Hi everyone

Firstly thank you to OAKE for getting our company involved in this project. I really appreciate the help and advice and friendship and contacts I have made through our local discussion group .

Unfortunately we are late joining the group and as explained due to this factor alone, until all the tools and websites were fully working and reference library populated I would not get a lot of benefit over than networking with the group but, then due to the current economic circumstances I don't think we are quite at the stage of introducing remote working as I think we could still lose some of the  flexibility of utilising staff in other roles when they are here in the offices.

I will certainly use the forum and continually learn an enormous amount so that the day we can trial the concept (as we wan't to do as I believe our work will allow some non-production staff to do) then we will be in a stronger position to fully benefit from this project.

Maybe slightly premature but as we enter one of the busiest times of the year may I take this opportunity of wishing our Devon group especially Noddy (Kenny) a very happy Christmas... XX

Lets hope 2012 will be less economically gloomy.

Julia