Woods Waste are a long established, family run waste management company, delivering a unique blend of waste management solutions in and around the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. From provision of licenced tipping, and skip hire, through to recycling, site excavations and production of recycled aggregates and soils, Woods Waste have all their clients needs covered, and pride themselves on a highly personal service and fantastic client retention.
Like the majority of forward-looking businesses, Woods Waste has always appreciated the value that well deployed IT can deliver, and operating in a highly regulated industry, particularly understand how automation can significantly increase efficiency and productivity.
They have enjoyed a longstanding relationship with String Systems, working with the company since its inception over 20 years ago. At critical points in their own business development, they have always sought advice from Tom and Steve, String’s Co-Directors as to how best to tackle an issue or embrace an opportunity. Such a conversation took place in the latter part of 2018, as their core infrastructure was reaching the end of its useful life, coinciding with their separate weighbridge and skip hire software, both reaching the end of their supported lives at the same time. Whenever a decision to replace and renew is faced by a client, String adopt the position that this is the ideal time to pause and think holistically. It’s not just about how best to take out the old and put in new. Instead, consider how new technologies and solutions might add significantly more value and deliver a solution that really takes the client forward. On this basis, a ground up review of how Woods Waste needed their IT to support their business was undertaken and a series of recommendations made. The focus was absolutely on putting the right scalable platform and applications in place and the proposals put forward were warmly received by the Woods Waste
String identified the optimal solution, delivering the platform best suited to their requirements as follows;-
The project execution comprised:
"We like to think we do the best job possible for our clients when it comes to waste management and that’s what we want to focus on. We don’t profess to be IT experts, but recognise that we need to work with a company that is. Our business has been advised and supported by String Systems for the best part of 20 years and they never blind me with science, they just offer straightforward and understandable advice. This is what you need to take your business forward. I like the people and I trust them, and that’s everything you look for in a relationship."
Shirley Rayner-porter, Managing Director, Woods Waste
