Maria | DriveWorks

Happy 11th Birthday DriveWorks!!

Celebration time at the DriveWorks Office!

Here's to another 11 years!

DriveWorks Masterchef!

On 25th January the ever-growing team of DriveWorks girls got together to take part in DriveWorks Masterchef!

We got together 3 recipes from one of the staff's blogs (Jess's Messes) and the baking began...

 

 

Everyone divided into little teams, but with no competitive element, and started doing their own individual tasks. We had Nicola and Maria working together making Chocolate Fondant, Sarah and Jane making the custard, and then everyone came together to make the various elements of the Gnocchi main course and Cheese Souffle starter.

 

 

Then of course the fun part, the eating...

The overall favourite was the souffle - which is wonderful considering that's the bit that everyone had a part in making!

 

 

 

After a full day at work, to come together and produce a 3 course meal, completely from scratch was a brilliant achievement, next time we'll have to see if it goes as well with the DriveWorks boys involved too...

Our Newest DriveWorks Recruit

Just in time for Christmas our newest recruit Nicola drives up to start work at the DriveWorks Office!

 

 Welcome to the team!!

DriveWorks Christmas Party 2011

On December 16th 2011 it was time for the annual DriveWorks Christmas Party at the Norton Grange Hotel in Rochdale!

We spent the day sharing some of the brilliant projects we have all been working on. It was a great daytime event where we all split up into little teams mixing Devs, Techs and Sales. We all had set tasks and then came back together to present comments and findings! And Discussion.

It was a fun day, and also a very useful day where we all learnt loads!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You'll have seen from previous posts, that the DriveWorks team works really hard, but equally it's not all just work, work, work. We all have to let our hair down sometimes, so then it was time for the party!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE

FROM ALL THE DRIVEWORKS STAFF!

DriveWorks at the Graphics Systems Event in Lake Geneva WI

 

On 25th/26th October, Maria and Glen from DriveWorks headed over to Lake Geneva in Wisconsin, to attend the Graphics Systems User Conference.

 

In the two days that the event took place there were various DriveWorks presentations:

1. Are your Products the Same but Different? Automate your Design Process Using DriveWorks Solo - Maria Sarkar

To learn how to reduce design time on "same but different" products.

2. DriveWorks Solo Hands-on Test Drive (2 of these took place)

To demonstrate the quick and easy steps involved in automating your designs with DriveWorks Solo

3. Configuring Your Products Online Using DriveWorks Pro - Glen Smith

To show how easy it is for Sales people, distributors and customers to configure their products online1

4. Automate! How VanAire Transformed Their Business with Automation 

This presentation was by Jesse Seger of VanAire Inc, They have been using DriveWorks to benefit their business since 2005.

 

 

For more in depth information about what these session entailed visit http://www.gxsc.com/events/user-conference/agenda.php

 

Look who I'm at the bar with!!!!!

Just received this email from Jake, one of our resellers in the US who was at Chicago O'hare on his way to deliver a DriveWorks Training Class.

"Look who I'm at the bar with!!!!!"

Imagine my surprise to see a photo of Philip and Colin of DriveWorks on their way home from Microsoft Build in California  

SMALL WORLD :)

DriveWorks Team Fitness Drive

We are getting fit and having fun!  Not only are we in training for our forthcoming half marathon, some members of our team are also making the effort to cycle to work too.

 

We've set up a DriveWorks BikeScheme, as part of a UK Government backed initiative which makes the cost of cycling to work a lot cheaper for the DriveWorks team. 

 

The staff record, set by new Applications Engineer Matt, is a 3 minute mile!

Funnily enough, that speed is the same both to and from our corporate offices, so he is obviously keen to get automating with DriveWorks every morning!  

We have even installed showers on site to make sure our team are refreshed after their cycle to work!

DriveWorks on my Touch Screen Tablet

There's nothing like a picture to show what's possible.

I am really pleased with the way our DriveWorks Online Configurator GUEST site looks on my new Dell Duo. I think it really makes the point just how scalable DriveWorks is.
Imagine I am Sales Rep or Distributor onsite with customers and all I need to do is go to a browser and HEY PRESTO!.... I can design and configure new products.........Online.

 
The examples we have online right now cover Furniture, Hydraulic Cylinders, Trailers and a Canopy.

All very cool.

 

Custom Conservatory Designed Using DriveWorks Xpress

Travels of a DriveWorks Mug

I have Paul Gimble of Razorleaf to thank for the photos below. It's good to see that he had his DriveWorks Mug with him on his travels.