RoboSource Blog
Case Study: Parsing Data for a Local Nonprofit
The Problem: An Indianapolis-based nonprofit that regulates student athletes receives student transcripts from high schools around the country. The transcripts contain the required information, but in thousands of different formats. As a result, employees had to enter...
Case Study: Customized Management System
The Problem: The service operations division of an American Fortune 500 manufacturing company has service facilities all over the world. These facilities did not have a mechanism for documenting and tracking whether the physical appearance and processes in each...
Case Study: Data Cleansing Through Machine Learning
RoboSource Speciality: Data Cleansing Via Machine Learning The Problem Our client is a nonprofit that since 1997 has developed STEM curricula for use in US schools from pre-K through high school across all 50 states. This company's data system had 5.5 million...
Case Study: Interpreting Medical Data
RoboSource Specialty: Data Analytics The RoboSource team can craft all kinds of custom software, but one of our sweet spots is big data cleanup and data analytics. We use that when interpreting medical data. If you aren't getting the information you need out of your...
What We Learned in 2018: Stand Strong on Principles
To wrap up 2018, RoboSource founder and president Jason Beutler sat down (briefly ... you'll see!) to talk to me about what he learned this year: Kendra: So ... not to give you a crazy-loaded question, but what's your biggest take-away from 2018? Jason:...
Objectives / Key Results: Our New Journey
Objectives & Key Results What led us to Objectives / Key Results (OKRs)? RoboSource has long emphasized goal setting. Each employee sets a quarterly goal, and we keep track them of their completion on an office wall. We celebrate when people meet them, and try...
Meet a New RoboSource Employee: Brett Ridoux
In late October, Brett Ridoux fell in our laps. Seriously. We were connected by mutual friends, and decided to talk to him to be nice. After all, we weren’t in the market for a Director of Sales. But once we talked to Brett, we immediately knew that adding him to our...
Females, Figure-it-Outers, and Ferocity: What We’re Thankful for This Year
It's cliche, we know, but it's the time of year to count your blessings, and it's always worthwhile to take a minute to give thanks. Here's what we're thankful for at RoboSource this year: 1. Two female apprentices that will leave their mark at RoboSource. At...
Choosing a Design System
Choosing a Design System Recently, the UI Guild has been investing in choosing a new Design System. You may be wondering, what is a design system? It's a language! According to Dan Eden, a product designer at Facebook, a Design System is "a collection of metaphorical...
What We’re Reading: No Ego by Cy Wakeman
When I was invited to be part of a Human Resources book club, I accepted because it seemed like a great opportunity to expand my network. But I have to admit I was skeptical. I mean, really, who goes to an HR book club? When I told some of my co-workers where I was...