Call us 01404 514400
Email us info@passfield.co.uk
31st May 2009
Lowaters Nursery based near Fareham in Hampshire are well known nationally by retailers for their Garden Beauty branding and famed for their extensive range of Hebes. Lowaters are true business innovators, embracing many initiatives which have honed their business practices and produced profitable business growth. Following a busy spring season in 2008 Charles Carr, Nursery Director and James Plant, Sales Director realised change needed to take place in Sales administration if they were to maintain their momentum.
As Charles Carr explains, “the combination of our unique range, great branding and excellent service has produced a steady increase in our market share. As a result our office system was beginning to creak under the strain and we needed to see a dramatic increase in admin efficiency. We have a clear vision of future market aims and it was obvious our existing software would not be up to the job.”
Sourcing and evaluating potential new software is difficult, as James Plant points out: “We’d heard some good things about Passfield and after a series of meetings with the Passfield team our list of needs were all ticked; however nothing replaces actual day-to-day operational use. I am pleased to report office time and costs have been cut so we made the right decision.”
Passfield was quickly installed in August. Data transfer from their existing system took place on a Thursday afternoon and Passfield was up and running on Monday morning. “Lowaters set up went very well,” reports Tim Lamb, Passfield’s Marketing & Business manager. “In the first two weeks we were talking to the Lowaters operators several times a day, dealing with queries and carrying out online training as needed but this level of intensity dropped after a fortnight. It was particularly pleasing to discover how quickly they embraced the system. Even now exploring Passfield is a part of their quest to increasing everyday efficiencies.”
Lowaters will shortly be launching the E Availability list, a pioneering new feature developed by Passfield’s technical team. Weekly availability lists will be emailed to Lowater customers as customised spreadsheets, generated by Passfield. On receipt the customer will fill in quantities required, email it back where Passfield will directly load it as an order. Keying in time at Lowaters will be cut dramatically.
22nd October 2014
Our latest newsletter is now online - you can download it here. In it you can read about our latest addition to the Passfield...
read more
10th September 2014
We've received some great feedback from Australian client Ellenby Tree Farm we thought you might like to see. The largest...
read more
28th August 2014
It has been a busy few months for the nursery industry - and for us, too. So, before we head off to the Four Oaks show next week...
read more
17th June 2014
Are you going to Four Oaks this year? If so, come and see us - we'll be there on stand E170, showcasing the latest version...
read more
3rd June 2014
Neville Stein posted an interesting blog last week on HortWeek, looking at the recent indications that multiple retailers...
read more
19th March 2014
A few months of intense activity means we’ve been a bit quiet on the blog lately. But we’ve lots to share: besides...
read more
12th August 2013
Bedding plant nursery McGrane's online ordering system is now fully integrated with Passfield. Clients benefit from regular...
read more
Subscribe to our e-mailing list to receive news on special offers, system updates and more.
We’re delighted to have won Technical Product of the Year for Passfield at the prestigious Grower of the Year awards...
On the whole Horticulture had a very good spring and this reminded us to appreciate our involvement in an industry which both produces food (a guaranteed market need) and affordable pleasure for millions of gardeners...
Existing users, from large businesses to the very smallest, testify that Passfield software can provide costeffectiveness and hence a quick return on investment...
Leading innovative nursery The Bransford Webbs Plant Company has switched its entire stock and sales processing to Passfield's horticultural software suite...
Company registration no: 3130617. Registered company name: Passfield Data Systems Ltd. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered address: The Globe, 165 High Street, Honiton, EX14 1LQ, United Kingdom
©2024 Passfield Data Systems. All rights reserved. Web Design and Hosting by Formoda
Befriend Passfield Data Systems on Facebook
Watch Passfield Data Systems on YouTube