Veracity Systems
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Veracity Systems
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaVeracity Systems is a publisher of business database application software primarily for the small to medium business market.
Veracity (ve.rac.i.tee) n. pl.
Accurate, precise, conforming truthfully, adhering to the facts.
System
System
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Interrelated, organised, interacting parts that form a working whole. A condition of harmonious, orderly interaction.
Located in Toowoomba, Queensland
Toowoomba, Queensland
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Australia
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, the company publishes application software in several vertical markets as well as bespoke solutions.
History
Mark Chimes founded the company in 1987 and has remained with the company since its inception, initially offering only bespoke solutions to the marketplace. From 1991 to 2001, Veracity Systems, operating as The Computer Terminal held service agreements for many of Australia's largest technology companies. These included WANGWANG
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. The service portion of the business was sold in 2001 with Veracity concentrating on developing software applications. In 2003, Veracity Systems published their Workman application which established them as a serious contended in the CMMS application software market. A registered Trade Mark certificate was awarded on the 2nd June 2004. In 2005, Veracity published Touch Till, a Point of Sale (POS) application specifically written to make use of the emerging trend towards touch screen terminals in the retail industry.
Notable works
Veracity Systems is best known for its WORKman software application. There are a number of derivative works including CRANEman, COACHman and DOORman - all providing an industry specific solution to a universal issue.Touch Till is a point-of-sale application that provides a large list of functionality to a broad range of retail industries.
While Workman has been the company's flagship product, it is expected that Touch Till will soon take this position.
WORKman
WORKman was an in-house job control and task management application written for Veracity Systems' sister company The Computer Terminal. After selling The Computer Terminal in 2001, Mr. Chimes read an article by Roger D. Evans in Maintenance World that prompted the re-development and released to market of a new WORKman in 2004. Derivative works based on WORKman include DOORman, CRANEman and COACHman; each addressing specific issues or procedures found in their related industries.Touch Till
Veracity Systems was invited to develop a Point-of-Sale (POS) system in 2003. Customer response after release to market was favorable and Touch Till was the generic product release that resulted. Touch Till was developed specifically with the newly emerging touch screen technologies in mind and modules were provided for retail, wholesale, hospitality, and service industries.Originally sold via Casio Australia's top dealer , Veracity recently made the decision to market Touch Till directly to the channel. While Workman has been the company's flagship product, it is expected that Touch Till will soon take this position.