{"id":24,"date":"2026-09-15T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/business-software\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:19:33","slug":"business-software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/services\/business-software","title":{"rendered":"Business software for awkward and fragile workflows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-service-page=\"business-software\" data-service-category=\"build\" data-service-product-source=\"renderer\">\n<nav class=\"shell service-breadcrumb service-breadcrumb--app\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<a class=\"gb-text\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/services\">Services &amp; prices<\/a>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/<\/span>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/services#build\">Build<\/a>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/<\/span>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Business software<\/span>\n<\/nav>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"app-hero section-surface\" data-section-spacing=\"normal\" data-section-surface=\"inherit\">\n<div class=\"grid-lines\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"shell app-hero__grid\">\n<div class=\"app-hero__copy\">\n<span class=\"gb-text eyebrow\">Business software, properly handled<\/span>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-text\">Replace one fragile process with a system your team can rely on.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">We map how the work happens, improve existing tools where possible and build only when that is the sensible answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"actions\">\n<a class=\"gb-text button button--acid\" href=\"#app-offers\">See the review and price <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/contact?service=app-map#enquiry-form-title\">Discuss the workflow <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"app-workflow-demo section-surface\" data-section-spacing=\"normal\" data-section-surface=\"inherit\" id=\"working-example\" aria-labelledby=\"app-workflow-demo-title\">\n<div class=\"shell app-workflow-demo__shell\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\" id=\"app-workflow-demo-title\">See the difference a small system can make.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">This working quotation example shows the principle: collect information once, keep the status visible and leave the consequential decision with a person. It is a demonstration, not a claimed client result.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-workflow-demo__window\" aria-label=\"Example quotation workflow from request to approved customer quote\">\n<div class=\"app-workflow-demo__bar\">\n<span class=\"gb-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Quote workspace<\/span>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Demonstration<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-workflow-demo__body\">\n<aside>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">QUOTE 024<\/span>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Workshop shelving<\/span>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li class=\"gb-text is-complete\">Request received<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text is-complete\">Choices collected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text is-current\">Owner approval<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Send to customer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-workflow-demo__quote\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Prepared quotation<\/span>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">Workshop shelving<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Draft<\/span>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Site visit<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">\u00a3180<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Materials and finish<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">\u00a32,100<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Build and installation<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">\u00a31,200<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-total\">\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Total<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">\u00a33,480<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-workflow-demo__approval\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Next decision<\/span>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Waiting for owner approval<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Approve quote<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"app-workflow-demo__outcomes\">\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Choices collected once<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Price checked by a person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Customer sees a clear status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"software-fit section-surface\" data-section-spacing=\"normal\" data-section-surface=\"inherit\" id=\"software-fit\" aria-labelledby=\"software-fit-title\">\n<div class=\"shell software-fit__shell\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\" id=\"software-fit-title\">The answer is not always a new app.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">We choose the lightest dependable intervention. The review makes that choice explicit before a larger build is proposed.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"software-fit__routes\">\n<article>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">01<\/span>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">Improve what you have<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">When<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">One person or team needs a better form, view, template or configuration.<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Result<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Keep the existing tool and remove the immediate friction.<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<article>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">02<\/span>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">Automate a known hand-off<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">When<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">A clear trigger should move information or prepare an action between existing systems.<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Result<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Connect the repeatable step and keep exceptions visible.<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/services\/automations\">See workflow automation <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<article>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">03<\/span>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">Build shared software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">When<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Several people need the same records, roles, status, history or customer-facing workspace.<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Result<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Design a bounded system around the work that genuinely needs to be shared.<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text software-fit__boundary\"><strong>Outside the first scope<\/strong>Usually not a fit: speculative consumer apps, marketplaces without a tested operating model, or regulated, safety-critical and money-custody systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section section--paper app-grid-section section-surface\" data-section-spacing=\"normal\" data-section-surface=\"inherit\" id=\"app-offers\" aria-labelledby=\"app-offers-title\">\n<div class=\"shell\">\n<div class=\"section-heading section-heading--split\">\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\" id=\"app-offers-title\">Begin with a useful piece of work\u2014not an open-ended build.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The paid review produces material you can use, including when the recommendation is not to hire Mavie for a build.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-entry-offer\">\n<div class=\"app-entry-offer__copy\">\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Mavie App Map<\/span>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">Workflow &amp; software review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">We examine one process with the people, tools, information and failure points that make it real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"app-entry-offer__deliverables\">\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Current process and failure-point map<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Users, access, data and integration dependencies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Improve, buy, automate, build or stop comparison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Proposed screen or workflow direction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"gb-text\">Indicative total budget, timing and fixed next-step proposal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text app-entry-offer__rescue\">Already have code or an AI-built prototype? The same first review becomes a Rescue Review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-entry-offer__decision\">\n<dl class=\"app-offer-card__facts\">\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Price<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">\u00a3950<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Timing<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Usually one working week once access and context are ready<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">You leave with<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">A process map, options comparison and costed next step<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text button button--ink\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/contact?service=app-map#enquiry-form-title\">Buy &amp; book the review \u2014 \u00a3950 <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-route-next\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">If custom software is the right answer.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The review gives later work an order. You do not choose these stages now, and no stage begins without its scope and price agreed in writing.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"app-route-next__list\">\n<span class=\"gb-text mavie-small-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">02<\/span>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Working prototype<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">One important workflow, realistic test data and a private preview people can use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Price<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Fixed quote from the review<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Timing<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Usually one to two weeks<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Outcome<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">A private workflow people can test<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">03<\/span>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Production build<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The approved workflow becomes a secure, tested and ownable application.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Price<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Total budget and stages agreed before build<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Timing<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Staged around approved milestones<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Outcome<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">A documented application and handover<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">04<\/span>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Ongoing care<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Monitoring, recovery, updates and a named support route after launch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Price<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Written monthly scope before launch<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Timing<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Monthly, without unnecessary lock-in<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<dt>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Outcome<\/span>\n<\/dt>\n\n\n\n<dd>\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Monitoring, recovery and support<\/span>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section section--ink section-surface\" data-section-spacing=\"normal\" data-section-surface=\"inherit\" aria-labelledby=\"proof-title\">\n<div class=\"shell proof-note\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\" id=\"proof-title\">Mavie remains responsible for the recommendation.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The first review can recommend improving or buying existing software, a small automation, a custom build\u2014or stopping. No build begins without a written scope, price for the agreed stage, recurring service costs and approval boundary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section section--white section-surface\" data-section-spacing=\"normal\" data-section-surface=\"inherit\">\n<div class=\"shell\">\n<div class=\"section-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">Before you commission business software.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"faq-list\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What exactly do I receive for \u00a3950?<span aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">A map of the current process and its failure points, the relevant users, data and dependencies, a comparison of realistic options, a proposed workflow or screen direction, and an indicative total budget with a fixed proposal for the agreed next step.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>How do you decide between automation and custom software?<span aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Automation connects a known trigger and action between tools you already use. Custom software is justified when several people need a shared record, roles, status, history or customer workspace that existing tools cannot provide cleanly.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What does the later work cost?<span aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The review establishes an indicative total budget and a fixed price for the agreed next stage. No build starts until the stage, price, third-party costs, ownership and circumstances that could change the price are written down.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Can you rescue software started with AI or another developer?<span aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Yes. The first step becomes a Rescue Review covering the code, deployment, data, access and the safest route forward. It may recommend retaining only part of what already exists.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Who owns the code, accounts and data?<span aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The proposal states the exact terms. The normal direction is customer-owned accounts, exportable code and data, and no unnecessary dependence on Mavie.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What kinds of project do you not take on?<span aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">We are not the right first partner for regulated, safety-critical or money-custody systems. We also avoid speculative consumer apps and marketplaces until the underlying service and operating model have been tested.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"painted-contact section-surface\" data-section-spacing=\"normal\" data-section-surface=\"inherit\" id=\"contact\">\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">Which process needs a proper decision?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Describe who does the work now, what gets copied, chased or lost, and what a dependable result would change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text painted-button painted-button--cream\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/contact?service=app-map#enquiry-form-title\">Book the review <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve one costly or fragile business process using existing tools, automation or custom software, starting with a bounded \u00a3950 review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}