Briefcase Job Management Software was developed for creative agencies and studios by FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) member Tahn Software. Built in FileMaker Pro, Briefcase was developed by creative thinkers for creative thinkers.

The idea for Briefcase came to designer Huss Tahn while he was working in a studio in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. A combined enthusiasm for FileMaker and awareness that the creative industry could really use a management tool built specifically to meet the needs of designers led to the project. 10 years on and Briefcase is a rapidly growing business with hundreds of Australian users.

Put simply, Briefcase is an easy to handle project management solution ideal for any project-based industry to assist with business workflow and keeping staff and projects on the same page. Briefcase saves businesses time and money with features including:

Contact management

Quotes and estimating

Invoicing

Purchasing

Job tracking

Time sheets

Accounting integration

Remote Support

From one-man-band designers to full large agencies, Briefcase has pricing packages to suit everyone and currently you can trial Briefcase free of charge for 30 days.

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Solution profile: KAMAR School Management System

KAMAR is one of New Zealand’s most popular and successful school administration software solutions. First developed ten years ago by teacher Kent Lendrum initially as a markbook and reporting package for Mount Maunganui College, KAMAR has since evolved into a fully-featured and integrated school management system approved by the New Zealand Ministry for Education.

Built in FileMaker Pro, KAMAR School Management System integrates:

1. All a school’s administration needs such as contact details, attendance, class lists, pastoral and health information,

2. Full academic markbook capabilities for recording student results, curriculum objectives, key competencies and requirements for national assessment milestones such as NCEA

3. Reporting facilities for comments, attitudes and attendance information linked with academic results, extra-curricular information, awards and other achievements, all of which can be produced as printed, email, online or PDF reports.

4. The leading school library package Athenaeum Pro for tracking books borrowed against individual student records and barcode scanning

A new feature is a traffic light system (red, amber, green), which allows teachers greater control over which assessments a student is registered for, down to the individual student.

KAMAR is currently used by 10,500 teaching and administration staff in 180 New Zealand schools from Kaitaia to Invercargill, ranging in size from just 30 students to over 2500 students and 150 staff.