Resolving Business Management Problems

Improving business practices and resolving business management problems through the effective use of IT and Business Applications is what IMS are all about. Whether this is through support services for your existing system, or through development of new applications to optimise your business processes we can enhance your system. We can help you achieve effective

IBMi Application Development

If you need more from your IBM i environment  IMS application development services can deliver new, bespoke applications by updating them, adding new features, integrating them into a new environment, extending their functionality or improving their performance. We’ll work with you to identify how you need your applications to fully support your operational needs and

Making Tax Digital – Filling all the Boxes

For an easy migration to Making Tax Digital your system needs to not only produce the nine boxes of data required by HMRC but also to provide accurate data. MTD regulations preclude the use of Excel in 2020. This means that all adjustments in system data will need to be done live prior to producing your

IBM Licencing – Time to Review?

IBM are currently having a re-licencing “fire sale”. If you have an older product on which you are no longer paying SWMA or maintenance you may be able to avoid paying the usual fee to get it reinstated. It may also help if you want to move licenses to newer systems, saving you money in

Remote Monitoring

Monitoring your system remotely has distinct advantages, it means that problems can be identified before they become issues and in most cases  resolved without fuss or disruption. It means you don’t necessarily have to have qualified support specialists on site, or constantly available, and experienced IBMi support specialists are difficult to find. And it can

Automatic Reporting from your iSeries

The new emailing tool from IMS provides you with hassle free emailing of reports, documents and data files from your iSeries.  It is suitable for use with Query/400 output or any iSeries file and with a small amount of customisation provides emailing of invoices, statements, remittances, order acknowledgements, purchase orders, etc. Additionally, PDF documents with

Making Tax Digital – Bridging Product

It’s not just about installing a MTD bridge! For the requirements of MTD to be effective and deliver you benefits in time and accuracy, MTD needs to be a fully integrated part of your finance processes and systems. Our expertise in System 21 finance applications, makes us the natural partner to simplify and optimise your

Confirmation of Payee deadline extended to 30 June 2020

At the beginning of August 2019, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) issued a specific direction to the UK’s six largest banking groups covering around 90 per cent of current accounts, to fully implement Confirmation of Payee by 31 March 2020. In response to the impact of Covid-19  they have now extended this deadline to 30

Working from Home

The lockdown experience meant that more of us than ever before were rapidly set up for working from home. Many of the systems in use may have been deployed on very short timeframes in response to the pandemic. It is now clear that working from home can be a viable longterm solution for many businesses