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Tow and Fert Calculator
Farm machinery manufacturer Metalform needed a better way for their Tow and Fert customers to manage their fertiliser mixing on the go. We built a custom Progressive Web App that works offline and is powered by a serverless Firebase backend, empowering users to create and manage their own mixes while giving Metalform full control of the platform.
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Exclusive Travel Group
A digital platform as exclusive as the journeys themselves. For a brand built on creating bespoke, one-of-a-kind journeys, their digital presence had to be just as remarkable.
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Goodman Fielder Tive Shipment Analysis
Leveraging Tive data loggers for tracking global shipments, Philo Software was commissioned to pull data from the API and perform analysis so improvements can be made to global export of food products
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NZ Automate
Leveraging ServiceM8 for job management, Curtain Clean Tauranga was reaching the bounds of what they could achieve in their core platform. We built on top of ServiceM8 it to fill in the gaps.
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Lone Worker Monitoring in Tait Radio Networks
Implementing connectivity between critical communications, our partnership with Get Home Safe has enabled lone worker monitoring of remote staff in one unified location. Staff can be monitored and welfare checked all from one place over all of the different communication mediums.
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OnSight
Monitor and manage your workplace efficiently OnSight integrates across multiple tracking and wireless technologies to better connect people, spaces, and things, so you can reimagine how you run your business.
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Frater Perfume Label Printer
For custom sales and manufacturing processes, the need for custom label generation and printing software was critical to remove bottlenecks in the manufacturing pipeline.
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Rotoiti Hot Pools
Leveraging BLE membership tags, Rotoiti automatically checks visitors in upon arrival. Streamlining peak season processes for members and staff while implementing reporting of visitor durations for health and safety.
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Man Down Reporting in Motorola Radio Networks
Empowering Lone Workers: Expanding Get Home Safe's Safety Software to Motorola Radio Networks
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Palliser Downs
A project delivered by Devcich and Co, Philo Software built an interactive map for users to view sections.
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New Wave Energy
The New Wave of Energy in Tauranga
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New Zealand Oral Health Association - Member Portal
The New Zealand Oral Health Association needed a unified, custom platform to streamline member management and automate the complex process of professional recertification. We delivered a bespoke solution that has drastically reduced administrative workload and created a highly valuable membership experience.
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My Wedding Guide
Aggregating all of the essential wedding services into a single directory, Philo Software took an ageing platform and rebuilt it using modern technologies
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Dockerizing Cloud Blue PSA
London-based business, Cloud Blue PSA (formerly HarmonyPSA), approached Philo for help with getting their application container-ready. With their current hosting model using hundreds of virtual machines, administrators had a huge job on their hands keeping up with updates and maintenance. Containerization was the way forward to get everything stored on one virtual machine.
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InforMe
Bringing immediate feedback to learners, InforMe is the output of a masters thesis from James Woodford understanding how to improve learning outcomes.
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Wordpress Vue Timeline
Custom Components within Wordpress utilising the Wordpress API
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Voodoo Yachts
This project was oceans apart from any other job Philo had been involved with. Voodoo create luxurious yachts worthy of A-list celebrities. As well as looking beautiful, these boats are designed to go the distance which is a key selling point. Philo was enlisted to help communicate this in a clear and accurate way.
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Auckland International Airport: Enterprise Radio Management
Managing the operations of New Zealand’s largest airport is no mean feat. With a huge number of staff situated across various stations and regularly on the move, communication is key. Radio communication is widely used across the business and helps staff to connect freely. With many radios becoming lost or unaccounted for, a new system was desperately needed in order to streamline stocktake. Philo was asked to step in and help our partner Calo deliver the solution.
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Bigfoot Benefits & Payback Calculator
A complex benefits calculator which combines many inputs to determine the value added to the customer
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Afternoon Design Studio
Afternoon Studio is a Tauranga-based design company that specialises in branding. Cam Attwood (the owner) approached Philo to create his website. This project was fairly light on software and focussed primarily on the user experience. Cam has some great projects to showcase so it was a matter of getting these across in a clear, functional way. It was also important that site visitors could navigate their way through key information and find exactly what they needed.
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The Beauty Store
The Beauty Store is an online retailer specialising in beauty products including haircare, fragrances, nail products, and more. The Beauty Store came to Philo as they knew that in order to be competitive in the international market they would need to improve their website style and functionality. They had previously engaged another software development company but found their needs were not met. Philo brought them into the digital world by building upon and linking with existing core applications.
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Implementing AI in Our App: A Journey to Job Efficiency
In today's fast-paced world, efficiency is key. For Job Efficiency, we recognized the need to empower our users—many of whom are non-technical—to create automations quickly and effectively. While our software is designed to be user-friendly, we observed a significant drop-off among users who found the process confusing or lacked the time to learn how to create automations. This challenge led us to implement AI in our app, and the journey has been transformative.
Chasing the last few points of pagespeed
Optimising a website to get the last few points in Google Pagespeed score can be a hard task, but starting with the right technology stack can make it significantly easier.
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