Software projects should produce business results

Reporting & Employee Data

Reducing a monthly process from a week to less than a day

Problem: A recurring union reporting process required approximately one full week each month.

Solution: Program Consultants developed a Microsoft Access-based database that handled union reporting, employee information and related payroll reporting.

Result: The recurring process was reduced to less than a day, saving approximately 32 hours per month.

Purchasing Cooperative

Replacing manual collection, collation and rebate calculations

Problem: Product usage and rebate calculations were being collected and calculated manually.

Solution: After observing the daily process, Program Consultants created a custom database application that consolidated the work into a structured data-entry process.

Result: The organization improved productivity and accuracy while supporting substantial membership growth.

Scheduling & Notifications

Giving members real-time access to shared resource schedules

Problem: Members needed to see schedules in real time and receive confirmation when shared resources changed.

Solution: A web-based scheduling system was created to manage changes and automatically notify the people involved.

Inventory & Web Integration

Keeping an internal inventory system and website data synchronized

Problem: A business needed an internal inventory application and a public website that reflected the same information.

Solution: Program Consultants built an internal database system that automatically updated the website data as changes were made.