Blue Rock

Managing director David Bowley has looked for five years to find an integrated software package and supplier he would trust to “run” his head office, central warehouse, five branches and internet shop.

He came close to buying a software system once before but is glad he didn’t. “The system was good but was bespoke and the company who made it has now gone bust. Had we gone with them we would have had a real problem,” David said.

After conducting a “beauty parade” of five competing systems David chose Blue Rock to supply, install, maintain and train his staff on an Intact solution. It will be rolled out in stages and eventually cover stock control, accounts, purchases, sales invoice production and management accounts and information and generate the compulsory regulatory waste information for the business.

David said: “We whittled our short list down to two companies and chose Blue Rock because they impressed us with their thorough knowledge of the Intact system and real experience of our industry.

Should anything happen to Blue Rock we are confident that other companies could support Intact so we are not “wedded” to just one supplier.

Hurst is locally owned on the island and employs some 100 staff. The MD believes the new system will help across the whole of the company: “I see the new system helping everyone make better decisions in their job.

“From the order picker at the central warehouse, who will have their job lists produced in the most logical picking order, through to the buyers who will have the latest trends and stock levels available at the

touch of a button.

“The Intact system, as specified and installed by Blue Rock, will allow us to identify slow-moving or dead items more quickly, speed up all our paperwork, achieve greater efficiency and increase our competitiveness

in an industry that faces ever tougher competition from supermarkets and DIY superstores.

“We believe these benefits will feed through directly to our bottom line.”

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