By law in Australia , all businesses are required to test electrical appliances and cables as per the Australian Standard AS/NZ 3760:2003 and keep appropriate records of each test. Sydney based Appliance Test & Tag Services (ATTS) performs various testing services such as appliance testing and residual current device (RCD) testing on a large scale for numerous organisations which include Coles Myer, Telstra and Travelodge Hotels. ATTS was performing hundreds of tests per day, generating thousands of records per week. The company saw a great need to remove all paper based manual collection of test data and the use of Excel spreadsheets within the business in order to manage data more efficiently.

The solution for ATTS came in the form of an appliance testing electronic log book, 'Test and Track', developed by Russell Sloan of www.TestAndTrack.com.au. Test and Track is a FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Mobile and Symbol Palm SPT 1550 barcode scanner based system to record, document and provide reports of electrical tests for the electrical testing industry. It is a simple and accurate reporting system that remains compliant with the Australian Standard.

"My business would not be here today if it were not for the use of this FileMaker Pro database which allows all this to be possible. We could not be happier with the Test and Track system we have and it also allows us to expand our services with very little extra expenditure. Our clients are more than happy with the outcome and the reports we produce," says Jay Speechley, Managing Director, Appliance Test & Tag Services.