QBCon is a software development house situated in Centurion Pretoria.  QBCon had helped businesses increase productivity and profit since 1992. QBCon has provided a broad spectrum of organisations with pioneering software solutions. The company provides its clients with custom developed software applications driven by the client's requirements and business needs.

QBCon has built a reputation as a business solution provider with custom software applications for various industries, such as, the retail industry (QBCon Enterprise (ERP)), manufacturing, production and plant maintenance applications (QBCon Q-CMMS), laboratory management systems (QBCon Lab-i), import and export management applications (QBCon ProdX), query management systems (QBCon Query Desk) suitable for any organisation and business intelligence tools (EasyAsk®).

QBCon is a registered Application Partner of Progress.

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Latest News:

Easy Access to Info Reduces Phone Time for Call Centres

The more calls a call centre operator can handle, the greater the operator’s productivity and consequently the greater the call centre’s profit. The irony for outsourced call centres is that they would like their operators to spend less time on the phone.    The shorter the amount of time an operator spends on the line with one client, the more calls he or she can take in a day. Read more...

Chocolate Factory Gives Willy Wonka Golden Ticket of Reliability

The only thing that is sweeter than the chocolate in Springer Chocolate’s Windhoek factory is the reliability of their chocolate production. By investing in a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Springer Chocolate provides their clients, such as Cadbury and Woolworths, with top class confectionery as well as the greatest benefit in any retail environment…predictability. Read more...

Laboratory Clients Receive Credible Data Because of Lab-i

Lab managers will agree that to improve the profit of a laboratory it is important to maximise efficiency, whether it is in the manufacturing or processing industry. Efficiency can only be achieved by having accurate data as this reflects business activities. Data accuracy is the foundation for data quality and produces the reliable service provider customers expect. Companies seek new ways to improve productivity, reduce cost and time, and meet customer expectations. Read more...

Ask Me Anything - Brainstorm June 2008

Local companies Matrix Vehicle Tracking and Europ Assistance have rolled out EasyAsk, a Business Intelligence (BI) tool that allows users to query almost any database in plain English. Read more...

Lab-i: Your Laboratory Assistant

Today’s scientists are constantly seeking for ways to keep track of everything, from experimental details and results to data graphs. What scientists really need is a personal assistant, someone who can document everything that was done in the lab – how was what done and when? Visualise yourself walking up to this assistant, which you know is available every minute of the day, and asking for every detail of information on an experiment you did the week before. Read more...

Bespoke ERP Solutions for Industry Specific Problems

The traditional ERP software approach that one size fits all, has been adapted by ERP vendors with industry specific experience. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors are offering industry specific customisations to gain a competitive advantage in the maturing ERP market. Read more...

New Generation BI

The concept of Business Intelligence (BI) has changed. Once referred to as a “tech-savvy only” access tool, it has now evolved into an accessible natural language data processor. The new generation BI tool answers English language questions, in real time and without having to rely on the IT department to configure systems for reports. Read more...

QBCon Identify Factors when Deciding to Implement an ERP

Horror stories of companies implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems unsuccessfully are found everywhere. These stories are tainting the world of technology and business solution companies. Companies are starting lawsuits against ERP implementers and vendors because these companies spent more money than they anticipated and still do not get what they paid for. Read more...

EasyAsk Empowers Frontline Staff

Business Intelligence (BI) is perhaps the most talked about technology topic at the moment. Businesses are getting a greater return on BI investments and new generation BI no longer only focuses on the decision-making needs of senior management. Read more...

Getting Information Systems Departments to love Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence (BI) is often more expensive than it first appears, and the Information Systems (IS) department often has to foot the bill.  But it is only when you analyse the process that creates the reports that the reason for the cost burden of BI on IS departments becomes apparent. The main costs are due to the IS resources required to produce the reports that BI requires. Read more...

QBCon Ads Web Front-end to SAP Business One®

QBCon has designed a web interface for SAP Business One® that will allow users to remotely access the small business Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The development is part of a SAP Business One® implementation by SMB Solutions. The QBCon interface makes it possible for management to track  project status and staff activity in real time, for projects that take place off-site.  Read more...

QBCon Implements EasyAsk at Europ Assistance

We all know time is money, but for Europ Assistance time is often life. The company handles two million calls per month with queries from eight million consumers on issues such as health, travel, emergency services, professional consultations and cover, labour, education, and recovery. Each of these calls requires the operator to not only have access to the caller’s details, but also to be able to answer all the caller’s questions. This is a tall order when you consider that they have to scan through more than eight million records that come from various imported databases and that are written in various languages.  Read more...