XGL System Development Services

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SOMETIMES - YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT When you need a specific solution that will help your organisation

Sometimes companies outgrow their existing system - manual or computerised and the best way forward is to build a system specifically designed to meet their needs. However, many companies believe they don't have the time or money to do just that COMMON MISCONCEPTION - Business led IT systems are expensive to build The Large Company Approach Most major companies build or have built for them, specific IT systems for almost all aspects of their business. Even when they select a package solution, it is 'tailored' sometimes beyond recognition, to come in line with their specific business processes. This is 'BUSINESS LED' IT where what the business does is far more important than any IT system. Typically, the business may change a little here and there to accomodate better ways of doing things but in general IT systems are made to follow the business process model. Almost never the other way around. In general this is how it should be. And large companies tend to achieve competitive advantage, tactically and strategically, through IT systems. But you might counter, that most large companies can afford it. True. There is a cost to business improvements but, the benefits of just the right system, usually far outweigh the costs. And large companies know this and also have the resources to quantify such benefits to justify expenditure. Smaller Company - The Rock and the Hard Place syndrome Smaller companies often continue to use an existing IT system far beyond its "Use By" date. Often business processes bend to accomodate system limitations or staff adopt work-around solutions. Manual systems on paper ( you know the returns book, complaints book, training record etc ) or 'office' solutions in excel etc also survive well beyond their "Use By" date in the belief we can't afford the system we need but what we can afford we don't want! Now You Have a Choice With todays modern development tools and techniques, you'll be surprised at what can be built for a very affordable outlay. Smaller companies do have a choice. Many achieve business led IT solutions. Smaller companies can afford to have a business led IT system built to their exact requirements and XGL offers two ways forward. 1 Incremental Development Where we design your complete system but then split it into affordable chunks and develop each chunk seperately as and when you can afford it. The parts easily fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.. 2 Leased Finance Development Simply where we arrange for your project to be paid for over 3 years in some case 5 years! You could go both ways - lease finance an incremental development.

One Step At a Time - A PROTOYPE APPROACH: A Low Cost, Low Risk method for you     We get a rough idea of what you want to enable your business to do - at no cost to you     We also understand what kind of solution eg Raleigh, Rover or Rolls Royce solution at no cost to you     We let you know if it's feasible and give you a ball park cost and outline the next step at no cost to you     If you want to take the next step, we outline the whole project          with costs for the next step and ball park estimate for the rest of the project           LOW RISK TO YOU - pay a stage at a time only:     We perform a thorough analysis to really understanbd what you want. We define the system with costs     If you want to take the next step, we build a 'PROTOTYPE' of your system     We apply any changes you want to the prototype until your happy with it     If you want to take the next step, we build the system based on the prototype, test it, install it and train users     We provide you with hotline support and maintenance for the system

Technologies and Methods we would use - for QUALITY . To give you the best results, we always use Data Analysis, Function Analysis and Database Design . Depending on the application we would program in C++, JAVA, VB, ACCESS or HTML

Our System Development Experience XGL has considerable experience in software development. Our most significant application systems experience inclides:     Customer Management - covering contact,enquiry,complaint,relationship management     Sales Order Processing - ordering, credit control, stock control, invoicing, statements     HR People Management - personnel records, appraisals, salary review, succession planning     Sales Analysis - all forms of analysis to give a marketing edge and increase revenue     Purchase Order Processing - requisition, approval, through to purchase order     Warehouse Stock Management (supply chain) - goods-in, picking, goods-out and stock take     Tracking system - varied applications from product, ingredients, shipments to tagged animals