Data Access For All Management Proves Vital

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Sep 26, 2005

One of Tharstern's newest and most southerly customers is Southern Colour Print, in Dunedin (New Zealand), one of the country's oldest and most established printing companies.

One of Tharstern's newest and most southerly customers is Southern Colour Print, in Dunedin (New Zealand), one of the country's oldest and most established printing companies.

A manufacturer of security products, postage stamps and commercial sheet-fed material, Southern Colour Print (SCP) chose Tharstern and local distributor Mosaic MIS as its technology partners.

Mike Thomas, SCP's managing director, said: "Having come through a receivership that was primarily bought about by failures linked to the use of a previous electronic management system, we have recognised that rapid access to accurate information, which is available to all management as appropriate, is essential.

The deciding factor was the high level of support available in New Zealand from Mosaic, together with a realistic purchase option." Thomas continued: "Prior to the receivership, management relied on financial information supplied and interpreted by accountancy staff that ran the system.

What has changed is that now, all tiers of management are involved in the use of the system, to the extent that all of the past mystique has disappeared.

Consequently, the training of staff and system knowledge (at all levels) has increased massively and everything is transparent." Les McKenzie, commercial publications manager for SCP, was responsible for the research and eventual recommendation of a 14-user TharsternSQL system to the board.

McKenzie said: "On-line ordering has become an essential part of SCP's business and Tharstern has developed a robust approach to that essential component, to the benefit of our clients and the company.

TharsternSQL promises to pave the way for a new era at Southern Colour.".