We help manufacturing organisations replace Microsoft Access systems with modern web applications while preserving business-critical workflows and data. Backed by ISO 9001, Cyber Essentials and over a decade of experience.
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From quotation tools and production planning to stock control, sales tracking, and reporting, we replace complex spreadsheets with custom systems built around your workflows - secure, scalable, and easy to manage.
If your spreadsheets are hard to manage, rely on key individuals, or require constant manual effort, it’s usually a sign they’ve outgrown their purpose.
Many manufacturing businesses still rely on Microsoft Access databases built to support processes such as production tracking, quality management, inventory control, and internal reporting.
Over time, these systems often become critical to operations but increasingly difficult to maintain, extend, or scale. They may rely on outdated infrastructure, single-user access patterns, or fragile integrations.
We specialise in replacing Access systems with modern applications built on SQL Server, .NET, and Azure, ensuring your data and workflows are preserved while improving performance, security, and usability.
Our structured approach allows you to transition safely from Access into a scalable platform without disrupting day-to-day operations.
Use our estimator to understand the cost of replacing your Access system.
Here's what some of our clients have to say about working with us.
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Head of Supply Finance, Treasury Wine Estates
"An ERP implementation at work left us with a few process gaps. Worked with Lee on implementing a database to fill the void and they did it with aplomb. Highly recommend."
Reward & Performance Manager, Lambert Smith Hampton
"Worked closely with the Better Technology team on a number of occasions, I wouldn't hesitate in recommending them. They provide a consistently high level of service."
Senior Category Manager, Asahi UK
"A great company to work with - they grasp concepts quickly, execute to a very high level, and provide great communication throughout the process."
Director, Prosus Consulting
"Designed a database for a energy supplier client of mine to support the migration of a large customer base... support was excellent and Lee and his team were great."
Head of Product, Real Deals Media
"BTC have been instrumental in helping us launch a highly valuable, B2B data product end to end (from a powerful and fast input/storage platform to a very user-friendly yet equally powerful front-end dashboard for our clients)."
Head of Operations, Totally Branded
"...the bespoke Production Processing and Scheduling software they developed for us has absolutely revolutionised our business and they were able to make exactly what we wanted a reality."
Managing Director, Nine Acres
"I have been really pleased with Better Technology Consulting and have found them to be a valuable support for my own business. The team have helped with a couple of projects and they have always been approachable, reliable, easy to work with and efficient."
Founder, FDPack
"...great to work with. Scoping is clear, and all projects are thoroughly supported through to sign off. Really happy with the developments of my application and the productivity gains"
Clinic Manager, Constantia Clinic
"From the outset, Alex and Lee were extremely efficient, streamlining our project timelines and ensuring everything ran smoothly. They truly brought our ideas to life, transforming our concepts into innovative solutions."
There are two elements to our pricing structure: a fixed-price initial development cost, and an on-going monthly fee for support, maintenance, updates and hosting.
Having been in the industry for over a decade, our team of Excel developers are confident in our ability to estimate the complexity of a project. This is why we can offer a fixed-price for development, giving you peace-of-mind in the rare case of project overruns.
Typically we offer three different tiers of our SLA, which provide varying levels of response time, backup retention, email/phone support and dev credits for additional tweaks/changes.
The beauty of bespoke software is that we can build exactly what you want, the way you want it. However, we know that sometimes it's hard to know what you want until you can see it in front of you.
To help mitigate these unexpected changes which are an inevitable part of the software development lifecycle, we offer dev credits that are included in the monthly fee. These entitle you to a certain number of development hours per month that can be used to implement tweaks, changes, or additional features.
Dev credits can be accumulated over the course of the year and then used to significantly discount new projects, if desired. This helps reduce friction when developing new software, as approving new features and consuming credits is as simple as clicking a button on our customer portal.
With the introduction of GDPR legislation, the focus on data protection and security is greater than ever, and we take this extremely seriously. We are a Cyber Essentials certified organisation, registered with the ICO (ZA519853).
We host with Microsoft Azure in their ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certified UK data centres, which also meet PCI DSS and SOC 2 standards. This ensures that your data is managed according to the highest standards of security and privacy, fully compliant with GDPR and industry best practices.
You can read our entire Data Security Policy here to learn more about how your data is securely stored, retained and removed when necessary. It also outlines the various cybersecurity countermeasures we have in place to deter and mitigate internal and external threats, both accidental and malicious.
Absolutely. Our consultants are not only Excel developers, but are also experienced at analysing business processes and identifying areas that can benefit from the clever application of technology.
Once this analysis is ready, they can work with you to help create your specification, which you are free to take to other software developers if you so wish.
Of course. By default, we offer to host your web application on our Azure platform, however we are more than happy to provide you or your IT provider with the published application files and database, in order for you to host internally on a compatible platform.
We are happy to assist you and your team to perform this migration, if required, at our hourly consulting rate.
We use the Microsoft stack, which includes Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, ASP.NET WebForms, and Blazor.
Each technology has a specific use-case and implementation cost, so by working with a wide range of technologies we can optimise the solution for your budget and timescale.
Typically we offer three different tiers of our SLA, which provide varying levels of response time, backup retention, email/phone support and dev credits for additional tweaks/changes.
You will have direct access to our UK-based team of developers, who will intimately know how your application works, in order to get you back up and running as soon as possible.
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