CGram Software is a Swansea-based software authoring company established in 1982. It provides accounting software,

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(ERP), CRM,

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and

supply chain management software Supply-chain-management software (SCMS) is the software tools or modules used in executing supply chain transactions, managing supplier relationships and controlling associated business processes. Supply chain management maximizes the efficiency of ...

for small to medium-sized companies, and has a long history in the

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and

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commercial world.

History

CGram Software was founded by Emrys Jones and Terry Crook in 1982.Companies House
/ref> They started developing a Unix manufacturing system. Jones was at that time being actively involved with

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(the UK's Unix & Open Systems User Group), becoming temporary chairman in 1982 and was Chairman of the European Unix User Group until 1985.UKUUG (the UK's Unix & Open Systems User Group)
/ref> CGram Software started shipping the first Unix Manufacturing system in 1984 written in 'C',Mini-micro systems, V.16, p116, 1983 being sold on Plexus and Arete machines. These were Motorola MC68000 based machines. The problem with the MC68000 was that every manufacturer had its own system of memory addressing, which made portability a challenge for software add-on vendors. To solve this, CGram introduced their '68000Fix' product, which processed the relocation information in a program and converted the program to work on the required target. This allowed CGram to offer their manufacturing system on a variety of other MC68000 systems, such as Fortune & Sperry. This system implemented a just-in-time business model with Supplier Chain management for synchronous supply in 1987. The implementation at Ikeda Hoover was the subject of a case study into manufacturing for synchronous supply in 2002. Ikeda Hoover Case Study
/ref> It was later extended with a full

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system for final assembly in 1990. In 1998, the company discontinued its original manufacturing system, developing a new ERP system with a desktop client written in

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and Swing communicating over the

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with server-side software written in C.

Recognition

* Winner of Best Linux Business Provider Solution 2005 - UK Linux & Open Source Awards (Formerly

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Awards) Linux Awards
* Runner up Best Mid Range Software Package,

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Awards 2005.Accountancy Age Awards
/ref> * Shortlisted for Best Business Software Supplier 2005 - Computing
.

References

External links

Official Website
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History

Recognition

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