Compact Computer Solutions (CCS) provides business and operational based solutions that add value to companies in diverse sectors, including manufacturers and distributors of capital equipment, as well as rental and leasing organisations.
“CCS, which designs, implements and supports software and hardware installations, as well as configuring networking infrastructures, is geared to significantly improving operating efficiencies, from inventory control to financial reporting requirements,” says Charmainne Kidd, managing director of Compact Computer Solutions. “The company’s understanding of a customer’s business processes and market challenges allows CCS to specially develop tailored solutions and customer relationship management systems.
“CCS, with over 20 years in the manufacturing, logistics and distribution industry, is committed to enhancing the efficiencies of business. Critical aspects include fixed assets, leases, rentals and purchasing, quotations and contracts, tracking of equipment, as well as warranties, inventory control and repairs.
“The company’s latest focus is on ‘demand driven manufacturing’ where initiatives are introduced to manufacturers and distributors of capital equipment to improve forecasting, predictable manufacturing cycles and waste management.”
In the capital equipment sector, the rental module enables management to efficiently control quotations, contracts, debriefing and invoicing. The fixed asset module encourages total control over fixed assets, with advanced forward planning. This module allows companies to asset track items with fixed and variable costs, with a facility to reserve an asset for a pending quote or contract.
The service module allows for warranty control on assets, as well as for repairs and maintenance. The flexibility of this module means components can have separate tracking and warranty control from the main assets of a business. For example, if the asset is situated in the workshop, the planning board displays this asset as ‘not in service for renting’.
The configuration management module facilitates efficient ‘make-to-order’, ‘assemble-to-order’ and ‘configure to order’ products.
CCS - with a depth of experience of inventory, workshops and dealer networks – also offers an analytical solution to the specific business principles of manufacturers and distributors of capital equipment.
The company enhances its various modules with a parts management module which encompasses professional advice on how much inventory should be carried. This is determined by demand patterns and supply uncertainty.
The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, which is designed to improve management of a company’s sales force, also correctly identifies a customer base and provides the relevant buying history of those customers. This solution helps companies to forecast sales more accurately, to improve customer service, encourage better communication and facilitate the implementation of an effective marketing campaign.
CCS’s comprehensive range of solutions, which includes a practical business intelligence offering, is designed to enable management teams to make important decisions with confidence.
CCS, a Microsoft Gold certified partner, provides software solutions that include Dynamics-AX (formerly Microsoft Axapta), Dynamics CRM and ACS-Embrace (locally written and supported product for the last 25 years).