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ERP Abbate

We provide for independent IT / Supply Chain & Logistics consultancy services, focusing primarily on analyzing the client's current situation and compare it with their key corporate objectives. Our mission is to help in understanding the “gap” between reality and their corporate objectives, and getting them organized to achieve those goals. Our clients are composed mostly of niche manufacturing companies with multi-faceted product frameworks or large retail organizations, predominantly operating in the Fast Moving Consumable Goods (FMCG) market.

In the early part 2000s, there was a huge demand for IT consultants, which was pretty much linked to Y2K and later, to EURO conversions. Afterwards, the number of IT-related projects significantly decreased across the globe, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. With ERP projects having an average failure rate of 42-43% (with just about 16% completed on schedule considering budget and time), there was a growing need to find experts who were fully independent, and could offer an unbiased appraisal of the situation. We were faced with the challenge to take advantage of this opportunity and make ourselves well-recognized.

Our success was at first based on “word of mouth”, which can launch an accomplished project. However, this was not enough to sustain the management of our business. In 2003, we finally decided to strengthen our internet visibility with an authoritative group of websites:

www.abbateconsulting.com : supply chain and logistics aimed at European continental markets.
www.erp-abbate.com : ERP-related assessment and choice for European continental markets.
itadvisor.erp-abbate.co.uk : ERP-related assessment and choice for Norwegian and Scandinavian markets.
www.erp-valg.com : ERP/IT and supply chain for the UK.

This strategy succeeded in creating a structure where potential clients were navigated to the right website to place their questions and request for assistance. CWORKx was the force behind this strategy.

Our operations have included CWORKx for the past 5 years. They have become not just a service provider to us, but more of a force-amplifier and a real business partner. Their professionally-made websites, as well as their superb business automation tools, have been fundamental in answering our need to advertise our advisory services throughout the world, ultimately resulting to our success in the IT / Logistics consultancy market.

Breakthrough Network

Website Project Consultant: Anthony Sowunmi – www.CWORKx.com

The most impressive thing about working with Anthony is experiencing his level of patience and calm. I like to push the technology to get the results I want; alas, I have limited understanding with regards to the things that are easy, challenging but possible, and the impossible. The solution to my dilemma was to run everything first with Anthony and his team. They usually find ways to make things possible, at the same time they manage to consistently make new developments for the benefit of our users.

The words I live by are, “Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you have to do it”. A huge chunk of the work we have accomplished involved going back to the basics, stripping away unnecessary details that our busy clients simply don't have time for or elements that just get in the way of our speed and simplicity goals. Unlike most IT professionals or “techies”, Anthony and his team understand this concept right from the start. The result is a streamlined website that Forum newbies and old-timers alike can avidly relate to.

The whole process was started with a lethargic online directory for Breakthrough Network – a rarely-used accessory to a paper-dominated network. What I wanted at first was just to liven it up a bit and link the membership to my LifeShift book sales. However, it quickly became apparent that for this change to happen, we needed to upgrade the technology that would allow us to have a Forum or blog as well as additional capabilities.

Browsing through other Web 2.0 sites, I realized that the “additional capabilities” only results to the core content being obstructed, and oftentimes lead to confusion. So we made it our goal to strip all the distractions and come up with a website that is extremely sophisticated yet still amazingly simple to navigate.

Some of the unique features of the site include the following:

• Crystal-clear instructions
• Direct connection to other Network members
• Advanced and accurate search tools for the Directory and the Forum
• Instant click-through from the Poster's name to his direct contact details
• Automatic resizing of pictures
• Easy Forum posting and retrieval of posts
• Fully automatic operation; backend facility allows for the addition, deletion and deactivation of members or forum threads – no need to wait for Admin approvals
• Guru-free zone (My executive coaching services and books are set apart from this area)
• Robust engineering and back-end automation using CWORKx PHP based Business Automation Tool “SiteCode992”

The only challenges we have encountered since the site went up are the tenacious Spam filters and the occasional mistakes in typing that the users do. The backend was able to overcome these challenges by encoding a new, temporary password which can also be advised separately from the site.

If you're on the lookout for a team of IT professionals who will take the time to listen to what your goals are and how you want to achieve them, at the same time delivering cost-effective, exceptionally coordinated results – look no further than www.cWORKx.com.

Gerard Oates Managing Director - Arcadia Plc.

Arcadia Products Plc. the largest manufacturer of Aquarium Lighting Systems in the UK , trusted the expertise of CWORKX to redesign their website over eight years ago. The changes in the website design included setting up multi-language sites in German and French. In 2004 they were also successful in the addition of the Japanese and Dutch language sites. After their website was redesigned, Arcadia experienced an increase in the volume of site visitors; their distribution facilities were also vastly improved. The site started to be used as a feedback mechanism for Arcadia Products and its resellers.

The Enterprise Business Automation tool (SiteCode992) from CWORKx allowed Arcadia Products Plc to automate their web-based investments without the need for a web developer or a technical team (and without the costs associated with their expertise). The business automation tool empowered Arcadia to customize their website according to their clients' needs.

Mr Gerard Oates, Managing Director of Arcadia Products Plc, has this to say about CWORKX – “I am happy to acknowledge the contribution that ConputerWorks has made to help our company to exploit new opportunities with our multi-lingual web presence. We returned to ComputerWorks for out multi-lingual website to be completely updated from their initial design 4 years ago. We are absolutely delighted with the result, which far exceeded our expectations.”

The Grange Mortehoe

The Grange Mortehoe a UK based self-catering hotel business came to CWORKx for a full make-over of their website. The client was not happy with the original website and it was not doing well in Google.

The client felt that the original website wasn't professional and didn't fulfil their needs.
The design lacked substance, the features and the mechanisms of the website were unusable and the client was not able to update the website themselves.

In the hotel business it is imperative for website owners to be able to make frequent updates themselves. As there are often changes to special offers and new promotions, as well as , price changes, new tariffs and changes to terms and conditions due to the seasonal nature of the business. The client wanted to have control over these updates without having to incur the addition costs of a web developer or IT team.

Coupled with all of this was the issue of search engine optimisation, the previous site did not get a look- in amongst the top searches results relating to its business in Google or any other of the top search engines.

CWORKx web architect and engineering team gave the old site a complete makeover with the sole aim of putting complete management of the new The Grange Mortehoe website in the hands of the client.

The new site is professionally designed and has an extremely robust, engineered back-end. The client can now make frequent updates to the site via its dynamic content and database driven business automation system, CWORKx's SiteCode992.

Our clients now have the facility to manage all aspects of the The Grange Mortehoe 's website themselves, in-house. Special offers are now managed in real-time, and customer information is automatically populated to the The Grange Mortehoe 's database from its website forms.

In addition, since the CWORKx SiteCode992 site management tool is web based, they can monitor and or update their website from any location, worldwide, which has access to the internet.

Content is King

On liaising with the customer at the completion of the project, in the customer's words:

"I have had some positive response from friends and work colleagues about the new website - they have all picked up the quality of the pictures which is obviously something we are able to solve. So all good at this stage. Just waiting for the flood of enquiries and bookings...

Thank you for your help with everything!

The Grange Mortehoe website, www.thegrangemortehoe.com was fully optimised by the CWORKx Web Optimisation Team using the CWORKx SiteCode992 business automation tool. Google Analytics, Google Key Words and Descriptions, including Google BOT are now managed from the highly robust back-end of the Business Automation System.

However, the proof of the pudding is in the eating and we can report that, within 5 weeks of the site going live, The Grange Mortehoe website was, and still is, in amongst the top ranked websites of it peers in Google and other top search engines.

You can test the rankings of www.thegrangemortehoe.com in Google for yourself.

About The Grange Mortehoe

The Grange Mortehoe is a Victorian North Devon accommodation in Mortehoe North Devon. The Grange contains four spacious self catering apartments, which are all graded 4 star by the Visit Britain Quality in Tourism Board: All the apartments have televisions with video recorder and DVD player, and a stereo radio/CD player.

About SiteCode992

SiteCode992 is a MySQL database driven proprietary CMS application based on PHP; it is professionally and strategically developed to suit every website

Golden Insight Group

The Goldeninsight Group specialises in teaching their clients how to trade in the forex markets, using a variety of different methods, including specialised training and mentoring.

When they came to CWORKx ,they were not happy with their website or their previous web design company. They felt they needed a complete make-over, and wanted a solution that was professional, cost effective and well designed.

"Before I got involved with CWORKx I was using another pay as you go website company. Once this other company had finished the design it looked like a outdated template that I knew what not put out the right image to my clients.

I looked online for another company and came across CWORKx and immediately loved their own website which gave me confidence that my website could look as glossy and professional as theirs.

Before my website was even finished Anthony offered to create a place holder for the website so that I wouldnt have to use the old one any more. When the website was finished I LOVED IT its exactly what i wanted in every sense of the word.

Thank you to Anthony and the design team"

Sophie Gold - Head Mentor and founder
The Goldeninsight Group

Upon analysing the old website, the CWORKx web architect and engineering team noted that it was difficult to tell exactly what services the Goldeninsight Group was offering and proposed a design which allowed prospective and current clients to see what they need within a few seconds of coming to the website.

The new site www.thegoldeninsightgroup.com is professionally designed with distinct areas for the Specialised Training, Mentoring, and Blog services. In addition, because CWORKx SiteCode992 was used to deploy, automate the functions of the website; the client can now manage every section of the site themselves, without further recourse to an Web design team specialist. The client can update every part of the website, add unlimited new pages, control the images, etc. without any further expense.

At CWORKx we pride ourselves on our customer support, therefore, when the client experienced problems with an Internet Explorer bug when the site went live, it was fixed within a few days.

All of our website packages come with a 12 Month, no quibble, customer support guarantee, which can be extended for as long as the website is hosted with CWORKx. We want all of our customers to be with us for the long term and we treat them on that basis.

The Goldeninsight's new site also takes full advantage of the CWORKx SiteCode992 business automation tool. The site was fully optimised by the CWORKx Web Optimisation team before release. And now the Google Analytics, Google Key Words and Descriptions, including Google BOT can be managed directly by the client from the highly robust back-end of the Business Automation System."

About The Goldeninsight Group

Affordable one to one and group mentoring from successful full time stock market traders.

We at The Goldeninsight Group give you a unique insight into the stock and forex markets that will make you money. We teach clear strategies and techniques that are working for our clients and will work for you. On call mentors five days a week from 7am-9pm. Once your training with us is complete you will have a dedicated on call mentor to help you become successful with your trading in the shortest time possible.

About SiteCode992

SiteCode992 is a MySQL database driven proprietary CMS application based on PHP; it is professionally and strategically developed to suit every website’s various needs. Through this well-developed, cutting-edge application, we are able to provide the perfect blend of content management and business process handling, and ergo, improve collaboration and communication between administrators and web users.

Using a Content Management System doesn’t end in merely being able to efficiently edit, update and control the content of the website; it must also help businesses to ensure compliance and simplify decision-making. Let us simplify the complexity of managing your website. Leave the dirty work to us and we’ll make sure you get the service that is worth your money.

For more information on CWORKx's SiteCode992 Business Automation Solution (Lite and Enterprise), please contact a CWORKx Consultant today or call 020 8686 5551.