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Hardcat News is an online publication to keep Hardcat's customers and
clients aware of exciting new developments at Hardcat world-wide. Hardcat celebrates another successful year
16th December 2002: Hardcat today held an
end-of-year Christmas party in Melbourne, Australia which was attended by around 100
customers and current clients in the local area. Reflecting on another highly successful
year with major projects for Bridgestone, Metricon Homes
and Shell and new software installations everywhere from the Royal
London Society for the Blind to the Commercial Bank of Dubai and
the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Hardcat's Dan Drum painted a very bright
outlook for the company in 2003 with its new range of software. Hardcat has enjoyed brisk
business to the end of the year and expects to announce a number of major new clients
early in 2003.
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Cleveland Public Library 'books' Hardcat Business Services 7th November 2002: Cleveland Public Library in Ohio has joined the growing ranks of Hardcat clients in the USA. Knowing how to accurately record and quickly locate individual items in a collection of many thousands is a discipline that a library has unique experience in. As such, we were pleased but not surprised when the Library determined that Hardcat's barcode asset management technology was the best option for their fixed asset management. Clevaland Library purchased Hardcat software and engaged Hardcat Business Services to conduct a full physical audit of all asset items. Project Manager Ms Nada Brusic reports the project was completed on time and under budget! Cleveland Library has also implemented the integrated Help Desk module of the Hardcat asset management system, which allows a web portal to enable the Library's thousands of clients an easy-to-use user interface tailored exactly to the Library's specific needs. |
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| Hardcat releases
v3.23 & new Stock Control Module! 1st November, 2002: Hardcat Managing Director Mr Dan Drum today launched Hardcat 3.23 in London, United Kingdom. The launch of the new release included the release of the latest development from Hardcat, a new Stock Control Module which is now be available in addition to the existing suite of six Hardcat software modules. "Hardcat has always had a built-in capability for handling and accounting for spare parts and stock," said Mr Drum. "However, by containing this functionality within a separate module we have given our users even more flexibility and control, particularly with regard to auditing and reporting for stock items." As is only to be expected of Hardcat software, the new module will seamlessly integrate with the other existing modules. Stock can be purchased using our existing Purchasing Module, and consumed as part of a repair task in our Help Desk Module or as a scheduled work order in our Maintenance Module. A new Stock Audit function has been incorporated into the "CatScan" software residing on handheld barcode scanners, allowing users to conduct spot audits of available supplies at individual locations. Comprehensive reporting, automatic prompting for re-order of stock in short supply and user definable import/export capabilites will also feature in this new module, and our ODBC compliant database technology allows other external applications to be easily integrated. |
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| Hardcat
visits the Maldives 20th October 2002: Hardcat's jetsetting Senior Account Manager Ms Leanne Cluley (right) today appeared as guest speaker for a seminar on fixed asset management hosted by ATA Investments in the Maldives. While being a very small country in terms of geography, the Maldives is host to some very large industries including finance, tourism and fisheries. The seminar was very attended and Leanne was introduced to guest delegates including Mr Ahmed Naseem from the Ministry of Trade and Industries.. Hardcat's wealth of experience and list of success stories in related industries was of considerable interest to delegates. |
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| Hardcat
builds relationship with IBM 5th July 2002: Hardcat, already a registered IBM Business Partner offering a DB/2 version of its software, was a featured exhibitor at IBM's Software Universe event held this week in Sydney, Australia. Hardcat's John Hawthorne reported that there was considerable interest from delegates in the products displayed at the Hardcat stand. "The software demonstrations we provided on the datashow attracted quite an audience! I also had the opportunity to network with some of the other IBM business partners and investigate some impressive communications products for use with Hardcat - cultivating such e-business synergies is exactly what this expo is all about." Hardcat's delegates were reminded of the impressive reputation of their asset management solution. "One IT professional we spoke to noted that our product seemed to be everywhere," said Mr Hawthorne. "We also got great feedback on the quality of our report writing tools - which one attendee stated were the best she had seen at the entire expo." |
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| Exciting new
barcoding hardware! 24th April, 2002: Hardcat has announced that the CatScan barcode asset auditing and data capture software is now available from Hardcat on the new Symbol SPT1550 and SPT1800 portable barcode scanners. These new units feature a much faster processor and increased memory over the previous SPT1700 unit, which allows larger amounts of data to be loaded and processed far more quickly while in the field. Which makes your asset audits even quicker and easier to perform! Your local Hardcat dealer will be only too happy to provide you with comprehensive information and pricing on the new scanners, so please contact us to register your interest! |
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| 7-Eleven enjoys the convenience of Hardcat software! 17th April 2002: 7-Eleven, known worldwide for its chain of convenience stores, has implemented Hardcat software at its Dallas headquarters to track assets using Symbol's just-released SPT1800 portable barcode scanners. Hardcat's Senior Account Manager Ms Leanne Cluley reports that the product was chosen because of its ability to interface with and seamlessly transfer data to and from 7-Eleven's existing systems. |
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| Malaysia's
Bumiputra Commerce Bank banks on Hardcat! 31st March, 2002: Hardcat's Project Manager Dianna Hill has just wrapped up the implementation of Hardcat at Bumiputra Commerce Bank. Dianna worked with the team at local Hardcat reseller Tripro Technology Sdn Bhd to carry out a complete physical audit and barcode the Bank's tens of thousands of asset items, and then performed a financial reconciliation to ensure a smooth transition from the Bank's previous asset register solution. Bumiputra Commerce Bank has taken advantage of the
facilities available in Hardcat to allow a very detailed breakdown of
complex asset items such as IT equipment, allowing them to track
individual components such as monitors and peripherals that may move
around during the life of the asset. The use of our portable barcode
scannners allows spot audits to be conducted at any time in a given
location, allowing the asset register to be easily kept up to date. |
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| Hardcat fuels asset management success
at Shell Direct! 25th March 2002: Hardcat has announced the completion of the first stage of an ongoing project to manage infrastructure assets of the Shell Direct wholesale fuel distribution operation in Australia. All assets in the NSW division, (including not only tankers, pumps, vehicles and other industrial equipment but also IT, office fittings, communications equipment, etc) are now being tracked by Hardcat which records their location, barcode, maintenance details, financial details such as depreciation/leasing information, and various other relevant data. Shell has expressed considerable satisfaction with the results to date,
and has approved the roll-out of Hardcat in other states. Hardcat staff are
currently hard at work with this project, and completion of the Queensland and Victorian
divisions is imminent! |
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| Hardcat enjoys record growth in 2001! 1st February 2002: Hardcat today announced that it had expanded on its 1000+ client base with no fewer than 107 mainly medium to large sized enterprises purchasing Hardcat in the year to 31st December 2001. Apart from continued strong sales in the established Australian, NZ, US and UK markets, there were exciting new sales in countries as diverse as Belgium, Germany, Malaysia, Nigeria and United Arab Emirates, with many sales involving substantial physical asset audit services. Managing Director Dan Drum said that the global economic turndown of 2001 had not adversely affected Hardcat sales. "In tough economic times, cost control becomes even more important. Effective management of asset items and their associated costs of ownership is one of the best cost-control measures any organisation can adopt." Mr Drum stressed that the investment in Hardcat is very quickly recouped
and returned with a variety of ongoing benefits, such as better equipment allocation,
faster turnaround on breakdowns, tighter warranty and service agreement tracking, and
more. |
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