NBS Projects


Warehouse and Retail Grocery Supplies system

A major programming and local area network operations exercise. The software covered warehouse stock control, ordering and accounting, retail outlet ordering and picking slip generation and retail outlet invoicing, customer order allocation and retail outlet accounting and order consolidation, central buying office functions and supplier information management.

This system was developed using the dBASE III Plus environment and compiled with the Summer 87 version of the Clipper compiler.

The Local Area Network was Novell's Advanced Netware Version 2.0a.

Test Equipment Computer Interfacing

A rubber factory required a piece of test equipment to be interfaced to an IBM PC. The actual interface was built and the software to drive it and record the test data and translate it to a format compatible with Lotus 1-2-3 was produced.

The hardware interface was a signal conditioner and an analogue to digital converter.

The software was written in Borland's Turbo Pascal Version 3.0.

Remote Credit Card Verification

A system that interfaced remote terminals to a Facom mainframe. A PC was used as a Front End Communications Processor handling the Asynchronous Dial Up from the remote credit card terminals and Binary Synchronous Communications to the mainframe.

The software was Borland's Turbo Pascal Version 3.0 and Assembler using the Microsoft Macro Assembler.

Personnel Department Systems

Systems to monitor Organisation's Model Payroll/Staff Establishment, Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action schemes.

Written in dBASE III Plus and IV and compiled with the Summer 87 and 5.0 versions of the Clipper compiler.

Distributor Information Systems

A set of systems to manage incentive and rebate schemes for manufacturer's distributors. Distributor transactions are downloaded from the corporate mainframe to a PC based Local Area Network and maintained in a dBASE based database. Monthly reports and rebated credit notes are generated and rebate information passed back to the mainframe.

Software is dBASE III Plus and Clipper Summer 87.

Contract Maintenance System

Manufacturer's contract details downloaded from a mainframe and maintained on a PC based LAN. Pricing and Contract details are maintained and published to distributors and internal departments. Complete distributor transaction details are maintained. Data is downloaded daily.

Software is dBASE III Plus and Clipper Summer 87.

Futures Positions Monitoring

A system to maintain and report on clients futures holdings and liabilities. A relational database system written in the Lotus 1-2-3 macro language.

Liquor Licensing Statutory Reporting System

A program for a hotel or liquor shop to maintain the statutory records for the Liquor Licensing Board.

dBASE III Plus and Clipper Summer 87.

Hotel Bar and Cellar Stock Control

To control and monitor a hotel's cellar and bar stock, produce stocktake lists and stock evaluations and balances.

dBASE III Plus and Clipper Summer 87.

Warehouse Performance Monitoring and Reporting

To record and monitor the performance of warehouse staff. With out-of-limits alerting and real time data acquisition. Data is input by hand, downloaded from mainframe or linked in from a PC based Bundy Clock system.

Written in dBASE IV and Clipper Version 5.0.

Training Courses and Seminars

Development and/or presentation.

Boutique Management System

A Point of Sale system for the management of a small store. Handles, sales and stock management, ordering, labelling, letters and lay-byes.

A system to control stock, ordering, accounting and customer docketing and lay-bys for a boutique or other retail establsihment.

dBASE III Plus and Clipper Summer 87 and Clipper 5.2e.

LAN Installation, Commissioning and Management

Including training and documentation.


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