t a n g e n t   c o m p u t e r   r e s e a r c h  works closely with clients, both large and small, to supply bespoke applications. Company expertise is based upon years of hands-on experience, providing software solutions for industry and commerce, while a young and enthusiastic work-force provides committment and attention to detail. tangent programmers are expert in

• 'C'
• BASIC (various flavours)
• Dataflex (Database System)
• Brieve (Database System)
• Unix

case studies:

KMAC Group: this is a Northern Ireland company, part of the Pilkingtons Group, specialising in the supply of cut glass and double glazed units.

For KMAC tangent designed and wrote a complete sales order processing system under Novelle. This integrated into their accounting systems (also supplied and implemented by tangent), into glass cutting optimisation software and ultimately into numerically controlled cutting tables. (Conventional SOP software is not suitable for the glass industry.) Other projects there have included job costing (part of the payroll system) written in C; FIFO stock control and Unix-Novelle connectivity. tangent is currently involved in the implementation of a graphics system to print large scale leaded glass designs. No suitable software has yet been identified for this task. Our programmers plan is to write this from scratch using Postscript.
 tangent remain the chief computer consultants at KMAC, helping with the specification of all aspects of their computer system (roughly 35 terminals). We are involved in wiring, hardware, software, location, safety aspects and cost effective sourcing.

Bell Poultry: Crossgar

For Bell Poultry, tangent programmers wrote a very specialised and comprehensive stock control system. tangent were responsible for all engineering aspects of this, from initial design to coding, installation and support. Bell's system predicts weights of birds housed from one day to 100 days. Return weights were compared to a growth profile for the breed and statistics produced. The system predicts the location of birds of a particular weight and gender and reduces stock when these are harvested. Depending on returned weights, the system indicates which killing line to use. It also gave route suggestions for transport managers. The software suggested cage packing densities and the number of cages needed per lorry. This project won grant approval from LEDU. It involved about 6,000 lines of C code and took one year to develop fully.

For further information, contact:

t a n g e n t    c o m p u t e r    r e s e a r c h

Benburb, Dungannon,
Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland BT71 7LN
tel. 02837 548074
mb. 0780 2572441
fax. 0870 0520185

e-mail: joe@tangent-research.com