The work happens out there. The system is back at the office.
Delivery notes get signed on paper and typed up later. Stock is counted on a clipboard. An engineer rings the office to find out what's next. Each of those is a delay and a chance to get it wrong.
A phone or a rugged handheld can capture it where the work happens: scan it, photograph it, sign for it, and it's in the system before they've left the site.
What you get
- Apps for Android and iOS, on phones, tablets and rugged handhelds
- Barcode scanning, photos, signatures and location
- Works without a signal, and syncs when it's back
- Connected to your stock, orders, jobs and accounts
- Published in the app stores, or installed privately on company devices
- Updates and new phone software versions looked after
How a mobile app gets built.
Go and watch
We go out with the people who'll use it, because the job looks different in a van or a warehouse aisle.
Design for the job
Big targets, few taps, and nothing that needs two hands if one is carrying a box.
Test on real devices
Your staff try it on the phones and handhelds they'll use, in the places they'll use them.
Release and support
We handle the app stores or the private install, then updates as phones and the business change.
What people ask first.
Based in Derbyshire, working with businesses across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, the wider East Midlands and the UK.
Android, iPhone or both?
Either, or both. Where it suits the job we build once for both, which keeps the cost down.
Does it work without a signal?
Yes, where the job needs it. The app stores what's done on the device and sends it when the connection returns.
Do we have to go through the app stores?
Not for staff apps: those can be installed directly on company devices. Apps for your customers go through Google Play and the App Store, and we handle the submission.
Can it talk to the system we already have?
Almost always. The app is usually a new way into a system you already run, so the data stays in one place.
What does it cost?
Each job is priced at a no-obligation meeting, once we've seen what's involved. As a guide, it will probably come to less than half of what a traditional software house would quote.