Microsoft Access Specialist

Database enhancements

Any database system should adapt and grow as your business evolves and grows.

Keeping your database aligned with the requirements of your business:

• makes your life and that of your staff easier
• maintains and improves the efficiency of your business
• gives you the information you need to manage the business properly on a day to day basis

A database that is not adapted to fit the business as it changes will cause people to waste time as they work around it or manually perform tasks which should really be automated.

We have worked with clients across many industries to change and adapt their existing databases, whether or not the initial database was developed by us.

Typical enhancements we make to Access databases:

• Adding new fields so that new information can be stored and tracked
• Adding queries, reports and data analysis features to help you retrieve and analyse the data you need
• Implementing new or improved business process logic and workflow
• Importing or exporting information
• Automatic generation of documents or emails
• Integration with Microsoft Office
• Integration with back-office systems
• Integration with Internet services and sites

Examples of recent enhancements make to clients Access databases include:

• Automating the export of information required for a company intranet for a large retail client
• Adding a postcode lookup and distance checking facility for an engineering client looking for more flexibility when allocating jobs
• Implementing a range of financial reports to assist with credit control and debt management on top of an existing contract management database
• Building a new call tracking facility on top of an existing customer database
• Adding a facility to automatically generate template based Word documents for a client in the recruitment industry
• Forms and general front-end redesign for a client in the financial industry to make the system much easier and quicker to use and to comply with the latest industry regulation and best practice