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MARKON visibly better with iQ

Markon line marking and specialist surfacesMarkon is a specialist surfacing contractor servicing Car Parks, Highways, Airports, Industrial and Architectural Landscaping.

The company went live with their iQ installation in February 2009 achieving instant benefits in scheduling visibility.

Quarterback Appoints Sales Director

Ewan OgilvieQuarterback Systems Ltd, has announced that it is to significantly bolster its team with the appointment of Ewan Ogilvie to the position of sales director.

Ewan will join Quarterback on 5th January 2009 from CVD Fire Protection Ltd, both of which are part of the Clyde Valley Drilling (CVD) Group, where he held the position of director for six years and during which time he oversaw the rapid growth of the company.

Ewan previously had a very successful sales and management career within the construction and pharmaceutical industries, and will bring a wealth of sales and overall business experience to Quarterback Systems.

As sales director, Ewan will take principal responsibility for direct sales and the identification of new potential markets for Quarterback, both in the UK and overseas. Formed in 2007, Quarterback Systems developed the iQ Software System for CVD, which resulted in the company securing a number of high-profile business awards including the Scottish Enterprise award for E Business and the Orange Award for best use of technology.

iQ allows companies to take greater control of their business processes by integrating financial systems, job allocation, satellite and plant tracking software and a task management system. After implementing the iQ system in 2007, CVD Fire Protection received two prestigious Scottish and UK Chamber of Commerce Awards.

Commenting on his new role, Ewan said: “I’m looking forward to the challenge of helping Quarterback expand and roll-out its iQ services to SMEs throughout the UK and beyond. Quarterback has developed a product that can provide companies with the tools and information to transform their business and weather the current economic climate.

“Within just one year, it helped CVD Fire and other case studies report ten times return on investment and my role will be to help businesses realise the benefits of investing in such a product.”

 
Watch Your Sums or Go To The Dogs

Michelle Rodger included our survey in her Scotland on Sunday article on 9 November -
"So, your turnover sounds good. What are your costs like?". Read the article here>>

 
Scottish SME's are paying The Cost of Poor Business Control

sme business survey by quarterback systemsQuarterback's survey of Scottish SMEs has found that despite the difficult current economic climate, the vast majority are leaving themselves exposed to bad debt and the threat of failure by not implementing simple, and effective, process control procedures.

Over 230 SME’s with a mobile workforce across Scotland took part in the survey. Each company was asked eight questions aimed at determining the level of organisation, financial control and operational flexibility of small businesses.

Alarmingly, our survey found that 76 per cent of respondents do not know what it costs to run their business on a daily basis, while 44 per cent admitted that they had in the past either not invoiced, or failed to bill a client for some completed work. more>>

 
BBC Interviews
Owen was interviewed as part of a BBC Scotland piece on SME business and the recession and Craig contributed to Hayley Millar's piece on Good Morning Scotland about recession proofing for small businesses.
 
Coneworx Expansion and Asset Management

coneworx traffic managementConeworx Ltd, the traffic management specialist company based in Cleland Lanarkshire, have moved to larger premises and now schedule 60 operatives using a 4 screen iQ layout.

Coneworx recently installed iQ's Part Tracker module to start managing their extensive fleet and signage assets.

www.coneworx.co.uk

 
ION Water

ion waterCoatbridge based Ion Water & Environmental Management are now using a bespoke iQ water sample tracking system to streamline the processing of testing, reporting and issuing of certificates.
This has had immediate benefits: the whole process now takes 45 minutes a week compared to an entire day for one person.

 
iQ Version 3
sme business process softwareWe have now upgraded all our client iQ's to version 3, which includes many improvements suggested by users and some we didn't have time to squeeze in before. Work on version 4 has already started to provide handheld jobsheet and signature capture and, a brand new whiteboard with capacity and resource planning capability. Such excitement.
 
Computer Weekly
Business Intelligence Software: Computer Weekly runs article on our IQ service. Link>>
 
Dalziel Services gets IQ

Dalziel Mechanical & Electrical ContractorsDalziel Services Ltd, mechanical and electrical contractors based in Motherwell Lanarkshire, have invested in an IQ system to provide a stable foundation for growth.

Dalziel's system will provide centralised scheduling, document management and invoicing linked to Sage Line50. www.dalzielservices.co.uk

 
CVD Fire win UK Chamber of Commerce Award

Thursday 29 November 2007
Ewan Ogilvie MD of CVD Fire Protection picked up the Microsoft award for 'Impact of Technology on Your Business (less than 50 employees) at the UK Chamber of Commerce Awards 2007 at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

ewan ogilvie and robert epstein of microsoft
(Ewan Ogilvie & Robert Epstein of Microsoft)

The company beat 9 other excellent regional finalists to win this prestigious award, presented by Robert Epstein Microsoft UK sales & marketing director.

CVD Fire won the Scottish regional final in October 2007 and use IQ modules to schedule and track costs on all their work which enabled them to significantly increase profit without adding more administration staff.

 
Coneworx to get IQ

coneworx traffic managementConeworx Ltd, the traffic management specialist company based in Cleland Lanarkshire, have invested in an IQ business system to help schedule their rapidly expanding workload.

The company opened its doors in January 2007 with 14 staff and has already grown to over 40 by providing quality, reliability and service excellence to clients throughout central Scotland.

As a result of this growth, Coneworx MD George Miller needed easily operated systems to centralise their scheduling, control documentation and provide a foundation for expansion.

www.coneworx.co.uk

 

ION gets IQ

ion waterIon Water & Environmental Management Limited will implement an IQ scheduling and process management system in December 2007.

Ion are Scotland's leading water service company. They maintain water services to prevent the spread of bacteria such as Legion Ella and E-Coli at thousands of sites throughout Scotland and the North of England.

IQ will deliver significant advantages to the Coatbridge company as they start their next stage of growth. Additional bespoke development will provide ION with leading edge functionality not previously available in their industry.

www.ionlimited.co.uk

Diamond Drilling & Cutting

Rick Jackson the Operations Supervisor at Diamond Drilling & Cutting in Jarrow has finally wiped his whiteboard clean.

Rick at the Diamond Drilling & Cutting whiteboard

After using the iQ whiteboard since March 2007, Rick has said the famous words " I don't need that anymore! ". DDC also use the Part Tracker inventory management control modules, as part of Quarterbacks' beta-trial.

The traditional whiteboard is still used for ad-hoc reminders about 'stuff and things' but Rick relies on his electronic whiteboard 100%, with the rest of the company using it remotely to book in work for sites throughout Tyne & Wear.

iq electronic whiteboard

A case study report from Diamond Drilling & Cutting's IQ installation will be available in January 2008.

www.diamonddriller.co.uk

MK Piling get IQ

MK Piling in Oldham now have an IQ installation and are reporting significant time savings from day one. As a specialist contractor MK Piling is working throughout the UK on large scale construction projects.

mk piling oldham

Operations Director Harvey Banks said, "We chose IQ because it provides an easy way to support and administer our existing operations. The whiteboard enabled us to schedule work more efficiently and quickly from day one. Without thinking about it, that has probably saved me 8 hours every week ".

A case study report from MK Piling's's IQ installation will be available in January 2008.

www.mkpiling.co.uk

Congratulations CVD Fire Protection

CVD Fire Protection won the Scottish Regional Final in the UK Chamber of Commerce award, for the Impact of Technology on their growing business.

cvd fire ewan ogilvie and john reid

That impact was provided by IQ modules which enabled CVD Fire to expand profits by 60% without increasing administration staff . CVD Fire are now in the UK finals of this category, the results will be announced during November.

CVD Fire MD Ewan Ogilvie was presented with the award by the Rt Hon Dr John Reid in October 2007.

www.cvdfire.co.uk

Lanarkshire Chamber IQ Presentation

lanarkshire chamber of commerceThe IQ presentation to the Lanarkshire Chamber of Commerce took place on 22 August 2007 - read the report here>>

brochure downloadDownload iQ's 2009 mini brochure>>

   
 
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