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We write about what happens in everyday work
The everyday friction of different industries, practical guides, and open notes from the lab.
How do you find an open slot in a fully booked appointment calendar?
A guide for anyone hunting for an open slot in online appointment systems. On the rhythm of cancellations, timing, and ways to take luck out of the search.
Where does Excel stock tracking work, and where does it break down?
Tracking stock in Excel works well up to a point. A guide to what the spreadsheet does well, the thresholds where it starts to strain, and the signals that it is time to move to a system.
Where does the gap between 9 on the shelf and 12 in the record come from?
In most businesses an inventory gap comes not from one large mistake but from small moments that never got recorded. The anatomy of the gap, and why it surfaces at the worst possible time.
Why is deadline tracking in law firms still done from memory?
Response periods, hearing dates, appeal deadlines. In many law firms these dates live in the lawyer's head rather than in a system. The anatomy of that habit.
The TechPerLab approach, from observation to improvement
How does a product lab that is not tied to a single industry apply the same way of working to fields as different as legal work, inventory, and appointment tracking? We explain with examples.