Because of those two requirements, we have to deal with a lot of issues many custom software developers rarely see. First, we have to build not just the product, but all of the tools that support the product out in the field. Second, we have to make sure that the foundation we build is a solid one because it s one that we ll be revising over a long period of time. We have to code today looking toward tomorrow, we have to anticipate where and how the product will evolve. We have to make sure that both the code and design are maintainable.
Performance measurement is the process corporations use to determine how well they re doing.
Now in its first major release, Corporate Max is used by HPC Inc to roll together data from more than 100 publications across the United States. The analytical database allows users to explore data through Excel. MAX tracks customers, customer surveys, contracts, and invoices, and provides more than 70 reports that allow managers to fine-tune their operations. Engineers can record all of the information related to a task, and then later determine how changes to procedures or line speed will affect each operator on the line. From the answers to these questions TimeQuest is able to determine the exact steps and thus the exact time required to build the item.