Another photograph of the 70th...they are such a wonderful couple. I think we are really fortunate to know them.
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Allan and being 70 yrs of age...Looks good I think!
We attended a 70th birthday party on Sunday..and here are a couple of pic's - Allan and rosemary are the nicest of people. We love them, dearly. I did not send a 7oth birthday card...we found a 21st card which suits Allan better, we think!Monday, 15 December 2008
Taken in a moving car
...more of the same. In the car, although I am NOT driving.
- I only ever consider taking photographs from a motionless position...but these few we taken as we were driving to Llandudno...
A real suprise from Lee...our support manager
Last week was our anniversary...wedding. We booked to eat dinner at Bodysgallen Hall where we were married. Unknown to me and Chris, Lee had spoken to the management of the hotel, delivered a beautiful orchid and a really special card, to be placed on our table before we arrived.
When we walked into the dining room I coud see this tall orchid ladened with flowers with a card resting against the pot. I looked at Chris and said...'how lovely, darling thank you' he said ' this has got nothing to do with me!' I then smile as we get closer to the table and say ' your just teasing me, now.'
As we get to the table,I can now read the card which says Chris and Barbara...I am now assured this is NOT from Chris but consider the hotel have gone to this effort...and so my thoughts go on until we open the card, and what a suprise, it's from Lee, with the kindest words written on the inside. He had gone to so much trouble to make sure we had this gift. Thank you so much, Lee. I appreciate all that you do for us, too.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
More home local scenes...
...Coastline! When I look at these photographs, I just think how spectacular...and we live here. Wow, how fortunate we are.
Day Off - well almost...
All of these are taken close to home..Beautiful isn't it?
We took a day off on Saturday...working is my life, the foundry and cast metal is what we do and although I say it myself, we do it very well. The commitment we have to our customers and the industry is what makes us such an incredible company.
Never the less we took a day off and I really enjoy photography so here are a few that I took over this weekend.
Never the less we took a day off and I really enjoy photography so here are a few that I took over this weekend.
This is close to where we live...on a stunning estuary....
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Thank you Lee for my Beetle...Brmm brmm
THANKS LEE...Love it.
None of us could manage without your skill and humour...Synchro Sainthood.
B
None of us could manage without your skill and humour...Synchro Sainthood.
B
Our Christmas Gathering
It is difficult getting the whole of the Synchro team together...and this year was no exception. We did however take some photographs but as there was a large mirrow behind the main group, all of the photo's we took of the group all had the stark flash reflection of the mirror...
Anyway...we enjoyed our evening. Such a civilised place to have our special get together.
Thank you to all of the team for making the time to be at Bodysgalen Hall...
That is my hubby, sitting in the chair to my right. How proud I am to have such a wonderful husband. xxxx
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Barbara's Blog Hijacked
Hello All, Lee Mahon taking over Barbara's Blog to post up some pictures of the Car I designed for her...
Christened "The 'B'-tle" here it is in all its VW beauty...
Christened "The 'B'-tle" here it is in all its VW beauty...
Monday, 3 November 2008
Investement Casting Exhibition October 19 - 22nd..Excellent
October Oct 19th-22th / 12th WorldConferenceInvestment Casting
Adams Mark
Hotel Dallas
Booth #216
An exceptional Investement Casting exhibition...the Investement Casting Exhibitions are always so well attended.
Shane Allen Head of USA Operations, did a great job...at Synchro we have an extra ordinary team of really dedicated people. We live and breath the Investement Casting and FOUNDRY Industry.
Great Job - Team Work at Synchro
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Setting Up The Synchro Spanish Office...Lucky Me
Working away from the Uk...setting up a Spanish office in Southern Spain. Tomorrow we sign the contact for the lease. The premises is approx 25 mins north of Malaga, close to a major motorway network.
The pace of life and work is quite different...from what we are used to in th Uk. The Spainish work hard just different hours. 8 - 2 and 5 - 8:30
Off course in the Summer this is quite understandable...even the airconditioning is exhausted with the heat; I like the area is is quite beautiful, rolling hills and a mountain range which I understand is called Torcal. The olives are ripening on the trees and you can smell them in the warm air...a drifting aroma. You know the way the smell of baking bread makes your mouth water, well this is quite similar.
Lots of work to get on with...how fortunate we are in this business climate to be so busy.
Must get on...another update from Spain before I return to the Uk, for a very busy month.
Barbara
The pace of life and work is quite different...from what we are used to in th Uk. The Spainish work hard just different hours. 8 - 2 and 5 - 8:30
Off course in the Summer this is quite understandable...even the airconditioning is exhausted with the heat; I like the area is is quite beautiful, rolling hills and a mountain range which I understand is called Torcal. The olives are ripening on the trees and you can smell them in the warm air...a drifting aroma. You know the way the smell of baking bread makes your mouth water, well this is quite similar.
Lots of work to get on with...how fortunate we are in this business climate to be so busy.
Must get on...another update from Spain before I return to the Uk, for a very busy month.
Barbara
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Credit Crunch*****One Year ON
Oh...yes what a mess.
The financial sector, the almighty that was. How they have fallen but have they. No, of course not; government have and will bail out, pour monies of such substantial amounts of the like that no one that I know could tell you how many noughts 00000 go onto a Trillion.
But what the heck...who are WE...the people. Tax payers...the revenue givers. PENSIONS, SAVERS MORTGAGE HOLDERS, BUSINESS LOANS...anyone out there believe as I do that there should be laws to protect the innocent?
The CEO of AIG...had an 11 Million bonus last year...was he worth it. Nope, not ever, that kind of expense on one individual is just unacceptable. Where is that business now, 80% owned by the US government or is that the tax payer.
As the owner of a business who undertakes that responsibility for our customer base with every life's breath. It seems incredulous to me that 'The Customer' was given such scant consideration.
At Synchro we focus all aspects of the business to providing each and every customer with the respect and esteem they deserve, why? because they chose to select the Synchro system for their business. How precious is that? It is enormous to us and we value that choice. We have customers who have been with us for twenty five years, yes 25 yrs! all without exception have contributed to the success of this company and our responsibility as managers is to keep the products up to date and provide exceptional support to the users of the system. We look after our staff because they look after the customer. There is a high moral responsibility for the owners to care, support and strive to achieve the ultimate height their company can...never losing sight of the reason we are in business is because we were selected by the CLIENT.
The financial sector, the almighty that was. How they have fallen but have they. No, of course not; government have and will bail out, pour monies of such substantial amounts of the like that no one that I know could tell you how many noughts 00000 go onto a Trillion.
But what the heck...who are WE...the people. Tax payers...the revenue givers. PENSIONS, SAVERS MORTGAGE HOLDERS, BUSINESS LOANS...anyone out there believe as I do that there should be laws to protect the innocent?
The CEO of AIG...had an 11 Million bonus last year...was he worth it. Nope, not ever, that kind of expense on one individual is just unacceptable. Where is that business now, 80% owned by the US government or is that the tax payer.
As the owner of a business who undertakes that responsibility for our customer base with every life's breath. It seems incredulous to me that 'The Customer' was given such scant consideration.
At Synchro we focus all aspects of the business to providing each and every customer with the respect and esteem they deserve, why? because they chose to select the Synchro system for their business. How precious is that? It is enormous to us and we value that choice. We have customers who have been with us for twenty five years, yes 25 yrs! all without exception have contributed to the success of this company and our responsibility as managers is to keep the products up to date and provide exceptional support to the users of the system. We look after our staff because they look after the customer. There is a high moral responsibility for the owners to care, support and strive to achieve the ultimate height their company can...never losing sight of the reason we are in business is because we were selected by the CLIENT.
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
How to learn from the best business brains...
As an avid reader of anything to do with Business or Marketing - I bought this on Saturday in Waterstone's. They have a great coffee shop in store, as is my habit; I buy coffee, keep my eye out for my favourite chairs, the soft leather one's (a real bonus if I can get one) then go in search of a couple of books...
This is excellent...one of the best I have read in a long time.
Now, Don, as he is called by colleauges and friends...as I have read the book I feel a little closer than a complete stranger - so I take the priviledge and use his christian name. Don, states and I quote:
Page 124
'Very early in my business career I came to the not so startling conclusion that every business is mainly about serving present csutomers effectively and creating new ones'
How simple is that. In a nutshell...that sums it up.
Another one...page 91
''Let's build the best car we can.And let's keep improving that car'...
This was the Japanese who made this obvious commitment...while the rest of the western automobile industry set their own internal standards, assigned their own value to a measure of qulaity and them patted themselves on the back when they came close to their own standards.
And where are the Japanese now!
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
We are so proud of Synchro - and proud to work with the very best people!
Three of our team are in Chicago for the IMTS...a huge exhibition. This is a wild card exhibition for us, as we are foundry and cast metal specific ERP/MRP system...this is much more of a general manufacturing and technologuy exhibition.
As a plus...WI FI is free...some exhibitions charge really high prices for this. Others will not even allow you to take your own photographs...nope you need a license to do that, which is yet another high cost.
What a world we live in...we take a great deal of pride and responsibility in keeping our costs as low as we can. Affordability to the industry is an important mantra for us at Syncho.
Cat Nap
Sleeping on the job...
Not a bad life if you can find the right kind of lap top to snooze on !
From my chair in my office...
My first passion is the business...Synchro32
Everyday I desire to gain greater knowledge and incite, enabling Synchro32 to provide the cast metal industry with a system, which, makes available the potential to each company to combine their skill in manufacturing with a flexible working system, specifically designed for the casting sector.
The combination is powerful...
I read extensively, attend seminars and I will take the best of what I hear and read and pass it to you via my blog.
My second passion is good food...
I believe our bodies need nourishing. In most cases people treat their cars with more respect than their bodies!
So I cook...and cook and cook. It is rare for me to use a recipe and even when I do, I cannot follow it to the letter. The only problem with this method of cooking is when you really like something you make it is difficult to recreate it!
My third...people and different cultures. How fortunate we are in this day and age to have so many different cultures all accessible, if we choose to explore the world beyond our own immediate community.
Born in East Africa, my father and mother from Manchester in the north of England; I had an interesting childhood, most of the time bare foot on the plains of Africa a beautiful landscape, deeply soulful. My first language was English my second was Swahili...much of my heart is still there.
I am married to a wonderful man...who is a real guiding spirit in my life, although sadly we have no children there are compensations to be had. Three nieces; and I am a great beliver in accepting what you cannot change.
Everyday I desire to gain greater knowledge and incite, enabling Synchro32 to provide the cast metal industry with a system, which, makes available the potential to each company to combine their skill in manufacturing with a flexible working system, specifically designed for the casting sector.
The combination is powerful...
I read extensively, attend seminars and I will take the best of what I hear and read and pass it to you via my blog.
My second passion is good food...
I believe our bodies need nourishing. In most cases people treat their cars with more respect than their bodies!
So I cook...and cook and cook. It is rare for me to use a recipe and even when I do, I cannot follow it to the letter. The only problem with this method of cooking is when you really like something you make it is difficult to recreate it!
My third...people and different cultures. How fortunate we are in this day and age to have so many different cultures all accessible, if we choose to explore the world beyond our own immediate community.
Born in East Africa, my father and mother from Manchester in the north of England; I had an interesting childhood, most of the time bare foot on the plains of Africa a beautiful landscape, deeply soulful. My first language was English my second was Swahili...much of my heart is still there.
I am married to a wonderful man...who is a real guiding spirit in my life, although sadly we have no children there are compensations to be had. Three nieces; and I am a great beliver in accepting what you cannot change.
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