August 2007
The plan beyond Causeway! Thinking loud…
So what is the general plan after Causeway? Ideally, I like to spend 50% on fee earning work and the remainder on projects. So what are these projects? edocr – we will soon be looking for 100 volunteers to test the alpha version. If you are interested in helping us, please register your interest at […]
Causeway Technologies #7 – Time to move on!
My current contract with Causeway Technologies will soon come to an end. By then, I would have spent four months with Causeway’s Tradex, asking awkward questions and getting people out of the comfort zone. Tradex now has a tactical team as well as a strategic team. The tactical team is led by Dave Gilchrist, Managing […]
Abbey’s Supplier Payments #2 – The A Team
Whilst there has been much talk, I believe Abbey is the second company to offer a supply chain finance solution in the UK after GMAC Commercial Finance, which uses Deskom. Between the two propositions, I believe Abbey has the best chance of making an impact. I have not heard or seen much publicity of Deskom and GMAC’s […]
Causeway Technologies #6 – No. 1 in UK Construction – Congratulations!
Congratulations to Causeway Technologies for becoming the No. 1 software house in the UK Construction industry with the acquisition of Elstree Computing Ltd (ECL). According to Phil Brown, Causeway has achieved No. 1 position in three fronts, these being: headcount (circa 130), revenues (pro-forma £13m) and customers (over 2000). With this acquisition, the split in […]
Mashup* is coming to Manchester
Here is a clip from the last mashup* event in London. Mashup* Manchester first event will be held on 18th October 2007 at Sun Microsystems offices in Sale. This is a paid event. Please register through here. Click here for attendees list. The Manchester series will take a gentle approach. First session will be on […]
Causeway Technologies # 5 – Alfred McAlpine’s Supplier Roll Out Programme
Causeway Technologies is currently running a programme to roll out Tradex, their e-invoicing presentment (EIP) platform to Alfred McAlpine’s supply chain. Whilst the benefits of products such as Tradex is well documented, running a supply chain roll out is not as easy as one makes it out to be. This is a long drawn out process […]