pban

I needs some help.

I have a friend who runs a small maintenance company, they are in need of a database that will track calls, parts, engineer costs, outstanding jobs, generate reports and invoices. Anyone have any ideas of a suitable off the self package? What about a custom build databse, what sort of costs would be involved? Any db programmers on here need some a little extra work?

Paul

beemerboy

thers a wizard in access2000 that does just this thing, i believe.

might need a bit of customising, depending on number of logins(users) and data type specifics.

have you got access2000??
if so, and aren't familiar with it, i'll knock you up the wizard as a access file and you can have a look.

ps, i'm not a db guru, just remember doing a similar thing for an asset database and crm for my company, a while back)

BB

pban

beemerboy

Thanks for the offer, I wouldn't want to waist you time as they have a basic system already on Access2k, maybe thats how that came about? I have a little db knowledge myself and can see from their specification they want a reasonably well developed package. My guess is there must be an "off the self" to do this sort of thing somewhere there are loads of maintenance companies out there.

Paul

beemerboy

i already wasted it, LOL YHM.

didnt realise they had something already, but just an example of what can be knocked up in 5 mins....

sorry.

Dazza

pban

Cheers again Dazza, I'll have a look anyway



Paul

SJ_Skyline

drop me a mail: richard@riverweb.co.uk


Rich

Figment

Rich,

Give me a shout next time you're on MSN please

Ta

WillieF

You didn't say what sort of maintenance work they are doing. however from an IT point of view ...

We use a helpdesk package called ambercat www.ambercat.com which is relatively cheap (approx £1000) and has everything other than the accounting bit...