Below are a few examples of my work from the past. I will post updates soon. (9/22/2008)
The Todd Organization
Information Technology Department.
Application Screenshots and Brief Explanation. Access 2000.
Interface and devlopment by Tim Kimrey 2003-2004
Maybe it’s a bit arrogant for a so-called developer to name an application after himself, but oh well . . . it just seemed to work and allowed me an opportunity to leave a small legacy.
When I first started with the IT department, there was no centralized method of tracking what items were shipped by whom to what office and how much was to be billed to that office. Whenever someone shipped an item they filled out a nice static Excel document, printed it and submitted it to the finance department. A month or so later the head of finance would come to our boss asking where an item was, and down-the-chain investigative work would begin in an effort to track who had sent something to get more information on the item. Some of us made copies of our forms before submitting them, others simply submitted and forgot. It was a pain; fortunately an avoidable one.
I quickly identified a need for a centralized tracking process to reduce the amount of detective work needed, thus TIMS was born. It was originally intended to simply track shipping, but grew as I linked it to our OTS barcode inventory system. As my boss reviewed the system and recognized my abilities I was given the opportunity to add budget tracking features. This was a bit more challenging, and of course applications that track dollar amounts must be more closely scrutinized, but I enjoyed working on it. In the end I got it to do what it was supposed to do.
If asked to do this again I would want to work with a team and I would want to use a higher level data management system if available. Access is okay, and pretty easy to build in, but it is not known for its stability. As the database size grows so do the chances of corruption. Corruption is not a good thing when dollar amounts are involved.
I have posted a few screenshots of the application here so that they may be viewed by potential clients/ employers. Unfortunately, I do not have access to some of the databases that this linked to, so I can offer no functional example at this time.
The swtichboard grew over time and may have grown even more. Most commonly used sections were shipping and purchasing. Inventory section linked to a third party asset tracking database developed my Manufacturing Experts.
Clicking on Ship Item(s) brings up this form with drop down menus that auto-complete appropriate areas. Items shipped subform pulls from the asset tracking database. Dollar amounts are calculated based on information provided. Print shipping report automatically generates hard copy of shipping report to be signed and submitted.
Clicking on Purchase Item(s) brings up this form with drop down menus that auto-complete appropriate areas. Items purchased allowed purchaser to select from a table containing budgeted items. Final column has a check box to select if item was not budgeted.
Reports available to track real-time spending by clicking on View-…-TCI Spending in the Switchboard. The same general layout was used for any printed items.
Package Design for Marketing Class at UNCG.
Illustrator 9. Concept and Copy by Tim Kimrey 2003
In my final semester at UNCG I had the pleasure of taking a marketing course with Dr. Norwood McMillan. From the beginning he broke the class into groups to compete in a marketing simulation “game.” There was a lot of friendly competition, smack-talking, and occasional blaming the software for setbacks in a group’s position. The class was a lot of fun and “Mac” ran the thing like a coach.
At the end of the class we all had to present our report including an actual product. I designed the product for my group and wish that I could show you the actual cylindrical container (Mac kept it to show future classes examples of the package design.) Our group may have placed second in marketing, but I knew that we had the best package design by the reaction from the class and the big grin on Mac’s face. My simple advice, if you can avoid putting your product in a box you have made the first step towards setting it away from the other items on the shelf. Clear cylinders are awesome.
First Piece:
Second piece and the mini-CD that slid into the top of the container:
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