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Smarthomes are a Birmingham based estate agency founded in 1998, their superior branding and dynamic approach to sales and lettings is well known in the area and has made this company a success.

Smarthomes had the need for better control and management of their data for lettings, sales and customers - this is where we stepped in. They desperately needed to get away from the legacy spreadsheets they used to manage their business. Of course there is a place for spreadsheets; an ordered list of details that can be amended and saved to a central location, such as a server… BUT the downside is when the information needs to be shared between a group of users in a team and that team and information is contracting and expanding daily. Sharing spreadsheets is a dangerous activity, especially if users are not IT literate. So many times I have been asked to restore a spreadsheet from backup because the data has become corrupt… this amounts to lost time, lost information and of course lost money!

To replace the spreadsheet process is a relatively small and low cost job BUT big leap forward from a management perspective. The advantages are immediately noticeable; greater control, powerful data retrieval, better productivity, improved user and team collaboration, true shared company data. The information can be controlled, who can see what and when with user access control - over the local network or even the Internet, serving remote offices and field executives. Reporting and exporting are a breeze and a well designed database system can grow and change with your business.

There are so many benefits (far too many to list here) to replacing your legacy spreadsheets and improving your management process with a simple to use shared database - further information is available here. Why not drop us a line and we can discuss your ideas and requirements, lets see how theitguys.co.uk can streamline your business data process.

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