Welcome to Amba

Alan Miles

My name is Alan Miles. I trade as “Amba”, which is an acronym for “Alan Miles Business Automation”, because that’s my primary focus.

I make the complex simple, and present business processes in a way that is easy to understand. Once any obvious improvements have been made, automation of the processes can provide significant business transformation. Have you considered using more automation in your business?

Piecing together a mosaic of people, objectives, strategy and technology!

It has been stated, "Evolve or die!". Responsiveness to change starts with understanding how your business does what it does best and the external factors that affect it. What sets your business apart from others, and how can that be improved? My part in answering that challenge is in business process modelling - providing a deep understanding of the business, what makes it unique, and how improvements can be made without compromise. Further opportunities for improvement may come through automation and integration.

I invite you to work with me to get a clearer understanding of your business processes and to identify possible areas for improvement.

		Improve the quality of products and services delivered to customers.
		Improve profitability.
		Improve satisfaction – your own, your staff's, and your customers'.

I have been a developer in various ways for my whole career, but I have a broader experience than most.

I offer the following services:

		Business Process Modelling. This is the first step in any program intended to improve the way in which a business operates. Discover and document what your staff know about how things are done - capture their experience before they are no longer working with you. Analyse how improvements can be made and provide a foundation for automation, if that could be beneficial. Finiancial grants are available to do this work.
		Business Process Automation. I can offer a powerful yet affordable business process automation system called "Enact", that can integrate physical systems with manual operations! It provides a safe, effective and economic means to carry out process improvement, integration and automation. Finiancial grants are available to do this work. Ask me!
		I'm a .Net developer using C^# for Windows^® Forms and .Net Core projects. I can also offer web app development using .Net Blazor and .Net Maui.
		Expert developer with 35 years of experience developing and supporting systems hosted on Pick^®and D^3® multidimensional databases.
		Role of Product Owner or general advisor in systems development.

I am a good listener, an analytical thinker, an effective communicator, and can be diplomatic when I need to be. I can work with the business owner to create unique solutions to problems and go on to guide a project to success. I get great satisfaction from helping a project succeed and work hard to ensure that this happens. I love what I do and know that what I have to offer is valuable in today’s ever-changing business environment.

For virtually all my career to date I have been a shareholder, director and employee of businesses I have established. So although I am a “technician” first and foremost, I have a much broader perspective and the experience to recognise the complex needs of business. Also, most of the background details I have provided are in the context of working my businesses with many client companies at the same time.

I have the experience to understand the needs of management, and to communicate ideas in non-technical terms to all involved. I like to develop a close relationship with my customers - to be a trusted ally and have the satisfaction of seeing what I do make a real difference for the better. Innovation is necessary in every aspect of business today, so that you stand out from the rest, for the quality, consistency and design of your products and services.

Contact me - I make no charge for my first consultation, and there is no obligation to take the contact any further. Talk to me - you will not regret it!