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Case studies

Custom software case studies across six industries.

A selection of the platforms we have designed, built and kept running since 2005 — across medical, engineering, finance, logistics, project management and education. Every project below went live, carried real operational load and is still the pattern we start from today.

MedicalMulti-practitioner practices

Practice & patient administration suite

Scheduling, clinical records, invoicing and reporting for multi-practitioner practices, with role-based access and a full change history behind every record.

  • Role-based access with per-practitioner visibility
  • Full audit trail on clinical and billing records
  • Management reporting per practice and per practitioner
FileMaker ProFileMaker ServerWebDirect
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MedicalPathology & diagnostics

Laboratory workflow tracker

Specimen intake through to result release, with barcode handling, turnaround-time monitoring and instrument integration over REST.

  • Barcode-driven specimen chain of custody
  • Turnaround-time monitoring with escalation flags
  • Direct instrument-to-system result capture
FileMaker ServerREST Data APIInstrument feeds
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EngineeringWorkshops & project houses

Job costing & production control

Quote to job card to invoice, with labour and material capture, WIP valuation and margin analysis per job.

  • Live WIP valuation and per-job margin analysis
  • Labour and material capture at the workbench
  • Quote-to-invoice without re-typing
FileMaker ProFileMaker ServerAccounting integration
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EngineeringPlants & fleets of equipment

Asset & maintenance register

Planned and reactive maintenance, service history, spares consumption and compliance certificates in a single register.

  • Planned maintenance scheduling with reminders
  • Service history and spares consumption per asset
  • Compliance certificates stored against the asset record
FileMaker ProMobile capture
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FinanceFinancial services & FSPs

Client onboarding & compliance desk

Structured onboarding, document checklists, expiry monitoring and audit-ready record keeping for regulated client relationships.

  • Checklist-driven onboarding with expiry monitoring
  • Document generation and versioning
  • Audit-ready record keeping and reporting
FileMaker ProDocument management
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FinanceInsurance administration

Commission & reconciliation engine

Rule-driven commission calculation, statement generation and reconciliation against imported bank and provider files.

  • Configurable commission rules per provider
  • Automated statement generation
  • Reconciliation against bank and provider files
FileMaker ServerScheduled imports
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LogisticsRoad freight & courier

Dispatch & consignment tracking

Load planning, driver allocation, live consignment status and proof of delivery captured in the field.

  • Load planning and driver allocation
  • Live consignment status for operations and clients
  • Proof of delivery captured on site
FileMaker ServerMobileREST API
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LogisticsMulti-site warehousing

Warehouse & inventory control

Bin-level stock, goods received, picking, stock takes and variance reporting across multiple sites.

  • Bin-level stock visibility across sites
  • Goods received, picking and dispatch workflow
  • Stock takes with variance reporting
FileMaker ProBarcode scanning
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Project ManagementProfessional services

Project management & resource planning

Resource planning, task tracking, milestone control and budget oversight for project-based teams running several engagements in parallel.

  • Resource allocation across concurrent projects
  • Milestone and budget tracking with variance flags
  • Risk and status reporting for steering meetings
FileMaker ProDashboards
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EducationTraining providers

Student & course administration

Student and course administration, assessment tracking, attendance and certification management for training providers.

  • Enrolment, cohort and course management
  • Assessment and attendance tracking
  • Certification and compliance records
FileMaker ProWebDirect
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Cross-industryReusable framework

Integration & API middleware layer

A reusable connector framework linking FileMaker, Supabase, accounting packages and third-party REST services — with conflict handling and audit logs.

  • Reusable connectors for accounting, couriers and gateways
  • Scheduled sync with conflict handling
  • Audit logs on every cross-system movement
FileMaker Data APISupabaseREST
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Cross-industryRecent delivery

Semantic search & AI assistant layer

Retrieval-augmented search and assistants over quotes, job cards, notes and correspondence — grounded in each client's own records and permissions.

  • Vector embeddings synced from the operational database
  • Answers with citations back to the source record
  • Permissions honoured at query time
SupabasepgvectorFileMaker Data API
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FAQs

Common questions

Common questions about the systems in this portfolio and how they are adapted.

Your system next

Most of these started with a spreadsheet and a frustrated team.

Bring us the process that eats your week. A 30-minute discovery call is usually enough to see which of these patterns fits — and what it would take to adapt it.