Be On It / Field notes
Better ways to understand the work, connect the systems and measure what changes.
12 articles
01 / Digital adoption
Translate Canadian AI adoption trends into a small, controlled experiment—not a software shopping list.
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Start with one repetitive, reviewable task. Measure the work it removes, including the time needed to check its output.
02 / Performance tracking
Track turnaround, first-pass accuracy and re-entry effort with clear definitions and a simple weekly log.
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Measure one workflow over time with a small set of outcome, process and balancing measures—not a leaderboard of individual employees.
03 / Workflow improvement
Map one real job from request to completion, expose the waiting, and decide whether you need a rule, an integration or a new tool.
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Follow one piece of work across teams. Clarify ownership and required information before automating its movement.
04 / Performance tracking
Bring overdue work, missing information and decisions into one short conversation with clear owners.
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Review exceptions, assign the next action and follow it through. Keep detailed problem-solving outside the huddle.
05 / Workflow improvement
Define record ownership, stable identifiers and a few useful quality checks before automating data transfers.
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Choose the authoritative source for each critical field, then give errors an owner and a repair route.
06 / Digital adoption
Test a small change, prepare French and English task guides, and expand only when real work supports the decision.
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Pilot one complete task with the people doing it. Treat guidance, support and fallback as part of the delivery—not an afterthought.
07 / Workflow improvement
Replace inbox chases with a visible queue, clear decision authority and a record you can actually find later.
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Make pending decisions visible to the team, define who may decide what, and keep the decision attached to the work it approved.
08 / Performance tracking
Use cycle counting and clear location discipline to keep stock records accurate while the operation keeps running.
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Count a small slice of inventory on a schedule, investigate every difference, and fix the process that caused it—not just the number.
09 / Digital adoption
Recognize the warning signs that a shared spreadsheet has quietly become mission-critical, and plan the graduation path.
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A spreadsheet becomes a system when the business depends on it. Treat it like one: name an owner, protect the data, and plan what replaces it before it fails.
010 / Workflow improvement
Standardize how quotes are built so speed comes from preparation, not from skipping the costing step.
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Speed comes from a repeatable structure: standard cost components, current rates in one place, and a review rule for anything unusual.
011 / Performance tracking
A fixed agenda, one page of measures and a rule against solving problems in the room.
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Short meetings are designed, not willed: one stable page of numbers, a fixed agenda, and a rule that problems get owners, not debates.
012 / Digital adoption
Arrive with your workflow, your data and your deal-breakers written down—so the demo answers your questions, not the vendor's.
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A demo is a test you design. Bring your real scenarios, your exception cases and your exit questions—and score every tool against the same list.
Written by Be On It. Sources distinguish published evidence from our practical recommendations; illustrative workflows are not customer results.
