"We had a need for skilled RPG analysis and programming skills allied with knowledge and experience of modifying our AS/400-based ERP package. We could not find this in a freelance RPG contractor.

We discussed our needs with Lakewood IT Solutions who offered to make the modifications to our requirements. We did not have the time nor management resources to follow the standard approach of drawing up and agreeing the functional specification with the software house. The solution we and Lakewood arrived at was for their analyst programmer to work full-time at our site. They worked within the framework of our IS department, communicating closely with the users and the project manager, and gained a rapid understanding of our needs and the specific requirements for the modifications to be made.

This has enabled rapid progress in our software developments. Furthermore, where the programmer did not know how to solve a particular problem , they consulted with their colleagues at Lakewood and returned with a design proposal which they were then capable of building using their programming skills. We effectively had the skill of the programmer and the brains of the Lakewood organisation helping us".

Chris Alcock, IS Manager, Alanod Ltd.