PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

One point Business Japanese - - - Kaizen

4月

17日

Kaizen translated to change for better. Kai = Change Zen = Better

It is often used in manufacturing. In order to Zen (Better), one must find Aku (Bad) or waste. Once Aku is found, find the way to make it better. That process is called Kaizen.

When you really think about Kaizen, that what Japanese do best. Japanese are not known for their invention. They just make things better by making it lighter, smaller, faster, safer and cheaper. Those are Kaizen.

This philosophy works in the backbone of PSPINC business. We see a lot of time, money and sleep wasted in building and maintaining IT infrastructure in the world. By providing hosted solutions for basic needs like Web and Email, we will save people money and time with more reliability. That is Kaizen.

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Look what we have received today!

4月

17日

Thank you, Governor!

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Who needs home inspection?

4月

15日

Mack (Bruce Mackintosh) from Centennial Home Inspection came over today to talk about Web site. We have moved his Web site from the former hosting company to PSPINC but we have not done Web update. So we will be cleaning up his Web. In addition to Web, we talked about Blog using this bloguru.com.

At this point 100% of his business comes from the word of mouth. Thats great, but he could use more exposure. Now a day, everybody can use more exposure. But the economy as bad as we are in now, none of us can allocate money for marketing. By using Blog, we are hoping that we can generate more traffic to his site and possibly more businesses for him.

I learned something today. The buyer, not through realtors or agent, should do home inspection. Realtor or agent, even when the agent is your agent, has an interest in having your purchase the home. And because of that they do not want see any inspector find something that could potentially break a deal. I thought that was really interesting. If I am buying a house, I will definitely call Mack to inspect the home.

I wrote this because he bought me a burger for lunch. (Just kidding.) Please visit Centennial Home Inspection when you are buying a house.

Centennial Home Inspection and Pacific Software Publishing are proud member of Seattle Executives Association

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Another company going down.

4月

12日

I was driving around yesterday and saw what it looks like a picket sign. It was actually a store closing sign that am getting used to see now days. This time, it was a sign from G.I. JOES. I dont usually shop there. As a matter of fact I have been to JOES only once before.

But the sign made me look at the stores web page. (http://www.joessports.com) I learned that they were started in 1952. They have been in business 56 years. That is very long time. It makes me think what happened. Is it another victim of this recession? Or did they left behind in the Internet commerce?

Whatever it is, Pacific Northwest lost another icon.

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GONE GREEN!

4月

7日

PSPINC was mentioned in April Issue of Master Builder Magazine for its participation in Puget Sound Energys Green Energy Program. We did not about this Green Energy program until one of the engineers told us about it. It was no brainer that we decided to participate.

As a operator of data center with hundreds of servers, we use a lot more energy than most companies of our size. So, it is only fair to participate in this program to give something back to the society and environment.

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Another Company

4月

7日

I had to go to the bank after the lunch. One of my banks is Bank of America and their branch in downtown Bellevue is this building. The building is called PACCAR Building. I know the name for along time but I never thought this is the world HQ for PACCAR, Inc.

When you think of Seattle, you think of Boeing, Microsoft, Nordstrom but you never think about PACCAR. I knew PACCAR started here, but I never thought their HQ is still here in Bellevue. WOW.

This is another company that I would love to work with.

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Steve Jobs for $28.00

4月

2日

I found Steve Jobs figure for $28 + Shipping. I am a Macintosh user and I supposed buy anything that has something to do with Apple.

For this ... I don't think so. But it is kinda fun.

podbrix.com

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PLUMBING SERVICE

3月

31日

I has problem with the drain in my house. When it rains, it goes down the gutter but the drain in the ground was clogged. I try to fix it by digging around the drain, but it was too deep and I do not have tools needed to fix.

I called Fox Plumbing (http://www.foxph.com/) because Fox is a member of Seattle Executives Association. They came over next day and fixed it right there. It cost little over $600 but I dont have to worry about water any more.

PS: I kind of think they need little better web site but they do a good job.

PPS: I forgot to use my coupon that I got from them.

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FREE PC TUNE-UP (SOME REPAIR) SERVICE

3月

29日

FREE PC TUNE-UP

Every first Tuesday of the month, PSP will provide PC tune-up service for no labor charge. For instance, if you wish to reinstall your operating system on your PC, we usually charge $150 in labor, but on this day 100% of labor is free. If you bring in your own hard disk drive, we will swap out the old one and place the new one and install an operating system for free. We can increase your memory (you must provide the memory chips), clean up your hard disk drive, check for virus and spyware at no charge.

We limit one computer per household. You must bring your computer to PSP in Bellevue, Washington. And one more thing, you must RSVP. We can only do this for first 10 people, so please reserve early. Please call 425-957-0808 for reservation or question. Ask for FREE PC TUNE-UP

We have been providing this service for last three years.

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Mr. Yoshida - Introduction Video

3月

26日

This is the video used at the beginning of Mr. Yoshida's presentaion yesterday at Seattle Executives Association.

This video is streamed from the free video streaming service of Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. called "Web de Video". For more information, please contact me.

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