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Replacing Excel with custom software: when is it time?
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Read onKlein-Brabant, province of Antwerpen
Custom software in Puurs-Sint-Amands, right around the corner
Build More has an office in Puurs-Sint-Amands. We build web apps, internal systems and dashboards for the SMEs, suppliers and family businesses of Klein-Brabant. So you never have to drive to Antwerpen or Brussels to find a software partner.
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Why Puurs-Sint-Amands
For a municipality of this size there is a remarkable amount of industry here. The economy of Puurs-Sint-Amands rests on three pillars: pharma, food and logistics. Together, the companies on its territory account for more than 13,000 jobs. Pfizer runs its largest production and packaging site in Europe here, Alcon employs around 1,700 people, and Duvel Moortgat, Continental Foods and Mouterij Albert make up the food block. Logistics players such as DHL and Fiege chose the municipality as their base.
Around those big names sits a ring of smaller companies: suppliers, technical services, hauliers, packers, installers. That is exactly where our client is. Those companies often run on Excel, an ageing package and a lot of email, while their own customer expects a portal, integrations and reporting. That is the gap we close.
Source: Sterck Magazine, economische knooppunten in de Vlaamse ruit
Who we build for in Puurs-Sint-Amands
Here we work mainly with SMEs between five and a hundred staff. Companies big enough to have real processes and too small to afford an IT department of their own. Suppliers who deliver to demanding customers and want to be able to prove their files, inspections and deliveries. Transport and installation firms who want their planning out of a shared spreadsheet.
We also build for family businesses facing a generational handover. The knowledge then sits in the heads of one or two people. A system that captures that knowledge makes the company transferable, and a good deal more valuable at the same time.
Dropping by takes minutes here
Because our office is in the municipality, a kick-off or a working session is easy to arrange. We like to come and see how the work really runs, because half a day on the shop floor tells us more than three meetings about a specification.
After that we build in a weekly rhythm. Every week a new version goes up on a test link, so you see progress and can steer while changes are still cheap.
Where we are
Build More works from two offices: Puurs-Sint-Amands and Boom. Puurs is our home base, so for companies in the municipality we are literally neighbours. A first conversation is quick to schedule, at your office or at ours.
- Office Puurs-Sint-Amands
- Hof ter Bollen 52, 2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands Registered office and home base in Klein-Brabant.
- Office Boom
- 2850 Boom Our second office, right in the middle of the Rupelstreek.
What we build
Our services for companies in Puurs-Sint-Amands
Nearby
We also build for companies around Puurs-Sint-Amands
- Bornem A few minutes from our office in Puurs
- Willebroek Ten minutes from both offices
- Temse About fifteen minutes from our office in Puurs
- Londerzeel About fifteen minutes from our office in Puurs
- Boom Our second office is here
- Sint-Niklaas Half an hour from our office in Puurs
- Leuven Just under an hour from our office in Puurs
FAQ
Questions we get from Puurs-Sint-Amands
Is Build More really based in Puurs-Sint-Amands?
Yes. Our office is in Puurs-Sint-Amands and that is also our registered address. We work from a second office in Boom as well. For companies in Klein-Brabant we are a local partner rather than an agency driving in from far away.
Do you work for suppliers to the big sites in Puurs?
Certainly. Around pharma, food and logistics sits a whole ring of smaller companies with strict demands on traceability, inspections and reporting. For that kind of company we build internal systems where files, documents and deliveries land in the right place automatically.
What does custom software cost in Puurs-Sint-Amands?
A well-defined tool or MVP starts around €8,000. A full platform usually lands between €25,000 and €75,000. The size of your project sets the price, and your location changes nothing about it. After a first conversation you get a fixed price and a date within 24 hours.
Can you come to the shop floor?
Gladly. We prefer to spend half a day on the shop floor before we build anything. That is how we see where it really pinches. In Puurs-Sint-Amands that is a couple of minutes away by car.
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