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The importance of knowing WHAT your people are working on
The importance of knowing WHAT your people are working on I get asked A LOT about what my job is. Officially my role at Gemstone is implementing ILLUMYS, our project controls LEM (Labour, Equipment, Material) software solution. My background is that I have many years...
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5 Amazing Stress Relievers You Can do at Your Desk
5 Amazing Stress Relievers You Can do at Your Desk Let’s face it we all deal with stress, being in a busy office and dealing with the daily grid can be challenging. Stress can be very overwhelming and all-consuming and really take a toll on your mental and physical...
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4 Reasons You Should Use A Travel Professional and 1 Reason You Shouldn’t
4 Reasons You Should Use a Travel Professional and 1 Reason You Shouldn’t Use a Travel Professional because: 1.We know more than you do We live in an age where access to information is both instant and readily available. There are a million websites out there where...
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Delivering a Large Project in a Small Company - Part 2 Keeping Costs Low
Delivering a Large Project in a Small Company Part 2 – Keeping Costs Low After my last blog post on 'Delivering a Large Project in a Small Company', I received questions about some of the things our company is doing to reduce costs in developing software with the...
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Making Time for our Community
Making Time for our Community Gemstone Logistics is a company that takes pride in our community. Each year our team works with local organizations to give back our community. Our humble team of software developers, technical support staff, and travel agents generously...
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Supporting the Inaccessible; A Customer Support Story
Supporting the Inaccessible Throughout my time with Gemstone, I have been privileged with the task of client support. With locations ranging from the most northern parts of the hemisphere, to the middle of a desert in the south our vast knowledge of the culture,...
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How I survived 8 years in an Industrial Camp
How I survived 8 years in an Industrial Camp If you’ve ever worked at a remote site, you know how long and grueling a work day can be. After a hard days’ work, the idea of heading back to camp can seem equally as tough. But it doesn’t have to be! I’m here to tell you...
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Delivering a Large Project in a Small Company
Delivering a Large Project in a Small Company is no small feat. When it comes to software projects, smaller companies typically don't have a lot of resources to work with and are forced to do more with less. This is true for all aspects of the project's life cycle,...
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Company Culture…Keeping Folks Happy While Staying Afloat
Where do you find the balance between expectations and operations? There has been a large shift over recent years placing an increasing awareness on employee happiness and well-being. The expectation of the "daily grind" must now incorporate...
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The Struggles Of Coordinating Employee Travel.
How To Simplify Your Employee Travel Coordination. If you’ve ever had to coordinate employee travel, you know what I’m talking about. For a long time, before my current role at Gemstone, I was a travel coordinator struggling with the schedules of over 3000 employees...
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