FileMaker is fashionable!

Being a part of the highly competitive clothing manufacturing industry involves a complex array of requirements in order to be in total control of a business, manage daily demands and plan for future growth. Sydney based fashion house, Vallen, has created a simple, streamlined approach to business process and accounting by using a FileMaker Pro database integrated with Cognito Software's MoneyWorks accounting product. This has lead to enormous efficiency and effectiveness across the business.

Vallen, a successful boutique fashion design business run by husband and wife team Stephen and Veronica Allen, is a small but complex company that needed to take a very streamlined approach to their business processes. The right business solution for Vallen came in the form of a three-person concurrent licence of the MoneyWorks Gold accounting package combined with the front-end FileMaker automation solution.

"We have been using the FileMaker solution for one year now, after ditching Microsoft Access, which we found couldn't be customised to our business. FileMaker Pro's intuitive interface and design allows us to enter data and modify our database as needed, this is extremely important for the flow of processing as orders needed to be placed and dispatched in record time to ensure a quick turnaround of order processing and delivery of the goods," says Stephen Allen.

"Our new systems manage every aspect of our business, and at the same time provides us with the flexibility to grow the business," explains Allen. "With our new integrated FileMaker Pro and MoneyWorks system, time saving is priceless and in real terms it is thousands of dollars in cash flow."