Software Consultancy for Digital City

Problem

The diversity of the project delivery meant there wasn’t just one problem, but these were the common ones:

Businesses operating inefficient software solutions where duplicate information was recorded but not linked between systems.

Businesses often using lots of spreadsheets, created by different people over many years. These then became fundamental to the operation of the business whilst the spreadsheets tended to introduce many inefficiencies, duplications of effort and ever more human error into the business.

Staff in the businesses were spending longer to perform their duties because of the lack of technology integration.

Lack of technology awareness resulting in a need for help with technology choices and proposed options to enable SME’s to create a solution or a software platform.

Solution

With each of the businesses, Sapere spent time listening to key staff and exploring all the areas of the business and any IT and software – if relevant. We then spent time researching available solutions to core issues and problems. This was done so a bespoke report could be created which would outline a solution for the specific problem faced by the SME.

The final report detailed the possible solutions and options available to enable innovation and growth and to prevent current and future inefficiencies within the business. The report also detailed possible timescales, costs, things to consider such as hosting architecture, resilience, and disaster recovery – if a software solution was the right one.

The consultancy project for Digital City has been well received and many businesses have benefitted from the advice provided.

Business Benefits

The following business benefits have been realised by the SMEs involved in the program.

Detailed development roadmaps – each business had a realistic roadmap of development so the whole project didn’t need to be done in one go.
Options – the solutions include elements of off the shelf solutions. If the solution warrants it and there is a product we can recommend then it will be recommended. This saves cost, development time and there’s no point reinventing the wheel!
The solution to unlock growth potential and innovation!

What our clients say

With more than 10 years' experience providing solutions for the financial sector, the team at Sapere are talented, professional and good fun to work alongside. We spent 40 hours with them detailing our specifications and I was extremely impressed with how well this was captured. They really understood the intricacies of our business and have helped improve the working environment for staff. The new digital system they've built has addressed the frustrations of our previous system, especially in reducing the…

Phil Carey - Chief Executive of Tees Mutual and Managing Partner at Careys Personal Credit

We needed our systems to be more robust and to produce reliable data that would inform our business decisions – Sapere delivered just that. The company resolved the issues we had been experiencing and worked to create a platform that could grow with us. We were so impressed, we have continued to work with Sapere for additional projects.

Kevin Brown - Pacifica Group - Group Managing Director

I wanted a software solution that would both allow my business to grow with more ease and give my domestic and commercial clients a better experience. I approached several companies but decided to go with Sapere due to their professional and easy to understand approach to software development. I knew where I stood at all stages of development and having my own go-to contact in the development stage meant the process could be more organic, with things changing along the…

Andrew Hancock - Owner

Sapere really delivered on this project. From the outset they took the time to understand each element of the business and then built a solution that not only met the needs of the business but developed a solution which can be adapted to suit the developing utilities market.

Andrew Richardson - Troocost CEO

Active Chartered Financial Planners have used Sapere's services for many years now for all of our software solutions inc Web Design, Web Hosting and most recently, building a brand new Client Management Database. If you are looking for a local, personal and knowledgeable IT service, then look no further than Sapere Software

Karl Pemberton - Active Chartered Financial Planners - Managing Director

Software Consultancy – Digital City

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