Welcome to Perennial Software Pty Ltd
Creators of
TrackiT
Now
Business Software
Software that helps manufacturers and wholesale distributors build customers for life
by having the right products in the right quantities in the right place at the right time.
Who Are We
Perennial Software Pty Ltd is a software solutions provider to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) that manufacture, wholesale, and retail. Our purpose is to help our clients improve their ability to service their customers by always having the right products in the right quantities in the right place at the right time.
What We Do
We provide software solutions that work for our clients, solutions that are founded upon TrackiT Now, a modern Windows-based enterprise software system that provides the accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory and production management functionality required by SME's. TrackiT Now contains the tracking mechanisms our clients need to maintain complete awareness and control over the state of customer orders, purchase orders, production orders, stock availability, and the accounting of every transaction processed through the system.
Multi-skilled Software Development and Implementation Team
Our partnership with Linx IT Consultants provides us with a substantial mix of software development and implementation resources to be able to deliver solutions that precisely meet any specific requirements of our clients that are not already satisfied by the functionality contained in TrackiT Now. We deliver these solutions without impairing the rights of our clients to future upgrades of TrackiT Now.
Our Background of Success
The origins for the development of TrackiT Now began in 1990, when Perennial purchased the rights to another Australian-developed software product called Pacific Software. During the 1990's, Perennial further developed and customised Pacific Software for use by almost 150 end-users spread over 18 SME's, ranging from 4 user sites to 30 user sites.
The Evolution of Our Software to Meet the Expanding Needs of Our Clients
Some of Perennial's clients expressed a need for a manufacturing system that integrated with their sales, purchasing, inventory management and accounting systems. In addition, Microsoft Windows, with its graphical user interface (“GUI”), was beginning to become the operating system of choice for SME's.
So by 1999, a major project to develop a manufacturing module designed specifically for SME's and to re-develop the software for the Windows GUI environment was underway. Whilst the software's front-end (e.g. entering a sales order) had to be re-written to cater for the Windows GUI environment, much of the earlier version of the software could still be used as the basis for the background processing that occurs (e.g. updating stock balances) as a result of the user's input.
In addition, Perennial took this opportunity to review and improve the programs that perform the background processing, including taking advantage of many new programming techniques that became available with each new version of Progress OpenEdge, the software development platform used by Perennial to develop TrackiT Now.
New Technology Delivering Highly-Valued Business Benefits
In November, 2005, Perennial commenced installing this new Windows version of its software, which we named TrackiT Now, at one of our long-time clients, an industrial supplies wholesaler with a total of 15 end-users.
After going live in February, 2006, the response from the client was that TrackiT Now was “far, far better than the old system
”.
The new feature of the software that this client appreciated the most is the ability to process sales quotes, sales orders, sales invoices and purchase orders, all containing many product lines, in an updateable browser similar to a spreadsheet. This feature makes it very easy for the client find review and change anything they have already entered.
Around the same time, Perennial won an important new client, a manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of period-style furniture and lighting. Most of the goods they sell are purchased either locally or from overseas, but they also make bathroom vanities and mantle-pieces for fireplaces.
For this client, the Point-of-Sale part of the application had to be developed into a more complete Retail application. This was a substantial development project which took a few months to complete, and in March, 2006, this client went live with up to 30 end-users.
After a particularly busy last weekend of June, 2006, when they had their annual sale, the response from the client was that they "
did not have a single problem with the software. Our staff had no problems using it, and we are very happy with the way it stood up over the weekend.”
Independent Surveys Validate TrackiT Now's Success
In late 2006, Perennial engaged The Quantum Organisation to provide marketing and business development consulting. One of the tasks that Quantum carried out was to survey several of the key end-users using the new Windows version of the software, which by now had been brand-named as TrackiT Now.
The most significant result of this survey was that all of the key end-users surveyed stated that if they had their time over again, they would still choose Perennial as their business systems software and services provider.
Another key finding of the survey was that Perennial would need additional resources to grow. This finding confirmed a view that Perennial already held, and negotiations to form a partnership with a Melbourne software development companies, Linx IT Consultants, came to fruition in January, 2007.
A Partnership to Serve Our Clients Better and Multiply Our Client Base
Linx will assist Perennial with implementing TrackiT Now at new clients that we are able to help. Linx employs around 30 software analysts, programmers, testers, and implementation and training consultants. Their major client is the Toll Transport Group, who they have been helping since 1999, so their expertise in developing and maintaining software solutions using the same software development platform (Progress OpenEdge) as Perennial has used will allow for substantial enhancements to TrackiT Now, with resultant benefits to our clients, in the coming years.
At all times, Perennial maintains a high-level project management role to ensure that the client is delivered with what we have promised. We engage Linx on behalf of our clients for software development, implementation and training services, but we will always retain the responsibility for ensuring that our clients get the solutions that they need to run their businesses better.
About John Nankervis - Founder of Perennial Software Pty Ltd
John Nankervis has gained extensive experience in selling, implementing and supporting business software applications to SME's (small to medium-sized enterprises) throughout a 20 year career in the software industry.
John spent the first 12 years of his career working with chartered accountancy firms, including Price Waterhouse and Pannell Kerr Forster. During this time, John qualified as a Chartered Accountant, a qualification he still holds today.
Since the mid-1980's, John has been recommending, selling, implementing and supporting business software solutions for a diverse range of SME's. He has successfully completed RMIT University's Master Of Business Administration Degree, and has completed four of the education courses in inventory and production management that are run by the Australian Chapter of the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).
TrackiT
Now
Business Software
Right Place - Right Time
