A web application for your business, considering how you are working now, would actually be like electricity compared to oil lamps. Not only would you have all your information centralized, protected and always consistent, but you could also distribute it with a simple switch, filter it as necessary and collect it in a controlled fashion. Moreover, the powerful relationships of a SQL database would allow you to produce reports in completely new forms, making bridges between times, subjects and environments.
Using PHP and MySQL inside a CodeIgniter framework, we would build for you:
- An employee module for your staff and sub-contractors, where you could specify roles, permissions and ratings.
- A table for operators, storing identification data and links to related studies.
- A fine-tuned module for criteria management, with application conditions, history of uses, critical factor, etc. to assist you on defining new studies.
- A study creation function working just like you are doing now, but storing data at the server.
- A data entry utility with access control and track of changes.
- A full-featured report module, capable of extracting data in all ways you may need.
You could count on us not only for the development, but also for all required customizations during the first period of use, which is for us an essential part of every project. And don't worry, we would even help you assimilate so many benefits in one single step.
With best regards
Bramfeld