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Karen Gibson, Melba Support ServicesVictorian disabilities care group Melba Support Services has become an Australian leader in delivering support services tailored to the needs of each individual since using Microsoft Dynamics NAV from Melbourne-based EBS.

Melba, which assists persons with disabilities in Victoria’s Yarra Valley, has overhauled its funding model, moving from the traditional group-based Block Funding to a more individualised service model.

After thoroughly evaluating its options, Melba Support Services selected Microsoft Dynamics NAV from enterprise resource planning specialist, Evolution Business System (EBS). Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a business solution that delivers comprehensive business management functionality for small and midsize businesses and organisations. 

Melba Support Services Acting Business Manager Karen Gibson said Microsoft Dynamics NAV had given Melba Support Services greater control, visibility and accessibility to client details. “One of the main differences of an integrated system is that our information is now up-to-date and we know exactly where we are every day,” she said. 

Pottinger Joint CEO Cassandra KellyStrategic and financial advisory firm Pottinger today casts its vote of faith in a post-election burst of business confidence by unveiling a strategic planning document for cross-border expansion.

This guide to growth, called Eyes Wide Open - Risk and Reward in Cross Border Expansion, offers a distilled set of questions designed to help frame the discussion of potential international expansion.

 

MIMP CEO Allan AitchisonA 480km wireless networking project in Queensland has earned two major communication industry awards for wireless specialist MIMP Connecting Solutions - because it wasn’t ground-breaking!

MIMP collected three NECA (National Electrical and Communications Association) awards at the SA finals, two for the APLNG pipe microwave network in Queensland and one for MIMP’s Life Care network.

MIMP CEO Allan AitchisonAdelaide-based wireless communications company MIMP is battling the South Australian Government to overturn a $4500 licence levy on microwave dishes mounted on towers installed on Crown land.

The SA Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) wants to levy companies such as MIMP as much as $4500 for each microwave dish it installs on a tower, in addition to the rent it pays to tower operators. Tower operators already pay the government for a tower located on public land.