A handbook on artillery for those in the Royal Field Artillery.

Breeden's experience in sales growth through customer centric experiences and the role field service engineers become as trusted advisors is introduced with practical how to steps. A business guide to the field service industry! Expert Bruce A. Breeden explains his exclusive Field Service 7(SM) program, which defines tools to help field engineers (FSEs) and provides tips and tricks for the field service industry. He offers action items at the end of each chapter so that you can effectively and efficiently implement these new skills. The author presents his GRIP methodology, which explores how to interact with customers and maximize your business organization's results as a trusted advisor-thus leading to brand loyalty and satisfaction. Breeden's real-life success stories are guaranteed to inspire new and progressing FSEs into going the extra mile to maximize business performance. Learn what it takes to thrive in the booming field service industry with a veteran who wants to help you get started, succeed, and thrive!

With few exceptions, the service business is viewed as a "necessary evil". Servicing products, after they are sold and in customers' hands, is frequently overlooked and can be a source of customer dissatisfaction and profit loss. This thinking results in missed opportunities to convert customers into advocates and to generate significant business revenue. If you are in the field service business, you should be designing solutions that benefit the customer and are profitable for your company. This includes developing a field service strategy, organizing the service business, optimizing field inventories, implementing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and tailoring sales incentives. Complicating field service operations in today's environment is the global nature of the installed base and where in the world your products and spares are manufactured. Sourcing global parts, managing the parts supply chain and the investment required are the things that keep managers up at night. This book provides 42 essential rules to benchmark and develop a global service business. You will learn: How to develop a profitable field service strategy and organization How to survey customers and drive improvement in field service operations The impact of poor field service on the bottom line What to do in an emergency What to consider when developing field repair inventories What systems and tools to consider ...and much more Rosemary Coates and Jim Reily have a combined 50+ years of global manufacturing and field service experience from companies such as Hewlett Packard and Cisco as well as the US Military. In addition they have worked on consulting engagements with a proven track record of amazing field service results. They offer insights and recommendations based on real-world experience

This is a new release of the original 1941 edition.

"Morlancourt, Northern France, 1920 In the aftermath of the world's bloodiest conflict, a small contingent of battle-worn soldiers remains in France. Captain James Reid and his men are tasked with the identification and burial of innumerable corpses as they come to terms with the events of the past four years. The stark contrast between the realities of burying men in France and the reports of honouring the dead back in Britain is all too clear. But it is only when the daily routine is interrupted by a visit from two women, both seeking solace from their grief, that the men are forced to acknowledge the part they too have played. With his trademark unerring precision, Robert Edric explores the emotional hinterland which lies behind the work done by the War Graves Commission in the wake of the First World War."