Dan Ernst is the Product Manager for Capital Equipment Spares and has worked at Boart Longyear since 2011. He has his Bachelor's degree in Business Management and has more than 40 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and product management.

 

Zac Strauss has a bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. He started at the company in 2006 as a new product development engineer in diamond drilling products. He’s held other roles such as product manager for capital equipment spares and operations manager for aftermarket and fleet maintenance. He has been in his current role as product manager, capital drilling equipment since 2015.

 

Our host, Jon Peterson (Geo Jon for fun), works for the Products division as a Customer Service Representative. Jon graduated from the University of Utah in 2015 with his Bachelors of Science in Geology. He’s worked for Boart Longyear for the last two and a half years and interned as a geologist with an exploration company for about six months prior to coming to work for Boart Longyear. Jon has been married for a year and a half and in his free time enjoys trail running, hiking, working on his yard, spending time with family, and playing with his black lab Dexter. 

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Zac has a bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. He started at the company in 2006 as a new product development engineer in diamond drilling products. He’s held other roles such as product manager for capital equipment spares and operations manager for aftermarket and fleet maintenance. He has been in his current role as product manager, capital drilling equipment since 2015.

Our host, Jon Peterson (Geo Jon for fun), works for the Products division as a Customer Service Representative. Jon graduated from the University of Utah in 2015 with his Bachelors of Science in Geology. He’s worked for Boart Longyear for the last two and a half years and interned as a geologist with an exploration company for about six months prior to coming to work for Boart Longyear. Jon has been married for a year and a half and in his free time enjoys trail running, hiking, working on his yard, spending time with family, and playing with his black lab Dexter. 

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Time is one of those constant, unwavering variables that when managed well, works to your advantage, but when mismanaged, can end up being a show stopper. There’s no shortage of time management strategies, articles, lists and tips online. Here are a few of our favorite short, high-impact articles to help you achieve your objectives.

Boart Longyear continuously aims to improve our products, procedures, and services to benefit you, our customers. As part of that goal, we recently introduced My Drill Store ­– an online drilling tools and parts store designed to save time for busy purchasing professionals.

My Drill Store makes the procurement process more efficient and less time intensive with convenient online ordering. The site’s easy-to-use interface allows you to quickly search and identify what drilling products and parts are available along with the specifications and pricing to make informed and timely decisions.

Here are just a few more time-saving features My Drill Store offers to help you be more productive.

For access to drilling tools and parts when and where you need them, My Drill Store makes checking local availability, price and estimated weight quick and easy. Convenient order tracking and visibility to order history are also available.

To place an order, user-friendly options include searching and adding items to an online shopping cart, typing your order directly into the site or for larger orders, uploading a spreadsheet to the My Drill Store site.

Visually navigate through seven product categories including coring, diamond products, down the hole, equipment parts, reverse circulation, sonic and overburden and top hammer tools. Or, easily perform searches to see expanded views of products that include part numbers, descriptions, weights and photos.

Additional features include smart search functionality, customized “buy again” lists based on order history for easy reorders, a quick “print quote” button from the shopping cart and access to promotional pricing.

To sign up for access to My Drill Store, visit
www.boartlongyear.com/my-drill-store
or speak to your local Boart Longyear customer service representative.

What tricks and tips do you use as a purchasing professional in the drilling industry?