The Wedding Planner
November 16th, 2007
It's like a fairy tale, but it's true.
Paolo DiVincenzo lives in North Carolina, where his company makes the special slips worn with wedding gowns. ("Soft taffeta...with multiple layers of gathered tulle...") And there's an equally special line of jewelry for weddings. They're in over a thousand bridal stores around the world...
Somehow, Xerpi is a part of the mix. Ultimately Paolo created a Shared View on Xerpi filled with all the links that his team needs. "I like knowing that any of our employees have access to the links to check in on the business while they're away," says Paolo. "And their email!"
To find the magical materials that eventually become wedding wear, Paolo works with over 50 companies scattered across the planet — so every day his team checks their web sites for ordering numbers, new products, and sometimes even their inventory levels. Paolo arranged all the links into dedicated blocks, which makes them much easier to find.
And that was just the beginning. For example, another block links to all Paolo's own wedding apparel sites. This block also has links for shipping terms and other information to answer question quickly. And there's another block for "administration" links, which let his team enter orders, update their product listings, and, yes, even access the company's email remotely. If a call comes in about a specific ad, Paolo's team can just go to an "Advertising" block of links and pull up that specific offer. He's even created a special link block for his team that's filled with the latest articles about the industry, along with key data and useful market information.
Anyone who's ever been part of a wedding party knows that it involves an almost endless amount of preparation — and Paolo knows it too. When wedding season hits, it's vital that Paolo's company has all their materials ready, and it's the "Established Suppliers" block lets his whole team access the 50 supplier links for placing orders. A second block also lets Paolo save URLs for possible future suppliers that he needs to research. (Sometimes Paolo finds these links when he's surfing the web at home on his laptop!) "We find a link once, we 'Xerpi' it, and then we all have access to it, indefinitely. It's simple!" Paolo said in an email.
"Xerpi helps ensure that important information is not falling through the cracks. We can get to our suppliers' web sites easily, and we can access market data we've discovered." But there's also one last link block that's popular with his team. It's called "Water Cooler."
"It's fun stuff we find that we want to share."
It's pretty common in the workplace for people to use the same URLs — but what's not so common is having the ability to collect them all together into one shared place. "How many times have you dug through your email archive to find a link someone sent you?" Paolo asks. "It's a terrible time waster!"
So when he finally discovered Xerpi — it was love at first sight.
Paolo DiVincenzo lives in North Carolina, where his company makes the special slips worn with wedding gowns. ("Soft taffeta...with multiple layers of gathered tulle...") And there's an equally special line of jewelry for weddings. They're in over a thousand bridal stores around the world...
Somehow, Xerpi is a part of the mix. Ultimately Paolo created a Shared View on Xerpi filled with all the links that his team needs. "I like knowing that any of our employees have access to the links to check in on the business while they're away," says Paolo. "And their email!"
To find the magical materials that eventually become wedding wear, Paolo works with over 50 companies scattered across the planet — so every day his team checks their web sites for ordering numbers, new products, and sometimes even their inventory levels. Paolo arranged all the links into dedicated blocks, which makes them much easier to find.
And that was just the beginning. For example, another block links to all Paolo's own wedding apparel sites. This block also has links for shipping terms and other information to answer question quickly. And there's another block for "administration" links, which let his team enter orders, update their product listings, and, yes, even access the company's email remotely. If a call comes in about a specific ad, Paolo's team can just go to an "Advertising" block of links and pull up that specific offer. He's even created a special link block for his team that's filled with the latest articles about the industry, along with key data and useful market information.
Anyone who's ever been part of a wedding party knows that it involves an almost endless amount of preparation — and Paolo knows it too. When wedding season hits, it's vital that Paolo's company has all their materials ready, and it's the "Established Suppliers" block lets his whole team access the 50 supplier links for placing orders. A second block also lets Paolo save URLs for possible future suppliers that he needs to research. (Sometimes Paolo finds these links when he's surfing the web at home on his laptop!) "We find a link once, we 'Xerpi' it, and then we all have access to it, indefinitely. It's simple!" Paolo said in an email.
"Xerpi helps ensure that important information is not falling through the cracks. We can get to our suppliers' web sites easily, and we can access market data we've discovered." But there's also one last link block that's popular with his team. It's called "Water Cooler."
"It's fun stuff we find that we want to share."
It's pretty common in the workplace for people to use the same URLs — but what's not so common is having the ability to collect them all together into one shared place. "How many times have you dug through your email archive to find a link someone sent you?" Paolo asks. "It's a terrible time waster!"
So when he finally discovered Xerpi — it was love at first sight.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 01:21 AM wow )) its very unconventional point of view. Nice post. realy gj thx :-)