Software Development for Expert Users
Software Development for Expert Users
Examples:
Industry: Retail Location: Southeast US
ISSUE: User had an Interior Design shop experiencing significant growth. The Business had a kludgy process of copying and pasting data from web sites to build Reports to help understand Commercial Development Trends and Opportunities. The Business would use the Market Information to prepare Bids and stay on top of the latest design trends. A total customized approach to prepare both Marketing and Financial Reports was needed.
User Comment:
I can't believe the number of hours that we would waste in gathering the necessary data to stay on top of Industry Trends. Z-AppXpert designed a Data-Scraping Tool and Text Analyzer to consolidate and Roll-up the Data into a customized automated Report. No off the shelf product can match this tool . . . thank you Z-AppXpert.
Executive Summary:
This business was going through growing pains and needed an Expert System to apply the complex set of Business Rules to gather necessary data to stay on top of Commercial Property Interior Design Trends. Bidding a job to assure profitability is key to survival. Z-AppXpert customized a Data Scraping Tool, Text Analyzer, and Bid Generator to help this business make intelligent decisions about the future of it's business.
Industry: Medical Office Location: Northeast USA
ISSUE: Medical Office had Software to help schedule patients. Business would re-enter information to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets created by Multiple Users to create multiple Financial Reports resulting in time intensive and inaccurate Financial Reporting.
User Comment:
Z-AppXpert came in interviewed our employees and created an easy to use Software Application. I used to pull my hair, but now smile every time I use Z-AppXpert.
Executive Summary:
Z-AppXpert analyzed the User needs, designed, tested and delivered a customized Software Application. Z-AppXpert used Software and Systems the business already had. This business had already spent a lot of money on disparate off the shelf products and long confusing business processes and procedures to produce inaccurate data descriptions of their company, now Z-AppXpert's customized Expert System assists in helping them gather Business Intelligence to make better decisions about day to day and future operations.
Industry: Non-Profit Location: Japan
ISSUE: Non-Profit Auction Company needed a better event software tool to track inventory, potential sellers, and potential buyers.
They also needed to track donation success rates and rank the entities requesting donations. They needed to incorporate the complex set of business and Regulatory Rules into the Ranking process. This Non-Profit had minimal software and very kludgy processes that were beginning to slow their business.
User Comment:
We were quoted close to a million dollars by some of the Big Consulting companies to resolve our slowing business. We believed that if we just had the information we had collected over the years in a more accessible and accurate format that we could just fix it ourselves. Z-AppXpert came in organized our data, gave us easy to use Data Entry screens and Reporting based on the Software that we already owned. Z-AppXpert came in and resolved our Data Entry, Reporting, and Business Intelligence issues for a quarter of what the Consultants wanted, and we did it with Software we already owned and felt comfortable with.
Executive Summary:
Using Rapid Application Development processes Z-AppXpert was able to document and automate this Non-Profit's complicated Business Process. A significant Issue was the labor intensive data entry process by volunteers that were not committed long-term to the task of Data Entry. The existing data was Extracted, Transformed and Loaded into a Relational Database. Simple Data Entry screens were created for ease of training and use. The Business Rules and Logic were applied to create Reports and Automated Processes to more efficiently manage the auctions and donation processes.
Industry: International Manufacturing Location: USA
ISSUE: International Project Management Team of a Manufacturing company needed to consolidate Manufacturing Project Information, Market Competitor Information, and Inventory Management Information into an Expert System to help determine GAP's in the Resource Load and Resource Leveling Process.
User Comment:
Z-AppXpert did not bury us in endless Requirement Gathering. They were flexible and designed very quickly . . . it was like they could read our minds . . . . Z-AppXpert easily saved us 100's of thousands of dollars in consulting fees and headaches . . . The result is an easy to use interface allowing us to foresee trouble spots in our Manufacturing Process.
Executive Summary:
Z-AppXpert consolidated different department reports and data into a type of Hybrid Client / Cloud Based Expert System to foresee the GAPs in the Manufacturing Process. One of the biggest issues facing this Specialty Manufacturing process was assuring the proper types of skills were available during the intricate manufacturing process. The Final Result allowed Management to properly allocate Resources to the variety of Manufacturing Projects in a timely and efficient manner.