| Systems Consulting | Top |
| Our consulting services bring to the table a plethora of experiences gained from over 22 years of dealing with business systems. Over the years our Company has been responsible for the development and implementation of systems covering Costing Cement Production, Retail Processing and Control, Mail Order, Warehousing and Distribution and Banking and Finance. Our success in all the above areas stands as testament to our capacity to consult across a broad range of application environments. | |
| Systems Evaluation | Top |
| Be it a review of a new software offering or an analysis of the shortcomings of an existing system, our Company can perform a detailed analysis of existing or proposed software both in terms of suitability and limitations. In many instances Companies fail to adapt their software requirements to changing market conditions. The result being the gradual transformation of software from a business aid to a business encumbrance. Our investigations may highlight the shortcomings of existing systems and provide recommendations to overcome the deficiencies ranging from system replacement to changing manual procedures. | |
| Software Development/Supply | Top |
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Since incorporation our primary focus has been the research, specification, development, implementation and ongoing support of tailored software solutions while our secondary roll has been the supply, implementation and support of package software solutions. During our formative years we established a set of development tools and standards which are still current today. These development tools and standards have provided a solid foundation for the provision of cost effective tailored software solutions which have stood the test of time.
We have three clients who are still using software developed more than ten years ago with one client still using software originally installed in the late seventies. A further advantage of our development standards and tools is evident in software maintenance. With all developments since incorporation adopting the same standards, none of the common author dependencies or maintenance nightmares exist with our systems. Maintaining software written last week is no different to maintaining software written last decade. A tribute to the foresight shown in our early establishment of the development standards is that they remain current to this day. As with our tailored solutions, all packages supplied by our Company are built around the same development standards. |
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| Systems Implementation | Top |
| Regardless of the source of the software, the success or otherwise of any new system is directly related to the quality of preparation. In this area our experience spans many varying applications from simple accounting implementations through to conversion of major applications. In any system implementation it is imperative that the chosen solution has been thoroughly investigated to ensure the requirements are satisfied and/or the limitations identified. Any current system functionality not provided by a chosen solution requires the development and implementation of procedures outside the system to ensure business requirements are fully satisfied. Our implementation services go far beyond the implementation of software, they involve review and planning of all functions associated with the proposed system environment. | |
| Systems Support and Maintenance | Top |
| In the current business environment where specialisation and downsizing goals conflict, software systems often become the casualty. In this area we have provided many Companies with the necessary systems knowledge to ensure guaranteed efficiency without the need to employ specialist staff. We offer all our clients a "Guaranteed Support" agreement which provides them with systems support where needed along with a guarantee to perform limited system changes without the lead times normally associated with software development. In this way our Clients are able to gain expert assistance within hours of their need as well as being able to gain limited system changes in the month in which the necessary changes are identified. Some of our major Clients to this day operate their computer systems without any in-house expertise. Not only does this eliminate the problems with getting the right people, it also eliminates the problems caused by staff holidays, sickness and replacement. All in all, our Clients find that their Information Technology support costs are well down on industry standards yet their capacity to satisfy User requirements are in no way compromised. | |