Your business relies on its systems. But are they on your side, or working against you?
When off-the-shelf software doesn’t do the job, talk to us about a custom-designed and built solution.
Most businesses piece together five different tools and spend half their day working around their software's limitations. Yorb builds custom software that fits your processes - so your team spends time doing their jobs, not fighting their tools.
Sound familiar?
You've tried the off-the-shelf options. Some of them are almost right. But "almost" means workarounds, and workarounds mean wasted time. And that means money walking out the door.
Half of NZ small businesses are running software tools in silos rather than integrating them, costing the equivalent of one full working day per week in manual workarounds.
MYOB Digitised But Disconnected, 2022 - Survey of 500+ NZ SMEs
Maybe your team is copying data between systems that don't talk to each other? Perhaps you're managing a critical process in a spreadsheet that's become a monster no one fully understands. Or, on the other hand, you may have just outgrown your current software, but the "upgrade" will cost more than it would solve.
Custom systems aren’t about prestige. They’re about removing the friction that's slowing your business down.
What "business systems" actually means
These aren't mobile apps. They're purpose-built, web-based tools that run in a browser and are designed around the way your business actually works.
Automate the repetitive manual tasks your team does every day - approvals, notifications, data entry, and report generation. Built on Microsoft Power Automate or custom-developed, depending on what fits best.
Custom Business Tools & Portals
Client portals, staff intranets, job management tools, booking systems, compliance trackers - built specifically for your business and accessible from any browser.
System Integrations
Your CRM doesn't talk to your accounting software. Your job management system doesn't feed your reporting. We connect your existing tools so data flows where it needs to - without anyone copying it by hand.
SharePoint & Microsoft 365 Development
If your business runs on Microsoft 365, there's a significant chance you're underusing it. We build SharePoint intranets, automate workflows with Power Automate, and develop Power Apps that extend what Microsoft 365 can do for your team and business.
Reporting Dashboards
Real-time visibility into what's happening in your business. No more end-of-month spreadsheet marathons. We build dashboards that pull from your existing systems and show you what matters, when you need it.
You might need this if…
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Someone on your team spends hours each week copying data between non-integrated systems
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You're managing something important, like job tracking, compliance, or client records, in a spreadsheet
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Your systems produce data, but getting a useful report means an hour in Excel
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You're using five different tools, and none of them gives you a complete picture
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You've looked at off-the-shelf software only to find that the closest option only offers 70% of what you need
If these issues sound familiar, you don't need a software company. You need a technology partner who understands your business, can build something that actually fits, and will still be there to support it in the years to come.
This isn't our whole business - and that's a good thing
Yorb's core business is managed IT. We look after the technology environments of hundreds of NZ businesses every day. That means when we build a business system for you, we're not guessing at how it will be maintained, secured, and supported - we already know, because that's what we do.
A standalone software agency hands you a finished product and moves on. Yorb builds something into your environment, on your infrastructure, and the same team that manages your IT maintains it.
We have a unique industry, and they’ve taken the time to really understand what we do and how we do it. Have they digitally transformed our business? Absolutely. They’ve eliminated disconnected manual processes and replaced them with digital systems that automate our workflow, and centralise our data, making us more efficient and accurate. We couldn’t be more impressed with Yorb, or what they’ve done for us.
Sharon Tozer, CEO, NZIMLS
From concept to working software – without the mystery
Step 1: Understand the friction
We spend time learning where your team loses time, where data goes wrong, and what a better outcome looks like. We ask plain-language questions and don't assume we know your business.
Step 2: Recommend the right approach
Sometimes the answer is Microsoft Power Automate. Sometimes it's a custom web application. Other times, it's a better configuration of what you already have. We'll tell you honestly which one applies.
Step 3:Build and test
We build in short cycles so you can see progress and give feedback as we go. Nothing is a surprise at the end.
Step 4: Deploy and support
We make sure your team can use what we've built, and we're here when questions come up. We make ongoing developments to it as your needs evolve.
Questions worth asking
Simpler automations and integrations can often be delivered in days. More complex custom tools take longer. We'll give you a fixed-price quote before any work begins. And we'll tell you honestly if a $50/month off-the-shelf tool would do the job just as well.
No. We work with businesses on specific projects independently. That said, if you're also looking for ongoing IT support, bundling both typically makes good sense.
We build with change in mind. And because Yorb is your ongoing technology partner - not a project team that disappears - we can adapt what we've built as your business evolves.
Not at all. Our job is to translate between your business needs and the technology that serves them. You describe the problem in plain language; we handle the rest.
