Out of a possible 6000 businesses, DM Informatics has been recognised as leading the field in enabling IT to contribute to increasing profits and reducing costs. As business owners, that should interest us all. 

"Already owning one care home, in 2003 we heard that Beaconville Nursing Home was closing," said Director, Mrs Tui Shirley. Clients had been found alternative accommodation and staff had been given redundancy notices. We stepped in with a rescue package 2 weeks before the doors were to be closed for good. With only 16 (of 35) clients left we offered to oversee the running of the home for the duration of the sale / purchase process. At this time there was only one stand-alone computer used by the Accounts Administrator.

Tui Shirley, who has Blue Chip IT experience herself, wanted an IT company that could fulfil her vision of how the company could move forward, using IT as an effective tool. After a rigorous selection process DM Informatics were chosen to analyse the current use of IT and then implement and support a new IT system that would transform the way in which the company operated.

DM Informatics not only produced the software and computer based administrative system, accessible 24 hrs a day, anywhere in the world, but installed a network of computers for the company including wireless access points to allow 'hot desks' to be created and produced the website for the two homes, allowing new residents to see the home and existing families to find out new information without leaving the confort of their own home.

This would appear a daunting task but the local IT firm has not ony delivered a benefit driven system that saves time and money but have been presented with a top award to mark their achievements.
 

Broadband4Devon background Broadband4Devon provides information technology guidance to Devon businesses, advising on both the use of current technology and the best way to move forward to enable business and economic growth. Broadband4Devon is part-funded by the European Union and has ten partners which provide additional funding, knowledge and resources.

• Dramatically reduced administration costs.
  
• Increased efficiency in the business for all members of staff.
  
• Security and backups of business critical information are safely stored offsite.
  
• All members of staff have role based, secure access which allows staff members to manage their own resources.
  
• Data duplication and redundancy is practically removed .
  
• Administrative snapshot of each home is available at a click of a button allowing strategic decisions to be taken quickly .
  
• Automation of invoices to save time.
  
• Comprehensive business critical reports that can highlight areas for further investigation.
  
• No additional hardware required as the system is web based.
  
• Sharing of documents in a secure, central repository thus removing communication overheads and multiple copies of the same document on seperate systems.