Office photocopier used in HR Project, Wow!

Background

This is an exercise allow employee to opt for remain or withdraw from X - plan. All employee who in the plan require to read and understand the term and control in both dual language, employees require to sign and return to HR department for filling. For those who withdraw from the plan, the payment will be release accordingly.

Solution
Why I use Photocopier rather than convention laser printer or outsource the printing services, Web application? Well, the beauty of current Photocopier machine technology it comes with 4 features in a box, its' capable of photocopier, printer, fax and scanner, the best part of all the speed, support duplex printing and fully integrated with LAN technologies, I got control and able to monitor the printing progress. Secondly, the cost is cheaper and thirdly, already available in the office, fourth, signature for authentication and finally easy back-end processing.

If you have 500 or more employees in your organization, do you believe their hand writing are

• the same?
• readable?

Can you afford 6 Sigma? or you need 100% accuracy? I believe 100% data accuracy,right! So, having all necessary information in database, it will be easier to extract data and pre- populate essential data and send to the Photocopier;

What next? What about data recording?

For data recording, I used Bar-code approach. It is pretty easy, you just need to ensure you have the "Bar Code" font available.

Each employee have unique identifier, normally employee badge number, so the in MS Access - report module, I incorporated employee badge in bar code format as additional information to ease data record.


"Good programmer also make a backup" , I believe that too. So, to prevent employee submit multiple form, an intelligent Excel macro was built to remove any employee submit duplicate form. How this intelligent macro work was its read data from the input device, here I used bar code scanner, the macro will check any duplicate entry in the excel worksheet, prompt user error if there is.

Tools

• MS Access (Table and Report)
• Barcode scanner
• Photocopier c/w network connection
• MS Excel with build-in intelligent macro

Technologies initiative

1. Data upload to local database;


2. Ease manage sorting and distribution method;


3. Use Access report function to prepare dual language documentation; and


4. Incorperate barcode technology in the report for easy recording.

Using Palm King sickle harvest oil palm tree

Video below are capture recently to show worker and I harvest the oil palm fruit from varies height.

 

 Above 7 feet height

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Above 18 feet height

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 Above 40 feet height

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 After gone through varies tree height, the video speak itself.

Installing Palm King Sickle

Installing "Palm King" sickle is pretty straight forward, I have prepare a video guide for those who are keen to invest on this particular tools. First, I used my exiting 2 aluminum poles 32cm and 38cm (normally I called pole no 1 and no 2 ) in any length that suit you, then use a manual saw cut the aluminum pole as show in the picture below.

The 38cm pole I have cut approximately 4.5cm long and 32cm pole I only cut approximately 2cm long. When joining 32cm pole with 38cm pole, the 4.5cm length provide a good grab.

Video below demonstrate step by step setting up the "Palm King" sickle.

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7 days after applying Bio-Organic fertilizer

After 7 days, white color fungi appeared.














6 weeks later, based on my observation, quality of oil content in the fresh fruit bunch improved and fresh fruit bunch are more reddish in color. From this experience, I noticed I should not apply this bio-organic fertilizer in the month of May, because the third quarter is drought season, it is insufficient of rainfall to induce the grow of fungi.

Introducing Bio-organic fertilizer in palm tree

I have heard a lot about apply organic fertilizer once a year to enrich the microorganism in the soil after long period of applying chemical fertilizer. 

The reason for stop me introduce in mine farm was the cost per bag. A normal branded 12-12-17 + 2MgO was cost RM124 (50Kg) per bags, whereas the branded bio-organic fertilizer were RM170 to RM190 per bags. 

Recently someone introduce me to Riches Harvest Bio-Organic fertilizer that made of natural resources and the cost is relatively reasonable. the content of this bio-organic fertilizer as follows:-

• Palm Kernel shell powder
• Palm Kernel cake
• Palm press fiber
• Effluent sludge
• Microorganism
• Enzyme
• Natural Mineral Contents
• Humid Acid
• coffee grounds

It is recommended to apply 5kg per tree. Instead I apply 1kg per 10 feet distance. Refer to the video below.

It was fortunate, after applying bio-organic fertilizer, heavy rain came. Unexpectedly, the bio-organic fertilizer does not wash away or dissolved.

Impact on excess Ammonium Sulphate (AS)

 On 2nd February 2012, I modifying the fertilize program by applying single element fertilizer - Ammonium Sulphate (AS) with approximate 900 to 1200 grams per tree rather than mixture of element fertilizer roughly 600 to 800 grams per tree mention earlier.

This approach, in theory, each plant should have same amount of AS element fertilizer applied relative to mixture of element fertilizer.

So theoretical speaking, the leaf will be softer and easy to harvest in coming harvest cycle.

Forth night later, strong wind and heavy rainfall that causes 40% of the palm tree leaves broken, and some even whole trunk fall down. I believe this is due to access apply of Ammonium Sulphate.

As long as the leave still intact with the plant, its' still fine, photosynthesis still take place, nevertheless it create difficulties on coming harvest. On the other hand, even the palm tree trunk fall down, it will take time to recover back to the norm.

Yield was not the same as before acquisition.

Business man talk "Money $$". This is the formula.

If the owner is selling the land to you, chances is the owner will not invest anymore in this land. The process of complete the Sales & Purchase Agreement may take few months.

As a business man, he will not waste anymore money in investing fertilize here and secondly, he will harvest as much as possible before handing over.

As a buyer, by visual observation, you though there are a lot of fresh fruit on the tree, and saving money on not applying fertilize immediately, it will be big mistake.

Does not matter whether the previous owner apply fertilize, apply it immediately. That is rule of thumb.