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Bapple started with a simple idea. Business systems should fit the business.

Too often, technology becomes something a business has to work around. Processes are changed to suit software, information is scattered between systems and people end up doing manual work to fill the gaps.

Bapple Software Solutions was built around a different approach: understand how the business works first, then use technology to support it.

The Bapple Story
Still Building
Understand Learn how the business works
LISTEN
Solve Focus on the real requirement
DESIGN
Build Turn the solution into working technology
DELIVER
Grow Continue as the business changes
EVOLVE

The problem was never a lack of software.

Businesses have more technology available to them than ever before. The difficult part is choosing the right technology and making it work properly inside a real organisation.

A sales process connects to operations. Operations connect to purchasing and stock. Employees connect to timesheets and payroll. Service delivery connects to billing. Billing connects to accounting and management reporting.

When these areas are treated as separate technology problems, the business is often left managing the gaps between them.

Bapple's approach developed around connecting those pieces and looking at the business process as a whole.

Business Reality
Connected
01
Sales The customer requirement begins
START
02
Operations The business delivers the work
WORK
03
Finance The commercial result is recorded
CONNECT
04
Management The information supports decisions
UNDERSTAND

Our story is really about learning how businesses work.

Every implementation, support request and business process brings another opportunity to understand where technology can simplify work, connect information and give people better visibility over what is happening.

01

Listen

Understand the people doing the work, the information they need and the problems they experience in the existing process.

02

Connect

Look beyond individual departments and understand how one process, decision or piece of information affects the rest of the organisation.

03

Improve

Use suitable technology to simplify the process, improve visibility and reduce unnecessary manual work where practical.

04

Keep Building

Stay involved as requirements develop because the system needs to continue changing with the business.

The Wider Business Environment
Connected
01
ERP Core business processes and information
SYSTEMS
02
Automation Connect repetitive processes and actions
PROCESS
03
Infrastructure Support the technology environment
CONNECT
04
Support Stay involved after implementation
CONTINUE

The more we worked with businesses, the bigger the picture became.

ERP may sit at the centre of many business processes, but it does not operate in isolation.

Users need connectivity. Teams need business email and collaboration tools. Systems need suitable hosting. Processes may need automation. New technology needs to be deployed. Existing systems need support and maintenance.

That wider requirement shaped Bapple into more than an ERP implementation business. Our work increasingly connects the systems, services and technical support surrounding the customer's operating environment.

Different industries. The same question comes first.

What does this business actually need to do? That question remains important whether the customer is managing a retail operation, a security workforce, hospitality services, emergency medical services or another business environment.

Understand the Industry

Learn the operational requirements, terminology and processes that shape how the organisation works.

Understand the Process

Look at how work moves through the organisation before deciding how the system should support it.

Build for the Business

Configure and develop the solution around practical requirements rather than applying the same answer to every customer.

Our customers helped shape the company we are becoming.

Working closely with businesses exposes the difference between what software can theoretically do and what a customer actually needs it to do every day.

That experience continues to influence the way Bapple approaches new solutions. We increasingly look for ways to make systems reusable where requirements are common, while still allowing the implementation to reflect the needs of the individual organisation.

As our customers grow and their requirements change, Bapple continues to develop alongside them.

Customer Journey
Ongoing
01
Requirement A business need is identified
LISTEN
02
Implementation The solution becomes operational
BUILD
03
Experience Real-world use creates new insight
LEARN
04
Next Requirement The business continues to develop
GROW

The story isn't finished. We're still building it.

Technology keeps changing, but our direction remains the same: understand the business, simplify the process and use the right technology to create a better way of working.

The next chapter of Bapple will continue to be shaped by the businesses we work with, the problems we solve and the solutions we build along the way.

Listen
Learn
Build
Support
Grow
OUR STORY

Built around business. Growing through the problems we solve.

Bapple's story is about bringing business understanding and technology together — learning how organisations really work and using that knowledge to build systems and services that support them.

We will keep listening, learning, building and improving as our customers and their businesses continue to grow.