Bespoke Projects

Some clients come to us with a requirement for some bespoke consultation on a particular area, project, business process or technical strategy.  They might not be looking for ongoing collaboration and that’s just fine.  We’ve helped many organisations in this way and can often work with them on and off for years, as and when they need us.

For other clients, we are their technical partner. They draw on our experience to choose, design and deploy the right technologies for them. We manage their software projects and integrate with their teams. We can be flexible on how we work with you, and our team are agile and experienced enough to adapt to your particular needs and how you wish to work.

Implementing an e-commerce solution for your organisation can feel daunting. There’s a lot to consider to ensure that you choose the right solution for your organisation and allow your customers, whether they are consumers or other businesses, to undertake transactions with you.

We have the experience to ensure that you choose a solution that is the right one for your organisation for the long term. Whether that’s something out of the box like ‘Shopify’ or if you need a bespoke solution, we can help you out. E-commerce can quickly get complex if you have an offer that's out of the ordinary, whether that's subscriptions, bundled offers or special discount structures. 

You can have the peace of mind that we are security experts. We are ISO 27001 accredited which is the leading standard in information security management and helps to ensure that you are resilient against cybercrime.

Reporting is a necessary part of any business, but pulling information from different data sources can be time-consuming and frustrating. 

We’ve developed tailor-made reporting systems for a number of clients in different industry sectors and enabled them to see exactly where they are at, when they need it, and even push data out to operational teams. When you need to combine data from multiple places, a data warehouse solution can transform your ability to access and analyse your data.   

Setting up solutions to common business challenges is one of the things we love about working in technology and seeing the benefits to our clients of time saved and a clear flow of information to help push their business forward is very rewarding.

We have experience integrating Cloud Systems on the SaaS and PaaS side of things across a wide range of technologies. Cloud Systems are no longer solely alternatives to physical data storage. They can now wear many hats, from high-performance data analysis to AI integrations into your system.

We have experience using:

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud
• Next Cloud

CRM systems are an important tool in enabling a strategic approach in direct messages to your customers.  They help to provide a framework for messages which can be organised according to customer behaviour, helping to aid actions to be taken by customers and enhancing their experience of interacting with you as an organisation.  A well-mapped customer relationship journey is rewarding on both sides and will help with retention.

Finding the correct CRM system can be challenging, and we offer implementation for off-the-shelf solutions if they are the right approach for your business, or we can build a tailor-made CRM system just for you.  This gives you the benefit of having the exact functionality you need to deliver the best experience for your customer for the long-term. 

Sometimes off-the-shelf solutions aren’t right for you.  They may negatively impact your productivity or erode your competitive advantage.  Well designed software which reflect the way you operate or supports the service you provide your customers can be game changing, but it isn’t always easy or feels risky.

At Olamalu, we’ve developed tens of custom software solutions which either enhance off-the-shelf software through their APIs or is built uniquely for you.  Our senior team works closely with you, from Managing Director to operations teams, Sales Director to finance teams, to analyse, map and digitise your processes.  We think like you, looking for workflow, business intelligence and other enhancements to your organisation.

Digital screens are a great way to bring your key messages to life across your site. Bespoke screen solutions allow you to deploy different messaging to multiple screens, draw information from public platforms (such as your website), present news, events or branded information.

We’ve worked on distributed digital screens and can help you to maximise the message you want to display, as well as handle the technology side for you.

An efficient workflow can make a huge difference to any organisation, and we have lots of experience of integrating workflow systems into many different types of organisation. 

Replacing manual labour for repetitive tasks and using technology can bring about a whole host of benefits.  From increasing productivity, decreasing errors, joining up different areas for wider automation and efficiency, to enabling employees to focus their time and energy on more interesting tasks.

A well-designed digital workflow can help with customer queries, bookings and reservations, scheduling tasks, managing approvals, invoicing and much more.

Since the very earliest days of the internet, forums have been an integral platform for forging connections between people to discuss topics and share ideas. Whilst they may not be as mainstream as they once were, we do still see a fair few forum projects come across our desk which really excite us. Whether you’re looking for a forum to connect researchers working in the field in Sub-Saharan Africa or a forum for Nutritionists to share data insights, we can help you out. Our designers take care to ensure your forum is intuitive for users to engage with each other, and our development team can build robust moderation to guarantee posting efficiency.

For many years, we have supported a leading Knowledge Base in the numerical algorithm field. We have enabled them to create a centralised digital repository of complex algorithms that support many sectors across AI and finance. Part of developing this Knowledge Base was to ensure that users can access the digital repository easily and troubleshoot in a pain-free way.

If you’re looking to create a Knowledge Base for your organisation, then we can help you create a grounded solution baked in years of experience.

Mobile apps run on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.  The most effective apps are designed to perform a specific function.  This could be to provide all the information needed for a participant attending an event, or to enable a booking function for meeting rooms, tables at a restaurant, spaces in a car park, or an appointment with an individual.  Apps are also beneficial at providing live progress updates for transport services, the arrival of goods, or to inform of the status during the delivery of a large project.   

We’ve built apps for lots of clients with lots of different needs. We support you holistically from the initial brief and requirements, map out a solution, build, develop and implement the app and ensure that it is supported and given regular and timely security updates.

For organisations operating across the world, the ability to craft messaging or share information in many languages is critical. We’ve integrated multi-lingual capability into platforms we’ve worked on, integrated AI translation tools to help prepare translations for approval, and developed multi-lingual tools and systems.

When we work on projects, we are always thinking ahead and one of the first things we'll do with you is to design out the right approach to handle your multi-lingual requirements. 

Process digitisation is automating a process and making it more efficient and user friendly. This can make the services you provide more customer-focused and responsive, not only at the point of service, but also within the internal operations that support delivering that service. 

We love to get to the root of the problem, understand what needs to change and solve it with technology. One of the things we really love about being in the tech industry is the ability to bring about positive change in an organisation. It doesn’t have to be huge, it doesn’t need to be done all at once, but whatever we do, it makes a positive difference.

Design Discovery

Careful planning of the user’s journey through your website is crucial to establishing early on in the development process of a new product. We use UX architecture practices to focus on the structure and flow of the site, ensuring an intuitive and user-friendly experience and to create a logical and accessible structure for users to navigate and positively interact with the website each and every time they visit.

We consider many aspects when creating an optimum user experience. This includes aligning the physical experience to the brand values of the organisation, the objective and purpose of the website, as well as the needs of all the existing and potential users.

Product Design

Product design comes in many different forms, from websites to applications – we can cover it. Our approach is grounded in an engaging design discovery process where we get to the heart of your story, objectives, pain points and who your users are. We collaborate closely with you and your teams to obtain this vital information, and we ensure that it flows through every fibre of the project to ensure your final product is a true reflection of who you are and what you want to achieve.

Our designers use the very best industry-standard tools like Figma to bring your vision to life, executing projects with a high level of precision and quality. We’re ambitious with our design, ensuring that it not only looks amazing but also supports your users to engage in a seamless digital experience.

We understand that technical projects can be quite daunting for the people working on them.  They are often complex, affect many different areas and can create a workload over and above what you have already. 

We’re aware of all of these things and do everything we can to help manage a project in an organised way that is understanding to the needs of the business and the people involved in delivering it.  This is where our road map planning comes into its own.  A large, visionary map which shows everyone involved in the project how it will progress from start to finish, and what the requirements are at each stage.

From here, we develop more concise timing plans to coincide with each stage of the road map.  As with any journey, the course of direction can sometimes change, there can be delays and bumps along the way, but our experience and expertise can handle this and we’ll keep things moving smoothly to the finish.

SharePoint is a popular choice for organisations that are looking for a scalable solution for their intranet, content management, document and file sharing. As part of Microsoft's suite, SharePoint enables you to integrate with a variety of systems to improve your team's workflow.

We have experience crafting tailored SharePoint solutions for a number of clients looking to improve their internal systems. Get in touch with us today to get started with SharePoint.

We have had the pleasure of working with many of the world's top institutions within the education sector, who have been striving to enhance their digital offerings. We have become a reliable technical partner in delivering an array of high-quality solutions.

Some of the projects we have worked on in the past have supported teachers in the classroom via a learning management platform. This platform enabled teachers to craft enriching and engaging sessions via a central application where they can track and monitor academic progress.

We have also created virtual learning environments that enable students to book a place on an online educational programme which is delivered by one of the leading Oxford Colleges.

Through these projects, we have gained experience in designing creative pieces of gamification functionality that keep people coming back to the platforms again and again.