Howard Turvey MD of Proteus Software shares his vision of paperless supply chain execution

The Eiger, the Mönch, and the Jungfrau, form one of the most impressive mountain ranges in Europe:  the North Face of the Eiger is one of the best known and extremely challenging rock climbs, and the summit, towering at an impressive 3454 metres, is the Jungfrau.

Conventional wisdom on railway construction tends to suggest that the track bed should be as flat as possible. And we have all heard the excuses over the years for late trains in the winter being caused by the ‘wrong type of snow’.  It occurred to me that the Jungfrau is not at all flat, and it does have snow from time to time.  In fact the top section of the range is permafrost, and glacier's toe currently extends to the 1560 metre level.  Much of the ground is permanently covered with snow and ice.  

So why, one morning in 1893, did Adolf Guyer-Zeller wake up and decide to build a railway to the very top. It defied all conventional wisdom.  Furthermore Adolf Guyer-Zeller, a railway enthusiast and industrialist, also decided that his railway must be an electrical operation - at that time a revolutionary railway design.

The amazing fact is that, in spite of the many obstacles, he succeeded, and the remarkable Jungfrau Railway to the 3454 metre high Jungfraujoch summit station was completed in 1912. The tunnel travels to the North Face of the Eiger, and then burrows its way right through the Mönch to finish up adjacent to the summit of the Junfrau, making it possible for more than 500,000 visitors a year to enjoy a unique experience in a spectacular high alpine environment. An experience that would otherwise have been denied the vast majority of them!

Herr Guyer-Zeller had a vision of what was possible. A vision is not an idea, a hunch or even a dream.  Many people have ideas or dreams that very often are never put into action. His vision had something to back it up. He had, or developed the technology. He acquired the finance, and most of all he had the motivation.

Visions can apply to all sorts of situations.  In business those that succeed are very often the ones that have a vision, and do something about it. 

Howard Turvey MD Proteus Software

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