Case Studies: Professional Advantage

Established in 1995, AUSTAR is one of Australia’s largest Subscription television operator & Mobile telephony business. The system previously used by AUSTAR was unable to drill down to the level of detail required to effectively manage inventory which led to issues of lost inventory, not knowing what was needed or when to buy replacement stock.

The Foodco Group is comprised of two well known brands: Muffin Break and Jamaica Blue. With over 220 retail outlets and growing, Foodcos’ finance team manage a complex revenue model across several brands that are constantly expanding. Foodco needed a software system to manage its franchise business growth and standardize POS data capture.

ClubLINKS was established in 2002 and since then it has expanded both its client list and its range of manages services. They wanted to replace multiple disparate systems with a single integrated technology solution capable of spanning all ClubLINKS’ operations and properties, with particular emphasis on support for financial management, customer relationship management and retail management activities.

Animal Supplies (Wholesale) Pty Ltd is one of Australia’s most successful animal products and medicine suppliers with 10,000 plus product lines encompassing everything from dog food and pet beds to flea treatments and horse wormers. The rapid expansion and growth had created the need for a business software with strong financial, inventory and analytical capabilities.

WPC provides, calibrates, services and repairs the high quality industrial process control equipment for many of oil and gas companies in Western Australia (WA). As WA’s resources industry grew over the subsequent years WPC’s business boomed too. For WPC, the result of this growth was that its simple start-up business systems were no longer suited to the organisation’s more comprehensive information requirements.