Why Compass Data

By helping you develop custom systems which automate repetitive aspects of your processes, we help you realise improvements including accurate and up to date information at all times and removing delays. Ensuring that information is shared across all those who need it, when they need it without having to ‘chase around the premises to ask someone’. Automation also reduces the amount of training time needed for new staff as manual processes often need knowledge gained through experience and can be too reliant on one person.

As all the correct information is held within a single system, reporting and analysis is made very simple and accurate. Many companies still work from multiple spreadsheets that usually require time to collate, and which can result in a subjective and perhaps unintentionally biased. The correct system will allow all users to have access to the necessary reports real time, dependant on their role and/or permissions allowing the best decision making across every level of the organisation. This ensures that true costs are visible and controlled, reducing cost and wastage.

Having the right systems in place you will be able to provide a better service to your clients through improved lead-times. Fast accurate information flow and pre-populated forms / fields mean that the current information is available to the right person at the right time, reducing hold ups and errors. Changes to the required product or service can also be implemented quickly and easily as it only needs to be input once and the information is automatically shared across the team.

By using the correct systems, data only needs entering once which reduces the number of potential errors. By simplifying the process through automation, the repetitive tasks will be carried out correctly. Moreover, automation will both reduce the training time and remove the reliance on individuals thus protecting you from unexpected events and staffing issues – two of the biggest business problems.

As a business grows it can soon outstrip the capabilities of existing systems and processes. The approaches and systems used by a small company often do not scale to address the needs of the larger company it becomes. It is no longer viable to rely on knowledge and Excel spreadsheets, or off-the-shelf systems as they may not offer the flexibility or scaling necessary. Indeed the cost of adding users can become prohibitive. A bespoke solution can scale exactly to meet your system demands. It can start small, adding users and functionality as required, it never goes out of date or restricts how you can flex to address new business opportunities.

It is quite common for the internal systems of a company to be critical in any merger or sale of a business. A good and efficient management system gives confidence that the company is well run and that reported information is correct. It can be a condition of sale or purchase that such a system exists. A bespoke system maximises your control on the business and minimises the risks associated with mergers and sales of a company.