Process automation
Approvals, notifications, documents and hand-offs done by software, not by hand.
- Approval workflows
- Notifications and reminders
- Zapier, Make and n8n automations
Part of Business Systems
When the spreadsheet has become the business
We turn the Excel files, Google Sheets and paper forms your business depends on into software that many people can use at once, safely, with a record of every change.
Flexible payment, agreed with each business.
Tools we connect and automate with
- Off-the-shelf automation, set up properly
- Off-the-shelf automation, set up properly
- Self-hosted automation
- Bots, notifications and enquiries
- Bakong QR payments and bank transfers
Where the process needs logic these tools cannot hold, we build it. Names and marks belong to their owners. We build with these tools; no partnership, endorsement or certification is implied.
Spreadsheet to Software
Spreadsheets are where most business systems begin, and for a while they are perfect. Then there are five copies, nobody knows which is current, a formula breaks silently, and the person who understands it goes on holiday. The paper forms have the same problem: they cannot be searched, shared or summed. That is the point to build something proper.
We start from the spreadsheet you have, because it already describes the process. We map the columns, the rules and the reports, build a system with real permissions, a history of every change and reporting that does not depend on formulas, then migrate the existing data across. Your team keeps the parts of Excel they like: exports, and imports where they still make sense.
Why have it built by Baal
Permissions, not a shared file
Each person sees and edits what their role allows. No more emailing the master copy around.
A history of every change
Who changed what, when, and what it was before, so mistakes can be found and undone.
Reporting without the formulas
Totals, trends and exceptions produced by the system, not by a cell someone might overwrite.
What we build
Process and spreadsheet mapping
Working through the sheets, forms and habits to understand what the system must actually do.
Data migration
Moving existing records out of Excel, Google Sheets and paper into a proper database, cleaned on the way.
Forms that replace paper
Entry screens on desktop and phone for the things currently written down: requests, checks, logs, counts.
Roles and permissions
Owners, managers, staff and outside parties each with the access their job needs.
Change history and audit trail
Every edit recorded, so figures can be trusted and questions answered.
Reports, dashboards and exports
The numbers on screen, and an export to Excel whenever you still need one.
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Custom CRM
A CRM built around how you sell, with smart tools built in, and owned by you.
- Lead and enquiry inbox
- Sales pipeline
- Customer records
Internal tools & CRM
Custom CRM, staff portals and admin tools built around how your team works.
- Custom CRM
- Lead and enquiry management
- Customer and staff portals
POS & inventory
Point-of-sale, stock control and multi-branch reporting, with card and QR payments at the till.
- Point-of-sale
- Inventory and stock control
- Barcodes and labels
Business Systems
The tools your team works in every day, built around how your business actually runs.
- Internal tools and dashboards
- Process and workflow automation
- CRM and customer management
How we work
- 01
Understand
We learn how the business works day to day and where the friction actually is.
- 02
Propose
We set out what we would build and the timescale in a written quote before anything starts.
- 03
Build
We build in stages and put working software in front of your team as it progresses.
- 04
Support
We stay on for updates, fixes, and changes as the way you work changes.
Weighing a white-label platform?
See what a custom build gives you that renting does not: your own app listing, your code, your data, and changes when you ask.
Frequently asked questions
Will we lose the flexibility of a spreadsheet?
You lose the ability to break things by accident, and you keep the ability to change. New fields, new reports and new rules are quick to add, and we stay on to add them as the business changes.
Can we keep using Excel for some things?
Yes. Most systems we build export to Excel on demand, and where it makes sense they import from it too. The system becomes the source of truth; Excel becomes a tool you use with it rather than the thing everything depends on.
What happens to the data we already have?
We migrate it. Existing records are cleaned, checked with you and loaded into the new system before go-live, so day one starts with your history intact rather than a blank screen.