Group Companies
UCS Solutions
UCS Solutions is a leading business and IT solutions provider to clients in the retail and
manufacturing industries. The company harnesses its unparalleled industry knowledge to help
clients achieve better business performance, offering end-to-end consulting, business
systems outsourcing and technology services across the full range of IT operations.
UCS Solutions' integrated service management approach delivers measurable service
excellence. Its Business Solutions consultancy team aligns processes with people and
systems to deliver clear business benefits.
UCS Solutions offers a full range of application services from design through to
implementation and operation, with strong competencies in SAP, Microsoft and JDA solutions.
Infrastructure services include data centre hosting, outsourced contact centre services, and
value-added network services including network management and remote desktop support.
UCS Software
UCS Software is a leader in software solutions that give retailers of every size massive new
competitive advantages through intelligent software technologies that make running an
effective retail operation easier, faster and less guesswork. UCS Software designs, integrates
and provides ongoing support for highly sophisticated, highly customised solutions for large,
multi-store, multi-country retail environments using advanced technologies from UCS
Software Manufacturing and other major third party vendors such as SAP, JDA and Microsoft
Business Solutions. It also implements software solutions for small and medium sized retail
operations from the suite of shrink-wrapped packages developed by UCS Software
Manufacturing.
UCS Software Manufacturing
UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM) is a global software engineering company with more
than a decade of software development experience within the retail domain. It is dedicated to
the development and maintenance of a product portfolio comprising commercial off-the-shelf
retail application software, as well as rapid application development tools optimised for
development of customised systems. Products are released to market through a community of
certified resellers, value-added resellers, system integrators and own-equipment
manufacturers or OEM partners.
Through the use of an innovative assemble-to-order approach, valuable retail application logic
is preserved, enhanced and reused to continually improve the breadth and depth of products
and the expertise it can bring to bear on behalf of its customers.
Universal Knowledge Software (UKS)
UKS specializes in the design, development and support of library and information
management software solutions. Experience gained through years of assisting customers in
the field of library administration and information management is made available to all
customers through a range of value-added services including consultancy, system design,
data conversions, application development, customisation, implementation, administration
and audits. A team of highly skilled and experienced software engineers and librarians help to
guarantee customer satisfaction with application, database and operating system support to
an installed base of more than 30 institutions with over 2,000 concurrent users.
UKS is a trusted partner of public, community, tertiary, special and corporate libraries
throughout Africa.
Easirun
Easirun is a major supplier of open system software technologies, providing complete
Enterprise Resource Planning solutions. It offers end-to-end solutions and support from the
desktop to applications, to operating systems and SQL databases... all the way through to the
full suite of Microsoft e-business products for Web-enabling, integrating and developing ecommerce applications.
Easirun is a Microsoft Certified Partner with a focus on delivering solutions based on Microsoft
Navision and Axapta products.
Fernridge Consulting
Fernridge is a sales optimisation consultancy that specialises in spatial retail analysis using
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology, the latest demographic counts (based on
up-to-date aerial photography and satellite imagery) and information from key retailers.
Fernridge’s core expertise lies in established store networks and franchise systems, where it
assist numerous blue chip national groups (including Woolworths, Spar SA, Clicks, Nandos,
KFC, Planet Fitness, Cashbuild, Mica, Nu Metro, Relyant, Telkom, MTN) with the
identification of new opportunities for stores, consultancy on rationalisation, relocation, market
share, competitor analysis, customer analysis, site evaluations and viability studies for new
developments. Fernridge Consulting has been involved in viability studies for the last three
major regional shopping centres (over 35,000m²) in South Africa.
Accsys
Accsys is a leading specialist in software-based Human Resources Management solutions.
Accsys’ solutions resolve a number of work-environment issues such as Time and
Attendance, Access Control, Payroll and the complete range of Human Resource
Management requirements.
With a head office in Gauteng and branches across South Africa, Accsys can provide
customers with on-the-ground expert guidance on their Human Resources matters.
Consultants advise on queries as diverse as skills development, employment equity, training
and optimum implementation of systems. Products are developed in South Africa with a
particular emphasis on the SA and African workplace.
GAAP
GAAP Point of Sale is the leading Point of Sale system developer in South Africa with offices
in Gauteng, Durban and Cape Town. Focussed on the hospitality industry, it invests in
advanced in-house product design and development utilizing the latest technology, allowing
GAAP Point of Sale to offer a complete management solutions to maximise control and
profitability at restaurants, bars or night clubs.
GAAP Point of Sale prides itself in its extremely user-friendly software, high speed transaction
processing for excellent customer service and real time integration and connectivity to give
customers instant access to vital information.
CKS
CKS specialises in the provision of hardware, software and support services to the retail
pharmacy industry. The company's wide area network connects its customer base of more
than 900 pharmacies to almost every medical scheme in the country for the processing of
real-time medical scheme and electronic funds transfer (EFT) transactions.
CCS
CCS provides full integrated point-of-sale (POS) and back-office software solutions to
customers in the fast food, FMCG and speciality (serialised goods) niche markets in the retail
industry. All solutions are supported by an experienced team of developers who have built up
in-depth knowledge and an enviable record of accomplishments in the retail IT environment.