Forget those sickly Christmas videos on TV. Instead vote for the cutest video of the year - "Hedgehog Close" by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. You can view it and vote at www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/vote-hedgehog-close-2018-charity-film-awards/ And, yes, those funky "hedgehog highway" signs would make great Christmas presents for anyone with a garden. You can order them (at a [...]
Interesting article in this Week's Economist about companies looking for UK replacements for their EU-based suppliers. For example, Nissan reportedly wants to double the share (by value) of UK-made parts from 40% to 80%. Worth reading with your coffee and a Hobnob or two. https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21730479-firms-shorten-their-supply-chains-divorce-europe-nears-brexit-triggers-round
We've been contacted by the Bo Children's Hospital Foundation in Sydney, who hope to use Herschel to control the pharmacy in their hospital in Sierra Leone. They were pleased to learn the Herschel software was free, and we're going to give them free support as well. You can learn more about the charity here: http://www.bochildrenshospital.org.au/index.php [...]
My Ebay saved search sprung into life recently and alerted me to a listing for a Dowty related item (I was an engineering apprentice there in the distant past). I'm now the proud owner of a Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd paperwork celebrating the company receiving the Queen's Award for Exports, 1980 and 1981. For the [...]
You can imagine my excitement when I read this story. I used to love programming in FORTRAN, back in my Dowty Mining days. Anticipating my £21K winnings, I'd already started looking at new cars when I noticed this, at the bottom of the article: The sensitive nature of the code means the competition is only [...]
Hedgehogs are Britain's favourite mammal and 30 April - 6 May 2017 is Hedgehog Awareness Week. The week is organised by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society to highlight the problems facing hedgehogs and how people can help stop their decline. This year's focus is a campaign to try to reduce the numbers of hedgehogs hurt [...]
A new update to Herschel is now available here. This version tidies up things for new users and fixes a few small errors. Here’s the list: Newsletter signup added to help and login. Reindex your datafiles option tidied up behind the scenes. A new installation now advises user how to alter their business information. Currency [...]
We'd like to thank all our customers for their business over the last 25 years. Back in 1992, after two years of development, version 1 of the "Herschel Manufacturing System" was ready. We released it as "shareware", which meant people could try the software and then buy it if they liked it. We thought Herschel [...]
We've improved and streamlined our online shop and rationalised our product range. You can see it here. It's quick and easy to order our various support options and services. Support is now paid annually, to reduce paperwork and administration. All payments are now made using PayPal - although you don't need a PayPal account to [...]
I like to keep an eye on what the competition is doing. If you're looking for a system, I thought you might find the information useful. Here's my current list of companies who sell inventory control / ERP / MRP systems with similar features to Herschel. The information is from their websites. If you spot [...]
I've suddenly realised some people are still using Herschel with just one monitor. Don't you realise with two or three monitors you can spread those Herschel windows all over your huge desktop? And they auto-update! You can have Herschel, Outlook, Ebay and Facebook all open at once. And really impress office visitors.
