Dot Foods History
In 1960, Robert and Dorothy Tracy co-founded this company in Mt Sterling, IL. In 1981, it was renamed to Dot Foods, Inc.
What is Associated Dairy Products Company?
A driver might bring a trailer full of customer orders to one of these typically unstaffed Dot locations and still have enough hours to make it back home the same day.
What is a Terminal?
STC
What is Subject to Count?
In a relational database, this is a field in one table that relates to the primary key of a different table.
What is a foreign key?
The entire basement of this Joe's house is dedicated to his collection of sports memorabilia.
Who is Joe Ritterbusch?
In 1997, Dot launched this website, giving customers the ability to place orders online.
What is The Expressway?
This is the unit by which we measure volume.
What is cube?
API
What is Application Programming Interface?
This is the branching strategy we use, enabling us to work on multiple feature branches simultaneously.
What is GitFlow?
This Joe owns and operates seven grills, each with their own purpose.
Who is Joe Matjasich?
In 1990, Dot created this company for frozen food redistribution.
What is Arctic Foods?
This is the program that allows DTI to swap an empty trailer for a loaded one at a supplier, saving hours of pickup time.
What is drop trailer?
HPT
What is High Performing Teams?
This is a technique that allows operations to take place in a non-sequential fashion, often used to make a webpage feel faster to the user.
What is asynchronous programming or asynchrony?
This Joe has a twin sister who works as a Driver Supervisor in Mt Sterling DTI.
Who is Joe Simpson?
In 2002, Dot acquired The Drescher Corporation in this city, which is now a Dot distribution center.
What is Liverpool, NY?
DTI regularly transports these non-Dot orders to strategically relocate an empty trailer and earn revenue at the same time.
What is a Custom Haul?
WIP
What is Work in Progress?
Often mistaken for UI, this refers to everything that affects a user’s interaction with a digital product.
What is UX or User Experience?
This Joe has been the General Manager at several DCs and now manages the Bear, Delaware DC.
Who is Joe Little?
In 1987, Dot opened its first distribution center in this state.
What is Delaware? (New Castle, DE)
This is a classification given to items, usually chocolate, that we store and transport at different temperatures depending on the location and the time of year.
What is fourth temp?
CDS
What is Customer Delivery Specialist?
This refers to the reboot of the IBMi.
What is an IPL or Initial Program Load?
This Joe was the President of DTI until 2008.
Who is Joe Tracy?