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title: "CRM & ERP Business Systems"
description: "Built around your exact work flow requirements. These flexible business systems greatly improve efficiency and can be easily adapted over time. No licence fees, you own the system outright"
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Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software should be designed to help businesses manage and analyse customer interactions and data throughout the customer lifecycle.

We will make your CRM truly yours. It will work exactly as you need it to. Not based on some pre-existing idea of how you should work. If you need non standard functions included that won’t be a problem.

At their core, CRM systems serve as a centralised hub where businesses can store, track and access information about their customers, such as contact details, communication history, purchase history, preferences and more. This consolidated view enables businesses to better understand their customers' needs and preferences, anticipate their requirements and deliver personalised experiences.

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In essence, a custom CRM tailored to your business offers a comprehensive solution that goes beyond the capabilities and disadvantages of off the shelf software.

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By addressing specific needs, fostering innovation and providing long-term value, our bespoke solutions empowers businesses to achieve their strategic objectives and drive sustainable growth, whilst also offering greater flexibility, scalability, integration capabilities, user experience, control and security compared to off-the-shelf CRM solutions.

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When we say bespoke we don’t mean an existing system that has been tweaked, we mean developed to your exact needs.

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## You Get <span className="text-rdr-gold">Exactly What You Need</span>
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If you want efficiency, scalability and real ownership, we build exactly what you need.

Before we start we create a specification showing all the screens, sample reports and define all integrations. We deliver bespoke systems that grow in the direction you need.

- Built around exactly how you work.
- Complete integration with finance, third-party data, websites and legacy systems.
- Ownership. No per-seat or per-module licences. Full control of features, priorities.
- No more paying for features you never use.

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Modern software frameworks have made bespoke development faster and much more affordable.

Over a typical three-year period, a bespoke system usually costs less than a generic off-the-shelf one.

Search below for your market sector and see examples of what we have developed for other businesses and organisations in that sector.

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## Why a <span className="text-rdr-gold">bespoke CRM/ERP</span> ?

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<service-card heading="Tailored Fit" icon="i-lucide-puzzle" text="Built to match your business needs perfectly.">



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<service-card heading="Efficiency" icon="i-lucide-settings" text="Streamlined processes, enhanced productivity.">



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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) have the capability to improve the way businesses work. The requirements of an ERP vary from business to business and the most critical part of the solution is to understand the workflow and process within the business.

We have developed many such systems for different sized businesses. The critical element is understanding that it is a <span className="text-rdr-gold">

hub not a single process

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RD Research – Relational Data Research has been successfully designing fully bespoke ERP systems for almost 20 years. We have a 100% record of on time and budget delivery because we have a deep understanding of the process and the risks.

Due to the unique challenges of ERP we offer an initial fully technical assessment and detailed proposal along with technical solutions at no cost. This is at our risk

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