References and success stories
Calderón Sport is a Spanish company with over 30 years of experience in sales and distribution of sporting goods. In its 30 stores, the Spanish retailer uses 4D-based PowerShop for sales, cashiers, purchasing, billing, reports, inventory control and more.
Caramelo is one of Spain's leading names in fashion. The company has more than 30 years of market experience, with retail presence in 27 countries such as Saudi Arabia, Greece, Chile, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, Kuwait, Mexico, Portugal and Russia.
«This case study demonstrates that 4D can be used to develop systems that, in the past, required a large project team, a mainframe computer and a multi million pound budget.»
Ed Coxon
Software Developer, Advanced Technology Integration
Catering Service is dedicated to the manufacture, sale, lease and renovation of industrial kitchen items. The company uses Una Base, a 4D solution developed by UNA to manage and control all the processes from the receipt of client orders to the payment of provider invoices.
Christie's are the world's leading art business with global auctions and private sales that totaled £3.3 billion in 2010. Using an adapted version of 4D-powered Matrix CMS by the UK's Matrix Software, users can log into the content management system via a browser from any of Christie's 57 offices.
Chukyo Sansho Corporation (CSC) was founded in 1949 in Nagoya, Japan. They have three main businesses in the fields of high pressure gas and welding, new building products, and electronics. Their 4D-based business systems control sales management, stocks, accounting and more via 4D's client/server and web server capabilities.
Cinéart has distributed all kinds of hand-picked films through various media for about 30 years. They were first established on the Belgian and Luxembourg markets and then expanded into the Netherlands with the birth of their new business in 2008. Their accounting, commercial & schedule management software is developed with 4D.
Founded in 1975, Cités Unies France allows the cooperation of local self-governments in France at an international level. The organization assists communities to develop their international activities. A 4D-based application manages contacts in working groups, manages emails, performs complex searches to aid in Cités Unies France's cooperative initiatives.
The City of Dallas, Texas, Water Utilities (DWU) uses XC2 "FOG" Software, built with 4D, to manage their proactive and very successful grease abatement program, "Cease the Grease". "FOG" stands for "Fats, Oil and Grease", materials that can cause sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). SSOs can result in property damage, strong odors, and environmental, health and safety problems.
The city of Oullins, France, located near Lyon, has over 26,000 inhabitants. Seven of its council services produce or use images for administrative and legal affairs, cleaning, technical services, communications, record-keeping, printing, and parks. 4D-based Ajaris published by Orkis is employed to distribute multimedia content and manage its image archive.