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	Could you use the services of a Chartered IT Professional 
	and Chartered Engineer?
	When Manufacturing Business  Consultants often  know so little about IT,
	and IT   Consultants   often  know  so  little  about  the  business  of
	Manufacturing, is  it any wonder that  making IT work  for your business
	seems so difficult?
	When you stop to think  about who you should be  asking for advice about
	this, isn’t  it  someone  who  understands  and has  actually  done both
	manufacturing and  IT at the most  complex levels? Isn’t  it someone who
	has sold products, but also created, delivered and used them?
	Cachinnare  can  offer  the  services  of a  Chartered   [Manufacturing]
	Engineer    who  is  also  a   Chartered   IT   Professional;   who  has
	Master-scheduled production for  Aerospace companies and has designed IT
	integration architectures for international Enterprise Software vendors;
	who has  worked  in Sales  and  Marketing yet  was a  Customer  Services
	Manager.
	From Aerospace manufacturers to  software houses, from tiny start-ups to
	major  internationals,  we've  helped  diverse  companies with  the same
	fundamental problem: how to change  business processes and IT systems at
	the same time in order to move the  business forward. Need help? Ask the
	professionals!

Services
	Cachinnare's   consultants  have  worked  within global  companies  with
	international markets and competition,  across a range of industrial and
	IT verticals, including the high-tech aerospace sector. We specialise in
	medium-sized manufacturing companies,  with a range of operational types
	from engineered projects to repetitive manufacture; and in IT companies.
	Our IT  expertise  has  come  from  working for  ERP  vendors  supplying
	enterprise level software, hardware and IT services.
	
	Services
		Business Process Consultancy
		Technical Consultancy
		Project Management Consultancy
		Applications Consultancy
		Systems Integration Consultancy
		Joint Project Planning (JPP) Session 
		Facilitation
		Training
		Services for Software & IT
			Solution design
			Software installations
			Customisation/Bespoke 
			Programming
			Integration Services
			Systems testing
			Business Intelligence and 
			Report writing
	
	Fields of expertise
		ERP and Manufacturing Systems
		Technologies for Business 
		Systems
		Accounts Systems
		Business Process Systems
		Sales and Marketing Systems
		Reporting and Business 
		Intelligence


Company
	What is Cachinnare?
	Cachinnare Limited is a small UK company whose 
	objective is to provide independent advanced 
	business process, project management and IT 
	consultancy services to medium sized 
	enterprises. We specialise in business processes 
	for manufacturing companies, with a range of 
	operational types from engineered projects to 
	repetitive manufacture. Our IT expertise has 
	come from working for ERP vendors supplying 
	enterprise level software, hardware and IT 
	services.
	 
	Who are we?
	Cachinnare was formed by two former 
	Frontstep consultants: Paul Bird and Karen 
	Cobbald. (Frontstep was a world-leading 
	American ERP software and services 
	company, now merged with Mapics Inc.)
	
	If you would like more information, contact us now.

Information and Tools
	Location
		Cachinnare is located at the Innovation Centre, 
		on the prestigious Warwick Technology Park, just 
		a few miles from Warwick town centre, and a few 
		miles from Leamington Spa in the opposite 
		direction. It is also ideally situated very near to 
		junction 14 of the M40 (the Leamington exit). 
		Coming from the north or west, take the exit at 
		J14 of the M40 and go straight over at the mini 
		roundabout. You'll come to a roundabout after 
		about half a mile. Follow the signs for the 
		Warwick Technology Park.
		Coming from the south beware the fact that J14 
		is a southbound exit only. Leave at J13 and follow 
		the A452 towards Leamington and Warwick. When 
		you come to the roundabout follow the signs for 
		Warwick technology Park.	 
		 
		When you arrive at the Park, follow the road 
		around (it is a crescent, both ends of which 
		open onto the main road - Gallows Hill) until you 
		reach the entrance to the Innovation Centre. 
		The barriers are normally lowered during out of 
		office hours so arrangements may need to be 
		made to get access.
		As you drive in, follow the road to the left - the 
		reception is in the middle corner of the left-hand 
		building (which is L-shaped). There is visitor 
		parking just outside the reception.
	
	Project Management Software
		Cachinnare employs experienced project 
		managers who are familiar with well-known 
		Project Management software packages like 
		Microsoft Project. This kind of software can help 
		greatly in the planning and management of 
		non-trivial projects, and is frequently used in 
		many businesses both as a planning/management 
		tool and also as a communication tool, since the 
		project data can be shared as documents or as a 
		central database, and viewed in graphical and 
		tabular formats as appropriate in a very clear 
		way. Typically the well-know Gantt charts 
		provide very easy to understand representations 
		of the progress of projects, while tasks and 
		resources are easily viewed in spreadsheet-like 
		tables and more detailed forms.
		For companies that have not seen or used this 
		kind of software, but would like to try out simpler, 
		single-user versions (which can never-the-less 
		share some data files with other users), there are 
		a number of free project management software 
		packages available on the web, for Windows and 
		Linux, and other platforms. Generally the 
		functionality is much more limited than many 
		commercial packages, but they may be a good 
		introduction and possibly all that's needed for 
		small to moderate projects.
		For Linux you could try "Planner" (which used to 
		be called "MrProject". It's open source, available 
		from planner.imendio.org.
		 		 
		For a free Windows-based package you could try 
		out Smartworks Personal Edition, from Accord 
		Software and Systems Inc. Go to 
		www.smartworks.us. This has the fundamentals 
		for small to moderate projects, it has quite a 
		nice looking interface, and can be upgraded to 
		their commercial multi-user client-server based 
		system.
		If you are not familiar with the basic standard 
		techniques, principles and tools of project 
		management, then we recommend taking a 
		course or reading some good books on the 
		subject. Or of course you can call Cachinnare to 
		speak to one of our experienced project 
		managers. For more information, contact our 
		sales department.

		See the disclaimer on the legal page.
		
	The logo

		The Cachinnare logo is based on the letter C and 
		the symbol for a transistor, the fundamental 
		building block of integrated circuits - and thus 
		computers and most modern information 
		technology systems.

Contact Details
	For all matters write to:
	Cachinnare  Ltd, Innovation  Centre,  Warwick  Technology  Park, Gallows
	Hill, Warwick CV34 6UW. Or telephone:
		    +44 (0)1926 623 125.
	Or e-mail:
		[Please call the above number for the e-mail address].