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Development of a property management system, a centralised area where owners and property managers can coordinate their efforts and strategies.
Original requirement
Design and develop a booking system that can manage the business process from booking, allocating, renting, cleaning and finally invoicing, as well as doing this in multiple languages.
Solution
- Developing a skeletal structure that supports multiple language displays based off of which user is signed in and what his or her settings are.
- Creation of an intelligent bookings dashboard that is accessible for property owners and the management team which either adds or restricts functionality and data based on the user.
- Development of an invoicing system to streamline the process of billing their clients.
Benefits
- Menu system that contains both intelligence in the recognition and restriction of different types of user as well as the simplicity needed for easy navigation.
- Multiple business processes simplified in a single screen that is accessible from the click of a button to improve the flow of processes.
- Generation of custom spreadsheets in a format that is personalised to NV3 for easy data transference.
Further enhancements
- Responsive compact design that simplifies complicated screens is accessible from multiple devices.
- Login system that takes advantage of google stored passwords while simultaneously increasing security.
System module examples
- Simple and responsive design View Detail
- Custom spreadsheets View Detail
- Intelligent Screens View Detail
Responsive Design
Screens Featured:
- Administration Menu
- Bookings Edit
- Cleaning Edit
Cleaning Schedule - Manage Cleaning Teams
Proper management of cleaning schedules and teams
- Manage which apartments are clean / need cleaning
- Assign cleaning teams in available timeslots
- Export cleaning schedule on separate sheets for each team to be handed out.
Booking Process
Proper management of bookings throughout the rental process
- Owners can view all the bookings made under their apartments, as well as add bookings for approval.
- Admins can view all bookings and approve or decline requests, as well as schedule cleaning before / after each booking.
User information based intelligence.
- Depending on how the user is set up will determine what each user can see and interact with.
EEZI Move Furniture Removals
Development and ongoing maintenance of a logistics system, managing multi-branch customer bookings, vehicles, stock and client storage.
Original requirement
Design, develop and support a multi-user accessible system to replace an existing spreadsheet-based furniture removal booking system.
Solution
- Working with the owners of EEZI MOVE to understand their business and specific requirements, we designed, developed and implemented a vehicle management system that is accessible to multiple users.
- Each user has a complete snapshot of up-to-date bookings across multiple vehicles, covering multiple routes for any selected period.
- From day one the owners and office managers have been involved in continually upgrading and expanding the system to improve the functionality required for their specific business requirements.
Benefits
- Simultaneous multi user access, with up-to-date information available instantly.
- On screen alerts and triggers help control vehicle service intervals, and facilitate fault reporting.
- Colour coded messages indicate overlaps, missing information and specialised deliveries and shuttles.
- Customer communication logging identifies dates and times of recorded calls.
- Management reporting highlights vehicle, team and route efficiency improving management decisions.
Further enhancements
- Vehicle team module, managing and tracking working hours.
- Overtime prediction allows for more cost-effective team restructuring.
- Storage module with invoicing.
- Multi-branch upgrade facilitating national expansion of business.
- Bespoke on-demand management reporting.
System module examples
- Logistics made easy View Detail
- Team and overtime management View Detail
- Daily planning sheets View Detail
DIARY - The Heart of Logistics
Here users can :
- Filter date ranges to view
- See quick overview of each job
- Monitor overlapping job times
- Manage part- and multiloads
- Mouse hover specific jobs to see full detail
- Add new jobs and edit specific details
- Manage user communications, view logs and tick off client confirmations
- View filtered turnovers per vehicle and daterange
- Manage vehicle fault reports, maintenance and repairs
- Monitor vehicle service intervals
TEAM STRUCTURES - Manage Team Flexibility
Proper management of team structures achieve optimum productivity
- Standardised formulas for packing time per cubic foot allow for productivity measurement
- Additional time can be allocated for travel time depending on trip distances
- Flexibility allows for mix and match of team members on a daily basis
- Management of contiguous trips prevent driver fatigue on long distances
- Team size allocations ensure fair shared payouts and overtime worked
VEHICLES - Planning Daily Vehicle Stocks
Proper planning of vehicle stock makes for a good start and continued efficiency during the day
- Stock for all the day's trips is calculated and presented as a total per vehicle
- Additional stock per vehicle to cater for unforeseen events can be entered
Each driver gets an electronic copy (PDF) allowing them to :
- take responsibility for stock before leaving by comparing totals
- allocate stock to each individual trip according to details on their sheet
- know how much stock is required for each trip, and identifying potential shortages early in the day
- be proactive and order additional stock before shortages are encountered
Springboard ASA Telecommunications Analysis Platform
Ongoing projects to create and maintain a traffic and rates analysis platform, least-cost route generation and switch integration.
Original requirement
Assist with development of a secure internet-based statistical reporting and billing solution for the telecommunications industry.
Solution
- Working with Springboard ASA we helped develop a stable platform providing intelligent analysis to telecommunication operators.
Benefits
- Secure, multi-user system development with user-specific security controls adjustable by the customer.
- Flexible on-demand reporting facilities.
- Rate sheet loading functionality with automated dial code matching for optimum rate management.
Further enhancements
- Least-cost routing rule setup, management and provisioning, based on ingress port specific algorithms.
- Full least-cost routing integration with various telecommunication switches using SOAP, XML and Genband/Nextone cli commands.
- Sandbox area to test best profit combinations of specific internal prefixes against grouped carrier prefixes.
System module examples
- Interactive graphs for less noise View Detail
- Map based information View Detail
- Infographics in context, better decisions View Detail
INTERACTIVE GRAPHS - Monitoring Call Statistics and Quality
Springboard ASA's system provides multitudes of flexible graphs
- Graphs provide
instant overview
of relevant information - Viewing various types of information on a single graph
highlights contextual content
- Filtering information
removes noise
providing more focused data - Interactive mouse hovers highlight specific data sources
- Draggable boxes allow users to
customize reporting
See a static demo...
WORLD MAP superimposed data
Shows end-to-end information in the blink of an eye
- Line thickness indicates point to point call volumes
- Point specific information is indicated by icons for example
- Pink ring indicates calls originating country
- White blob indicates calls destination country
- Mouse / screen-tap controlled magnifying glass allows for zooming in on details
- As part of the reporting system, calls can be filtered by :
- Customers / Ingress Ports
- Suppliers / Egress Ports
- Originating Countries / Areas / Service providers
- Terminating Countries / Areas / Service providers
See a static demo...
CONTEXTUALISED INFOGRAPHICS
The interactive bubble charts allow users to switch various elements on and off.
- Graphs provide instant
overview of contextualised data
- Flicking any content on and off
highlights trends and comparative sets
Various filters
allow users to determinegranularity
of views- Fexible date ranges can highlight
annual, monthly, weekly or daily trends
QUBE Managed Services Data Management System
CRM with integrated customer portal interfacing with various managed hosting specific systems.
Original requirement
Develop a custom CRM to cater for unique requirements of a Managed Hosting Service Provider.
Solution
- Through a complete development life cycle we have worked closely with the team of Data Centre specialists and engineers at QUBE Managed Services to develop an advanced, custom CRM system for their unique requirements.
Benefits
- A single, up-to-date, central information repository.
- Customised reporting tailored for specific requirements.
- Customer portal, facilitating integration into various ISP-specific systems with a 'single signon' experience.
- Replacing all paper forms with electronic online versions, with pre-completion for registered users and intgrated workflow.
- Bulk mailing facility to customers subscribed to specific mailing lists.
- Continuous evolution of the system to meet ever-changing business needs.
Further enhancements
- IPV4 and IPV6 IP address management system.
- Automated power usage data collection through SNMP for billing purposes.
- Automated disaster recovery backup procedures securing the software and data bases
System module examples
- Power capacity planning View Detail
- Custom framework : true flexibility View Detail
- IP address management View Detail
POWER CAPACITY PLANNING
Phase 2 and 3 power distribution unit management
- DC engineers have the information at their fingertips to add new servers and racks to PDUs
- Multiple power tracks can be compared on a single screen to ensure suitable
load distribution
Power demand
is populatedevery 60 seconds
via SNMP data harvesting from individual PDUs- Expected power usage totals are updated as new load is added to a track
- Load risk margins are highlighted to
ensure redundancy
CUSTOM OPEN SOURCE FRAMEWORK
QUBE have a truly custom-developed framework which means:
- UX and UI were developed to QUBE's specific requirements with
NO sacrifices
- Unique
user-role security
and module authorisation were custom-developed - Very specific enhancements like
contact cards
were designed and developed for all UI lists Colour coded keywords
used throughout the system allow quick decision making at a glance- 'Simulation' mode allows system administrators to view the system as another user would see it
- Integration with various other COTS systems were possible through REST and SOAP web services, as well as surgical code changes in other applications
IPV4 and IPV6 IP SUBNET MANAGEMENT
A single interface to filter, search and allocate both IPV4 and IPV6 subnets
- Multiple supernets can be crawled for specific IP subnet requirements
- Subnet allocations are automatically defaulted to first available blocks with intelligent
broadcast and network address
allocations Whois
functionality allows for on demand tracking of IP block allocations across all RIR databases- Individual Devices can be allocated to specific IP Addresses, and relevant
device specific metadata
captured. - Client records are linked to individual IP Addresses and equipment/devices, cross referenced with network circuits and used for SNMP execution
- Text search facility search metadata of all allocated devices and clients across all indicated supernets
CLEARVIEW Sports & Entertainment Intelligence
Development of a survey engine, incorporated translation management tools, and infographic feedback generator.
Original requirement
Develop a survey generator with a translation facility and socio-demographic intelligence module, to create and publish custom surveys and collect meaningful results.
Solution
- We developed a web-based survey management system to allow the capturing of surveys.
- UI design and UX process flow were designed and specified by THE SURGERY and we developed a custom framework to match the requirements.
- Questions and predefined answer sets can be created and translated into any language and currency group.
- These can further be fine-tuned for specific socio-demographic areas.
- We custom-developed all question and answer modules to harvest data using preset questions and answers.
Benefits
- Flexible administrative interface catering for any selection of Languages, Countries, Currencies and Socio-demographic groups.
- Socio-demographic intelligence module allows feedback to be normalised into relevant result sets.
- Through evolution we streamlined the user interface and interaction to improve the overall user experience.
- White label facility allows for brand-specific survey generation.
Further enhancements
- Infographic based feedback reporting with respondent profile focus points.
- Realtime tracking of exposure, respondents and question drop-off rate.
- Flexible survey colour selection to enhance branding.
System module examples
- Multiple language interface View Detail
- Device independent participation View Detail
- Interactive infographic results View Detail
TRANSLATION INTERFACE
Any number of languages can be accommodated through addition using the administration interface
- Multi-level user access allows translaters to required modules, while blocking Super Administrative functions
- The translator also allows for socio-demographic specific formulas to ensure normalised data for analysis
- Questions and sample answer sets are prepared in English, and translators provided with English base for translation
- Intelligent place markers allow for data driven text replacements while maintaining proper sentence structure for the language being translated
- Data collection is done based on id referncing, which allows for resultsets and data analysis to be published in any language
SURVEY PUBLISHING
A fun and intuitive interface improves survey results
- The UI and UX were designed by THE SURGERY with a 'Mobile first' approach
- We developed the data and functional layers used to be compatible with all devices.
- Respondents get to choose their own SVG avatar, with adjustable hair, skin colour etc.
- The user's own customised avatar is scaled and used throughout the survey where applicable
- Cookies are used to keep track of anonyous response ids and progress.
Interactive infographic feedback
Relevant infographics are used to highlight specific collected data sets
- Results filters can be used to focus on specific subsets of data
- Date ranges can be used to separate resultsets collected after specific advertising campaigns
- Represented data is normalised through socio economic factoring
