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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 2983079" data-attributes="member: 23516">I&#039;ve never felt that the 3270/AS400 stone age programs were junk.&nbsp; Quite the opposite!&nbsp; They have been pretty fast programs.&nbsp; My main gripe is that there were so many of them, they didn&#039;t talk to each other well, and you were very limited in what you could do with each program.&nbsp; For instance, some tasks required you to have multiple green screens open at the same time because the info from the first one was plugged into the 2nd, which generated a response that you had to plug into the 3rd.&nbsp; We held tight to this old crap as technology was advancing.&nbsp; At some point, a few of the people figured out how to simplify some of the processes by creating Exel macros.&nbsp; It was an improvement but the problem still existed.&nbsp; Modernizing things at this point is an overwhelming task because it was something that was ignored for so long.While I&#039;m complaining, some of the computer guys need to be beaten.&nbsp; Some of them understand their audience, which is great.&nbsp; The rest are creating things that make perfect sense to a computer genius but are thoroughly confusing to the average employee at FedEx.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m on a roll.&nbsp; The company intranet is a DISASTER.&nbsp; Anything that isn&#039;t accessible by a direct keyword is nearly impossible to find via an intranet search.&nbsp; It is unbelievably and inexcusably terrible.&nbsp; So much of it is wholly irrelevant, lots of it is obsolete.&nbsp; Some have put together their own reference pages with links to stuff you would really need.&nbsp; If a dispatch manager or a station&#039;s CSAs can organize things in such a useful manner for their own use...&nbsp; WHY CAN&#039;T THE COMPANY?&nbsp; Once there was a handler who had all of his training but for some reason the Pscan system wouldn&#039;t accept his ID.&nbsp; There were 3 man-hours used in trying to look up what the true handler requirements were that would allow him to be Pscan compliant.&nbsp; Couldn&#039;t find it.&nbsp; Finally someone looked at the completed courses of a compliant handler and copied them down and compared them to what the non-compliant guy had completed.&nbsp; There were two entries that had nothing to do with anything.&nbsp; He was then given credit for those courses and he was good to go.Now, if a detailed day-by-day sort recap of a station in Buttcrack, AL for the 3rd quarter of 2003 can be found in the top 5 results of every search, no matter what the search is -- WHY NOT SOMETHING USEFUL?&nbsp; AAARGH!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 2983079, member: 23516"] I've never felt that the 3270/AS400 stone age programs were junk. Quite the opposite! They have been pretty fast programs. My main gripe is that there were so many of them, they didn't talk to each other well, and you were very limited in what you could do with each program. For instance, some tasks required you to have multiple green screens open at the same time because the info from the first one was plugged into the 2nd, which generated a response that you had to plug into the 3rd. We held tight to this old crap as technology was advancing. At some point, a few of the people figured out how to simplify some of the processes by creating Exel macros. It was an improvement but the problem still existed. Modernizing things at this point is an overwhelming task because it was something that was ignored for so long. While I'm complaining, some of the computer guys need to be beaten. Some of them understand their audience, which is great. The rest are creating things that make perfect sense to a computer genius but are thoroughly confusing to the average employee at FedEx. Now I'm on a roll. The company intranet is a DISASTER. Anything that isn't accessible by a direct keyword is nearly impossible to find via an intranet search. It is unbelievably and inexcusably terrible. So much of it is wholly irrelevant, lots of it is obsolete. Some have put together their own reference pages with links to stuff you would really need. If a dispatch manager or a station's CSAs can organize things in such a useful manner for their own use... WHY CAN'T THE COMPANY? Once there was a handler who had all of his training but for some reason the Pscan system wouldn't accept his ID. There were 3 man-hours used in trying to look up what the true handler requirements were that would allow him to be Pscan compliant. Couldn't find it. Finally someone looked at the completed courses of a compliant handler and copied them down and compared them to what the non-compliant guy had completed. There were two entries that had nothing to do with anything. He was then given credit for those courses and he was good to go. Now, if a detailed day-by-day sort recap of a station in Buttcrack, AL for the 3rd quarter of 2003 can be found in the top 5 results of every search, no matter what the search is -- WHY NOT SOMETHING USEFUL? AAARGH! [/QUOTE]

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