We envisage your business would benefit from a Back Office configuration something like this ..
(as you know "one software does it all" is not affordable and has a huge deployment cost and learning curve - OPTIONALLY we can deploy a selection of software apps. that apply to areas of the business. We need to be shrewd about avoiding overlap and delineating between tasks - achieved with solid communication and good management practices.)
Each software runs seperately so you could in fact implement the transition in stages.
| Team | Need | Notes | Version |
| Accounts | OZ PKG |
ATO specific - Invoice/ Payroll/ Client Accounts |
say MYOB or Quickbooks |
| Sales | CRM |
Customer relationship management Tracking sales performance / preorders / customer issues / Dispatch |
Vtiger |
| Knowledge | Groupware | Biz intel / Project manage / emailed and Linked Sharing / Group privacy | Redmine |
| Design | Apps | Word / Excel / OpenOffice / Design s/w / Existing s/w | various |
| Production |
Groupware Apps |
Use groupware and basic desktop tools | |
| Manage |
Project Groupware |
Redmine project and collaboration - assign tasks etc. |
BENEFITS
- Inhouse Consolidation of intellectual property (IP) -> Leads to better saleability (net value) and mobility of your business
- Efficient and concise storage and retrieval of information -> Your staff become more efficient and savvy. - Empower your staff to develop a competitive edge
- Reduce wasted effort on outdated information storage and retrieval methodologies often used by well meaning staff
- Conforming to new standards of Information management allows for easier cross platform conversion and re-usability of existing work. For example some technical notes could be found and pulled into the company webpage with reduced effort.