In the February issue of the Austrian business magazine trend.PREMIUM , author Paula-Marie Pucker reports on possibilities for digital relief in companies under the title "Dam against the digital flood". The focus is on the analog paper calendar as the central tool of our MasterPlanning system. It enables a conscious, structured approach to time – as a counterpoint to the constant digital overload. According to research by trend magazine, digital relief is currently only

Johann Sutter, Managing Director in Markdorf, relies on his MasterPlanning expertise. This helps him bring order to a demanding period of change. With clear processes, he creates structure for his team and maintains focus even in complex situations. For Johann Sutter, the four ALPLA Principles are the core of good collaboration: being reliable, making decisions, communicating effectively, and solving problems. He sees MasterPlanning as the tool for applying these principles i

There are those moments when you pause for a minute. For me, that was the moment I read the article in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) . The NZZ devotes several hundred lines to MasterPlanning – an analog time management system I developed, which is currently being implemented at Alpla, the Austrian specialist for plastic packaging. A detailed, nuanced report, written by Christin Severin , picked up and disseminated by Vol.at . For me, that's more than just media attenti

…what can be achieved with personal time management: A team from the ALPLA Group surprised my trainer Susanne Apelt with specially baked MasterPlanning "M and P" letter cookies. And a special MasterPlanning Christmas carol, performed in true style while wearing MasterPlanning Christmas hats. “O Tannenbaum” became "O Masterplan, O Masterplan, how beautiful is your order!" You structure my whole day, so that I can accomplish everything. O Masterplan, O Masterplan, you give me c

Claudia : Hi, we were talking last time about how handwritten planning and managing meeting invitations via Outlook is a good combination. That gave me an idea. These days, employees in industrial companies are in meetings far too often. You can certainly find some studies on this. It's all time they can't actually use for work. They often rush from one meeting to the next without a break, without any preparation or follow-up. Many appointments are rescheduled with a simple

Claudia: Thank you so much, Grok, for taking the time for this conversation. Let's assume that people only plan with Outlook because they don't have any other planning tool for their personal time management. Attempts to solve personal time management with software have failed for 70 years, simply because they are too expensive and ultimately too complicated. Now people are resorting to planning with Outlook, even though it's just a byproduct of an email system and ultimatel

Philipp Lehner, CEO of the internationally active packaging manufacturer ALPLA, talks in the Busy Dad podcast by Thomas Pekala about how he successfully balances his professional and private life. The manager and family man relies on MasterPlanning. Fascinating insights – listen and see for yourself!

Clever Bears use MasterPlanning. Managers too? Some do .

MasterPlanning adding order to day-to-day work 'Once again, everything has become super urgent and I absolutely have to attend this...

Der berühmte Shakespeare-Satz „Sein oder Nichtsein“ entwickelt sich immer mehr zu einer Frage der Planung.

Nowadays, quick fixes are considered the solution of choice. This includes the belief that change can be achieved effortlessly and in no...