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EP 82: Justin Knauf – DevOps Engineer at Superior Lubricants Company (Podcast)

April 20, 2022 by Tim Rodman

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0:00 Introduction
2:21 Justin Knauf Background
6:09 Information about Superior Lubricants
6:55 Spinning off a VAR called Tuxton, putting the Value-Add back into the VAR market
7:57 Becoming a DevOps Engineer
8:57 Customizing Acumatica to use Side Panels on Sales Order Lines, updating as you click through lines
16:49 Using the Side Panels for lines technique for other data entry screens
21:13 If you want an answer on StackOverflow, don’t post a question, but post an incorrect answer instead
22:59 More info about Tuxton, a VAR owned by an Acumatica Customer
23:45 The importance of understanding the business needs, not just the software (hard to find in a developer)
29:41 Downsides of building add-on ISV products for Acumatica
33:32 We want to help companies use Acumatica like we do
35:29 We have no shortage of problems to chew through
36:22 Customizing the Acumatica Mobile App to allow adding barcodes on-the-fly
37:59 Building customizations for working with tare weights and liquids
41:03 Totes and Shipping Containers
42:31 Kits vs. Manufacturing Edition for multi-day processes
46:23 Customizations to MRP Display, including enhancing the MRP engine to “see” Safety Stock
50:30 Difficulties in customizing MRP, especially when it comes to upgrades
52:52 Developing a testing framework for the MRP customizations
56:40 The importance of Acumatica moving to .NET Core
58:11 Wrapping up

Justin Knauf
Location: Buffalo, New York

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