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Custom systems

We build internal systems that hold a company's operations together: job records, work scheduling and overviews where everyone sees the same current data.

The problem we solve

Companies usually grow on spreadsheets. For a while that works beautifully — they are at hand and everyone can use them. The trouble starts when operations depend on them: there are five versions of one file, nobody is sure which one is valid, and answering “what stage is that job at?” means phoning someone.

A custom system is not about replacing spreadsheets with something more complicated. It is about giving operations one place where the data is current, everyone sees only what they should, and reports assemble themselves. We build it around how the company really works — not around what would suit the software.

Does any of this sound familiar?

  • „We track jobs in a spreadsheet we email to each other.“
  • „We do not know what stage a job is at until we ask.“
  • „We rebuild next week's schedule from scratch, by hand, every time.“
  • „We chase people for the paperwork needed to invoice.“

What we actually deliver

Jobs and clients

One place with the status, history and paperwork for every job.

Scheduling and capacity

Work split between people and deadlines you can see coming.

Overviews and reports

Material for invoicing and for decisions, assembled automatically from the data in the system.

Roles and permissions

Everyone sees and changes only what their work requires.

How it goes

  1. 01

    Mapping operations

    We follow a job through the company as it works today, from enquiry to invoice.

  2. 02

    Design and prototype

    We show you the screens before a line of code is written.

  3. 03

    Building in stages

    We deliver usable parts as we go, rather than the whole system at the end.

  4. 04

    Launch and training

    We migrate your existing data, put it into service and train the team.

What you end up with

  • A system running in your environment with your data migrated into it.
  • Accounts and permissions for the whole team.
  • Documentation and training for everyday use and for administration.
  • An agreed way to report faults and request further work.

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