You don’t need a TechOne consultant to build a simple form

Regional Councils are often stuck between a rock and a hard place.

On one side, you have legacy shared services like CouncilBIZ, which can feel slow to adapt to your specific local needs. On the other side, you have the ERP giants like TechnologyOne.

TechOne is a powerful beast, but using it for simple internal workflows is like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut. It’s expensive, complex, and if you want to customise a module, you are often looking at exorbitant consulting fees and months of lead time.

So, what do you do when your Depot team needs a simple pre-start check app for the heavy machinery? Or when you need a quick "Gift and Benefits" register to meet new compliance rules?

You don’t need to call the ERP vendor. You already own the solution.

With Microsoft 365, which you are likely already paying for, we can build agile, lightweight Power Apps that handle these specific tasks perfectly.

• Agility: We can build and deploy a hazard reporting app in days, not months.

• Cost: No ongoing subscription fees to a third-party vendor. No massive TechOne consulting bill.

• Mobility: Your field staff can use it on their phones, even in areas with spotty reception (using offline capabilities), and it syncs back to SharePoint the moment they have signal.

Keep the ERP for the heavy lifting (Rates and Payroll). Use SharePoint and Power Apps for the agility your Council actually needs to operate.