“Transferring the company records was a mammoth job. I remember we bought the software just before New Year, 1992, and spent the next few months transferring information. In the spring, we ran a trial with the Workshops section, using both electronic and paper systems, to find out how accurate Q>TAR was. We were expecting to have to run parallel systems for quite a while but, in fact, after a few weeks of testing we were so pleased with the program’s functionality we swapped straight over.”

Adrian Jones, Financial Director, said in relation to the launch of the new system, “There was no problem introducing the technology at all. A clock is a clock to the workforce.”

Q>TAR served its purpose, providing a degree of efficiency and accuracy that satisfied both workforce and management; payroll turnaround became faster and more cost-effective.

In 2000, Monarch Aircraft Engineering decided to re-evaluate the many electronic systems they used in the day-to-day operation of their business. Management had decided that it might be more efficient to implement a single broad solution which would handle time and attendance, job tracking, stock management and so on.

They began to experiment with new applications, but soon realised that the broad perspective probably would not conveniently slot into place with existing root processes. The broad solution was abandoned.