Development and Business Expertise

Maxima’s heritage lies in manufacturing and engineering systems and our consultants have an excellent understanding of the needs of these businesses and we provide support and development to an active customer base. We have an extensive knowledge in the development of systems for engineering, manufacturing, contracting, finance and distribution companies. We offer business expertise with process change, consolidation and integration and help our customers adopt new technologies to reduce costs and offer competitive advantage.  Your business might have invested heavily in a bespoke IT system that might be considered ‘legacy’ in today’s world; we can extend its life and help you adapt to meet market demands.

Examples include:

• web-enabling a sales-order system for a customer-facing environment
• adding business intelligence
• mobile computing – be it customer information, proof of delivery or on-demand reports
• systems integration – with a CRM system, e-commerce or virtually any other system or business partner
• Wireless handheld computing to improve accuracy and speed of stock tracking and picking

"Reid Furniture Ltd sell a wide range of bedroom, lounge and dining furniture from 35 stores across Scotland, Ireland and the north of England. We source our products from all over the world which creates some really complicated IT requirements. We have been relying on Maxima to support our ERP systems since 1999 and have been consistently impressed with their quality of service and innovative thinking in the tailoring of systems to our needs." Les Cook, IT Manager, www.reidfurniture.com

Bespoke Development and Integration

Maxima has delivered an extensive variety of bespoke developments for customers to meet regulatory needs or changing business requirements. The complexities of many businesses involved in manufacturing, engineering and distribution often means that an off-the-shelf package will not meet requirements and bespoke development or systems integration is required. Our highly experienced team can offer tailored solutions to meet most requirements including:

• E-commerce: Business to Business or Business to Consumer, we will also securely handle online payments by card or account payment
• Empowering mobile or home working employees by providing the information they need, wherever they are
• Web-front end to legacy systems, extending their life and usefulness
• Business intelligence and reporting solutions
• Systems integration
• Extending the functionality of ERP or business systems to be relevant to today’s business processes
• Full support services provided

Development Skills

The Maxima team can use their business expertise to provide your custom development with the most appropriate technologies for your situation. Skills include:

• Microsoft .Net (VB, C#)
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft VB
• Oracle: Forms, Reports, PL SQL
• IBM-Cognos PowerHouse 4GL, Axiant, Impromptu, PowerPlay
• Cognos-8

For further information please contact: Iain Reid, Account Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or call 07968 320288.