficiently by working with multiple forms and documents at the same time. This multitasking capability enables a continuous flow of work with less interruption.

3. Security:

Your important data is secured from exploitation giving you peace of mind. Security was part of the systems design from the start and will remain important for the life of the system.

4. Performance:

Users will wait less. RapidOS is faster and smarter! Intelligent caching and lower network traffic than your traditional Web App enables high performance even over a 3G mobile network. Background processing let’s larger tasks run without user interruption.

5. Multiplatform:

Your users expect software to run on their device. With out-of-the-box support for Windows, OSX, Linux, Android and IOS you will have catered for almost everyone.

6. Printing:

Most business applications have the need to print, be it reports, labels or charts. RapidOS has inbuilt printing services including the ability to print to locally attached printers, over a network, over the internet and even from mobile devices using Android and IOS.

7. Charting:

We found charting was so desirable to our clients we built charting services into RapidOS. You can display multiple charts of multiple styles, report on them or just watch them update in near real-time.

8. Branding:

Branding is your businesses identity and its important for client-facing and even sometimes internal-facing Apps that they are branded for your business.

9. Accessibility:

To make your Web Apps more accessible to people with physical impairments, voice recognition facilities are provided to allow speech to text conversion as well as total application control.

10. Flexibility:

You are not tied to any particular look and feel, in fact almost any look and feel can be created with RapidOS gaining instantly the security, performance and platform independence. Want RapidOS to power your conventional looking website but with greater speed? Not a problem.

Contact Mitsukibo today to find out how your new application or an upgraded legacy application could benefit from using RapidOS.

JC

RapidFMS preview 2

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Apr 272013
 

Even using a laptop tethered to a standard mobile phone 3G connection, RapidFMS still appears to work just as fast as if you are connected to a fixed connection back at the office!

This means you can create your consignments or view statistics on the fly.

FW

RapidFMS preview 1

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Apr 252013
 

Here is a quick preview of RapidFMS based on our own web-OS framework.

No more slow awkward Web Apps constrained to a single task at a time, be more productive and collaborate with your colleagues no matter where they are.

Compatible with the following clients: Windows, OSX, Linux, Android Devices, IOS Devices and can be hosted on the following servers: Windows, OSX, Linux and Android Devices. Works fine on: MSIE 8+, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari.

Don’t let the internet constrain your imagination – bring your Apps into the modern era today!

JC

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