We are suffering from laziness – I created an architecture for our inventory before we bought Production Assistant, all the way down to individual items, but it wasn’t adhered to that well when the inventory was entered, so that bites us every day. I will overhaul that part at Christmas.

Production Assistant has made us more aware of the amount that we are providing for nothing in our hires (and therefore not recovering anything to replace those assets with), made recurring hires much more efficient, and has increased manyfold our tracking of items. Each of those items alone is worth the cost of subscription. Once the inventory has been overhauled and the packaging of items is complete, I think it will have made a profound effect on the way in which we do business.

Steven Carpinter Hang-Up Entertainment Services Ltd New Zealand
www.hangup.co.nz

“AV1 supplies production for conferences and events all over Australia. We have been using Production Assistant software for three years now on Apple Macs using Windows Vista through Parallels. We have seven users and are just about to enter our 4000th job. It is a very stable system that we run 24/7. The programme runs at excellent speeds and very rarely has any issues. A great feature of PA2 is that it saves as you enter so you never lose information, even if your computer goes offline. If we have an issue starting PA2 up, we just set off the Data Table Maintenance application and it fixes the issue straight away.

We also run PA remotely using a remote desktop connection straight from Mac. This allows us to input and update quotes while we are on the road at similar speeds to being in the office.We have also started using Production Assistant on our iPhones with great success! PA2 is an essential production tool for AV1 and we love it!”
Keith Wootton – AV1

“I use Production Assistant most of the day every day and its made my life so much easier congratulations on an awesome product and thanks again.”
Stuart Jarman – Active Sound

“Yesterday was a busy day I had three large quotes to get out along with about 10 other small dry hires or mods & changes. Most of the day I was by myself and as usual the phone was ringing hot. But when I got home last night I realised some thing was different. It was a crazy day at the office but I got everything done. You know what … PA made it happen. Looking back it really helped me spit out quote after quote with little fuss. I’m quite impressed. I even got right into it changing the sequence of the components adding headings, adding notes, contacts etc. I reckon you’ve done good Mr Gibson. Keep up the great work.”
Lex Strauss

“Having such a fantastic program that all employees can work on simultaneously has made our organisation work so much more efficiently. With the quoting process, equipment tracking, asset management and having fingertip access to our customer/client database has made a phenomenal difference to the running of the company, with employees able to easily access information about hires, equipment lists for preparation of shows and costings. The user-friendly interface makes it a great program for use by all staff members of all computer knowledge levels.”
Megan Ward, Concert and Corporate Productions.

“Production Assistant is even better in the second year for us. The data base for repeat business is invaluable. “
Darren Holborow, LX Productions.

“I have been using PA2 now since the pre release in 2001 and it is making my job a lot easier!!! I can now ascertain my stock levels when they go out the door knowing who has the item when its back and whether I need to x-hire more. I have tried ********** and ****************** and this product is not only much easier and cheaper with the same functions but has the ability to be more powerful! It is improving every month in the front of my eyes so give it a TRY!!”
Stuart Sinclair, Morning Glory Productions

“Gets my vote. I’ve tried the rest now get the best…”
Bill Coghill, Bill Coghill Design