An Access database with three years of data became one controlling app for every contract

App DevelopmentIndustrial Assembly · Construction2026
Before

An Access file copied onto every PC

After

One cloud database everyone logs into

Challenge

A steel-assembly contractor ran job costing in a Microsoft Access file installed on each PC. Contracts, hours, invoices and wages lived in separate tables, no two copies agreed, and the owner could not see whether a contract was actually making money.

Solution

A single cloud app that imports the old Access data and replaces it: contract register with plan vs. actual, work hours, incoming and outgoing invoices, wages, cost plans and a cash-flow projection. Role-based access, deadline notifications, and CSV/PDF reports that replaced the old printouts.

Outcome

One master database instead of per-PC copies. Margin per contract, hourly value and a forward cash-flow view are now one click away.

23

modules replacing one Access file

1

master database, no local copies

3

user roles enforced server-side

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