Most people never give a second thought to plastic bottle tops, but one plant in the West Midlands produces a high percentage of the tops used in Europe.

When they decided to integrate automated production equipment, guess who they called to write the new software?

The system links production, barcode labelling and stock control of all product types and handles huge stock volumes with absolutely no margin for error.

Production managers are now able to dictate production flow and see reports generated by controls software in real-time from the mainframe already in use.

The project also included supply of the mainframe communication link and Windows O/S touch screen mimic program.