IT Project Work

We are passionate about providng IT project work to businesses. A professional business service provided to businesses who want to develop their IT systems. It doesn't have to be all at once, we take projects on one at a time. All the skills are waiting for your business here on a pay as you go basis.

 

 

Automation projects

Automating work processes within your business. If you have manual data in one area of your business that regularly needs to be seen in other departments we can come on-site and think through the problems you face and do a feasibility study with you to see about automation options and ideas. 

 

PC upgrade projects

Upgrade and speed up all workstation PCs to the same level.

 

business expansion projects

Thinking of expanding into new premises? Worried how your data can be shared across multiple sites. It can be done, no matter the distance, no matter the type of data.

 

custom projects

You may have ideas within your business and want them implementing. We can do it for you. Anything to do with networks, PCs, servers, custom software development we have the skills to help.

And because we'd be your 'IT department' - on a Pay As You Use Us basis, by the hour, not by the day - there's no rush to finish every phase of the project in a single continuous time period. We're always here and available as your IT department, so it doesn't matter to us when you want the work doing. Get phase 1 started, pause it, then finish it when it's convenient to you. Pause it again, and then start phase 2 next year. Because things happen and get in the way (as we all know), and you need time to take stock. 

Other suppliers of IT projects book everything in ahead and they're rigid and only do what's been planned weeks earlier by a salesman, and over quote it, and book in 2 weeks all at once and you have to have your staff, all your staff, ready and there to give inputs live during those two weeks. It can work, but we find we get better results doing things chunk by chunk, then you can take stock of what you've seen so far (as the customer receiving the service), and then change a little here and there if necessary, and continue onwards again.

That's how we work, and it's a good way for most businesses. If this is resonating with you, as a director or manager, then you should definitely give us a call, because we want you on our books and we want to be your supplier because it'll be a good match.  

 

be organised

Problems for small businesses often stem from poor documentation and being disorganised (with their IT infrastructure at least). We create a Configuration Management (CM) document as part of quality assurance for all our clients. Particularly important where mission critical systems are in place and down time must be at a minimum. We create SOPs, we adhere to best practices and frameworks in the industry. Leave us in charge of your IT and we will identify risks, run system recovery tests, backup tests, and ensure your systems are up and working as much as is possible.

 

 

lots of ideas

Do you need an internal business database building? A centralised computer system, giving you a place for everything and making sure everything has a place? You probably think you need ‘something’ in some areas of your business – usually we find these sorts of problems can be solved with a business database. You may already use copious amounts of excel documents and word documents to record and share your data – but these need constant management and review, various versions can exist and no-one’s sure which one can be deleted, which one is still being used.

You may have Sage and maybe an Access database. Access is a halfway house, and unreliable between windows/office versions, and industry support is depleting. Sage is good for one thing only – accounting. If you go for the expensive version of Sage – which is Sage ERP 1000 – there are hundreds of add-ons you can buy, but they are expensive to install and often do more than you need – meaning you’re paying for things you don’t need.

You may even be using too much paper – printing everything out, or writing by hand to give to/communicate with another department. Each time you copy data from place to place (from telephone call writing down in a notepad perhaps, and then to email or to excel and then into sage) you run the risk of data corruption - just by human error. ‘One single input to many outputs’ situations can be achieved using a business database.

Well, there is a solution, we can build you a custom business database. It has core modules for customers, contacts, works orders. It has the ability do auto invoicing, auto invoice reminders, auto reports, it can communicate with TV screen data displays, it can auto print, it can read, harvest and store documents that are scanned in. Then come your internal processes which can often be unique and this is where a custom built database structures modelling those real world processes comes in handy. if a model models your business perfectly then your staff will use it. if it doesn't they'll hate it and be reluctant to use it.

When you have a business database…
It lowers administration times
It lowers the need therefore for fewer staff per unit of future growth.
Instead of just a 1000 sales orders per month, your business can sail through 2000, as an example. the paperwork is easier. sharing of data to the shop floor is seamless.

That’s what we do, in a nutshell, we are hired to help your business use IT to be more efficient. We expertly manage projects from start to finish. We also have Systems Engineers, programmers, network engineers, and Business Developers, all from under one roof. Issue logs managed, risks identified, right through to an assured completion.

 

  • Big Summary Screens, huge, cheap, ways to communicate with multiple employees across multiple shifts/timezones. - a ‘What’s Next?’ methodology. Look at the screen and see what’s next to do. Collaboration – with everyone, by a supervisor, one click of a button can update 7 screens around your organisation. – think of the possibilities.
  • Integrates back to your Sage/ERP via a strict, tight and flexible interface.
  • Big easy to use buttons. Dedicated interface, minimal clicks and inputs.
  • Data Correctness Mini Reports, and change notifications. For admin staff.
  • Barcode readers, which tell the operators what's next.
  • Communicate from shop floor to office instantly works order status’, despatch status’
  • Maintenance Schedule / Health and Safety checks reminders. Health and safety videos on big screens 3 once per day.
  • Sales notification reports for salesmen – Live! as they happen.- Batch! At the end of each day.
  • Approval processes for documents. checkboxes and notes boxes for everything.
  • Document Scanning stations, auto file away, auto OCR feature, auto barcode discover feature, and notifications to relevant departments. Instead of filing away for 7 years in filing cabinets, file it away digitally. Search and find features for fast retrieval.
  • Document Management Systems
  • Document Archive Systems – Barcode it, Scan it, Forget it.
  • It comes as standard with a web interface, so people can dial in from the outside world who need to securely and see their reports.
  • Servers installed. To protect files, user access control. Shared printers. Backup systems can be deployed easily on a server.
  • Custom Software – do you have a repetitive task that you wish could be done by a computer? Having to do the same task twice to satisfy to different systems? We have various methods to reduce this kind of problem. Saving time. Want to record data in a digital system instead of on paper? This can be done.
  • Automated sales order acknowledgment when they reach a certain status inside your ERP
  • Customer Portals - look at Amazon, Tesco, - just doing a subset of the features they do, with your own flicks of inspiration, will put you streets ahead of the competition

 

 

 

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