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Business Process Automation – The Hottest Thing In Business Now
Business Process Automation, or BPA, is the hottest structure to hit businesses across industries now.
In fact, according to the research firm, Gleanster, almost 80 per cent of all top-performing companies are driving marketing strategy and cutting down on repetitive and time-consuming tasks by using business automation system. Whether it’s in the form of automated emailers, automated chat responses, automated exchange of information between two APIs, automated communication between your business and any Kiwi bank or IRD, it all works out for the best and is sure to speed up conversions for your business.
Consider this – A potential customer or client contacted you via email or chat (if you use any), but you are not available at the moment. Maybe you’re in a different time zone altogether. In this case, you may be late to respond to the potential buyer. But with an automated system, we can set it up to immediately send an introductory email from you to your potential customer. This makes it appear as if you leapt into action almost immediately upon hearing your customer’s call/message. Leaving them impressed with your speedy service. Whereas, the old-fashioned way of handling everything on your own means that this potential customer would’ve lost interest, forgotten about you, and moved on. You’ve lost a lead right there.
FACT
According to a study by Experian Marketing Services, welcome emails have an open rate of nearly 58 per cent. That percentage jumps to 88 per cent if the welcome email is sent within a few seconds. Whereas, promotional emails have an open rate of less than 15 per cent.
A different response can be set up for different scenario depending on what the customer clicks, or the keywords used in the chat system. Each case can be tailor-made to answer a customer’s enquiry as if it were you. And all you had to do is follow the conversations via your phone if you want to. You only have to personally respond when you deem it necessary.
Nearly all big corporations use automated system – think UBER, pizza orders, online ticket booking – but, business automation isn’t reserved just for big large companies. Small companies with even just about 2-3 employees too, can incorporate automation.
In one of our cases, we found that, in connecting a client with Inland Revenue, we’ve eradicated the need to import spreadsheets between Excel and Google Sheets eight times a day by simply automating this process.
But of course, some tasks simply should not be automated. These include creative thinking, content creation, design process, and most problem-solving material involving complex algorithm, coding, HTML development, and even testing. A human-touch is still needed for these aspects of a business in order for it to function properly, and possibly with a certain appeal.
With our experience in this field, Business Process Automation can be done in a very short time, but, it’s okay to start small and expand it in time.
So how is it done?
Most software comes with detailed API documentation, and some, even with examples of how to integrate these APIs. In layman’s terms, “make them talk to each other”.
While in some cases, it is possible to complete API integration within a very short time, in other’s, one may need a higher and more expertise developer in finding a solution – in these cases, the developer may have to rewrite the code before integration.
This is where companies like Tandem NZ steps in, get one of our professional software developers to come up with a solution and fix the issue. Your platform will be stable and with increased efficiency.
What exactly is API?
Let’s break it down to simple terms.
Imagine you stepped into a restaurant, ready to order from the menu, but the kitchen is the “system” where your order is made. So how do you place an order without having to step into the kitchen yourself? Simple. You call upon a waiter who will take your order, head into the kitchen, and come back out with your exact order. That waiter is the link between you and the system. In other words, that waiter is your API.
That is what we specialize in, integrating different APIs – between your business and the other businesses, between your organization and the banking system all over, between your company and IRD. Of course, this also includes integrating other software such as MYOB, XERO, and more into your platform, if that is your business requirement.
Do you want your website to give its users an option to sign up immediately via Facebook or Google? Hence skipping the long process of filing up forms? We can set it up by integrating both side’s APIs and simplifying the registration process.
That sounds simple. Can I do it on my own?
While the answer to that is “yes, you can”, you ought to keep in mind that most APIs nowadays need some security to keep it safe from bugs, crashing and malware. You basically need an API key, which can be bought, but some need to be developed from scratch, which we have the solutions for.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF INTEGRATING AUTOMATION WITH OUR CLIENT’S BUSINESSES:
Not all kinds of integration are called API. Depending on their function, they may be named differently, but let’s leave those technical details aside. Their end result is the same – Business Process Automation.
Customer Portal
Integrated ERP – This type of integration typically involves running big organizations. Its automation involves handling Project Management Systems, Human Resource Management Systems, and Employee Management Systems to name them broadly.
Vehicle check
Integrated HPI – This integration helps the user check the registration number of a vehicle and gives them a complete history of its use, past accidents involved in, mileage used, and more.
Online Payroll
Integrated API – This integration enables automatic communication between the company owner and IRD. It can link employees & employers, make payments and send out payslips automatically, and a lot more. It also communicates with all banking systems so the employer can directly make payments.
SAAS Accounting system
Integrated API – Almost similar to Your Payroll above, but the communication is more with IRD platform such as registering the business, filing and paying taxes, filing tax returns directly, assigning tax codes to employees which are then hooked on to IRD’s platform.
Vehicle Check in the Netherlands
Integrated HPI – Vehicle history and ownership check for the Netherlands.
Loyalty apps for POS supplier
Integrated POS – machines for making payment via card. Besides the above, most of our online work have integrations such as – Bank Payment Express, Social Media Plugins, Live Chat, Address Finder, Graph Plugin, as well as automated, scheduled and triggered email systems.
As a signing off, your business should not end with the customer making a purchase. That is actually just the start. Using BPA, after the first series of welcome emails to make them feel special, staying in touch is also important – whether it is to provide offers or business alerts, showing off new products/services, or just to give them information about your product or service, it all helps as a gentle nudge, a quick reminder. It is as effortless as blinking once the emailer is set up. Any activity or a purchase or just an enquiry will trigger the relevant email.
This allows you to keep in touch without remembering to do so, and while making you look like you’re an expert who’s on top of your game.
FACT
The probability of selling to an existing customer is 60 to 70 percent—compared with 5 to 20 per cent for a new prospect, according to the authors of Marketing Metrics.
Tandem NZ can help you to get your business process automated and increase revenue growth by cutting down manual work and processes. Contact us now. For more details on business process automation and web integration services, please visit our site right now.
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With over 20 years of content management system development experience using Umbraco platform In Christchurch, Canterbury, Auckland, and other regions of New Zealand, developing the back-end work for your organization is not complicated with us. From creating web apps to chat bots to automation, our combined technical expertise can deliver you the best of Umbraco
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PAYROLL - DON'T GET CAUGHT OUT
As of 1 April 2019 the way companies have to report payroll to the IRD is significantly changing in New Zealand. All employers need to ensure they are compliant. The new payday filing requirements mean employers will need to complete employee payments to the Inland Revenue (IRD) every pay run. A new seamless connection between IRD and your payroll system is needed to handle the increased reporting frequency.
This means every affected employer will need to either upgrade or replace their payroll system by 1 April 2019 in order to comply with their new reporting obligations.
As an employer if you file Employee Monthly Schedules(EMS) you will no longer need to through payday filing.
Any new employee will be able to complete a single form that combines their Tax code declaration(IR330) and Kiwisaver (KS2) deduction together.
Without exception, all New Zealand employers must start payday filing before 1 April 2019. If you have $50,000 or more of PAYE and superannuation contribution tax (ESCT) deductions each year then you will need to ensure your payroll system is payday filing compliant and review some of your internal payroll procedures.
When combined if PAYE and ESCT deductions are less than $50,000 a year you will have the option to file online or file paper. However, you will need to choose from the below-filing methods if you choose paper:
file all Employment Information Schedules within ten working days of paying staff, or;
file two Employment Information Schedules on the 15th and last day of each month.
Tandem NZ is one of the few companies in New Zealand who has successfully connected to the new IRD systems ensuring the complex payroll filing compliance is in place for its customers.
Talk to us about your payroll integration or Payroll upgrade options now to minimise disruption and ensure you are ready for 1 April 2019.
There is not that much time left until 1 April 2019 is that there are 50,000 New Zealand employers who need to transition into PayDay filing. You need to upgrade or replace your system and you need to start looking at this now. before it is too late.
At the same time we suggest you consider whether it is time to update your accounting and payroll software in general. Do they contain all the features you need now? Are they forcing you to have time-consuming manual processes that could be automated?
With Tandem NZ as your partner, you can start the review of your systems and what you need well before the deadline so you have time to consider your options before the inevitable last minute rush to be compliant with the new IRD rules.
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Top 8 Advantages of using ReactJS
The front-end ecosystem is constantly evolving and changing. The past few years have witnessed a massive growth in modern web and mobile applications. Powered by lightweight and sophisticated JavaScript libraries.
React is a JavaScript library used for building a user interface. It can be easily labeled as a best seller. This JavaScript was launched back in 2013.
Today ReactJS is maintained by Facebook, together with the developer community. React JS has achieved massive popularity because of its great looking user interfaces (UI).
In React JS, HTML and JavaScript are bound to collaborate side by side, it leverages faster web page load speed, it is SEO friendly and it also offers code re-usability by combining the two technologies.
The reason behind the popularity of React JS is its simplicity. Businesses were quick to grasp this technology. With ReactJS, it is easy to reap the benefits of code re-usability with hassle-free addition/modification of functionalities in the existing system.
Many companies at the top of their fields have identified the benefits of ReactJS in their business. The list of companies utilizing React in production include heavy weights like Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, Whatsapp, Salesforce, Uber, The New York Times, CNN,
Dropbox, DailyMotion, IMDB, Venmo, Paypal and Reddit, besides hundreds of other medium to large scale companies. To understand why business is converging towards the ReactJS, we need to know its primary features. Features that facilitate the creation of high performance and agile applications. In this article, we’ll cover all the advantages of using React JS.
8 Major advantage of using ReactJS
It facilitates the overall process of writing components
It boosts productivity and facilitates further maintenance
It ensures faster rendering
It guarantees stable code
SEO friendly
It comes with a helpful developer toolset
There is React Native for mobile app development
It is backed by a strong community
It facilitates the overall process of writing components
JavaScript has an optional syntax extension called JSX. JSX makes writing your own components much easier. It quotes HTML and makes a sub component rendering easier. In fact, it is a set of shortcuts for writing React. You can create elements with a few rules to make your source cleaner and simpler.
JSX has proven its benefits in building up of high-volume apps or custom components, excluding typos in large tree structures, and making it easier to convert from HTML mockups to ReactElement trees. Besides that, JSX provides information, warning and error message to React developers and it also helps to prevent code injections.
It boosts productivity and facilitates further maintenance
Often, updates turn into a headache because change in one component of the application can affect other components.
Just to solve this issue React was supplemented with the ability to reuse system components. Experts define this new component as one of the best features of React JS.
Designers appreciate the feature re-use, as it helps them to typically reemploy the same digital objects. Re-use ensures consistent app look and facilitates code base maintenance and growth.
It ensures faster rendering
Before building any high load application, it is essential to consider how the structure will impact the overall app performance.
To resolve this issue Facebook development team has introduced a Virtual Document Object Model (DOM). This is one the benefit of using React for heavy loaded and dynamic software solution.
As the name suggests “Virtual”, it is the virtual representation of the document object model, so all the changes are applied to the virtual DOM first and then, using the diff algorithm, the minimal scope of necessary DOM operations is calculated, later the real DOM tree is updated. The updation of the real DOM tree is to ensure that minimum time is consumed while rendering. This method guarantees a better user experience and higher app performance.
It guarantees stable code
ReactJS makes sure that the small changes taking place in the child structures won’t affect their parents, that’s why it uses only downward data flow. To ensure code stability in changing an object, developers just modify its state, make changes, and, after that, only particular components will be updated, this also ensures continuous app performance.
SEO friendly
ReactJS has the ability to deal with a common search engine failure to read JavaScript-heavy apps. To do this, React run on the server, rendering and returning the virtual DOM to the browser as a regular web page.
It comes with a helpful developer toolset
One of the important advantages of ReactJS is its coverage with debugging and design tools. React Developer Tools is a browser extension which is available for both the Chrome and Firefox. This browser extension enables developers to find the child and parent components, it helps to observe reactive component hierarchies and inspect their current state and props.
There is React Native for mobile app development
React follows same design pattern and it facilitates the same transition process on the web and mobile application development. You can build a rich UI for native apps supported by both iOS and Android platforms with plain JavaScript and React .
Some other advantages of ReachJS in mobile app development are its portability and ability to reuse components ,real-time reload and modular architecture,supported by an open source, and generous ecosystem.
It is backed by a strong community
Currently, the React library is supported by Facebook and Instagram engineering teams, along with some external experts and users can ask their questions on Stack Overflow, Discussion forum, Reactiflux Chart, Freenode IRC, social media platforms and many others.
At Tandem NZ, we have a well-qualified team of JavaScript experts. We are React core contributors, open source supporters, and creative thinkers. We believe in contributing towards improving the modern web. One of the ways we use to push your business forward is through our excellent ReactJS, NodeJS, NextJS, RedUX, and Reactive Native services. To avail these services please contact us now.
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SEO IN CHRISTCHURCH
Result driven SEO services in Christchurch
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the single most effective way to drive traffic to your website and it can be done by following strategies that combine technical optimization, authority optimization, and content optimization. Our team of experts has practitioners from each of these. Tandem NZ ensures that your website ranks well in the search engine result page and drives traffic to your website.
Stand technically strong
Technical marketing is a big part of SEO, which is also our expertise. Before you invest in any marketing activities it’s important to ensure that your website is technically capable of supporting your campaigns and aligned with SEO best practices, so that you can connect with your customers. Let us help you do that for you.
Research and Discovery
In order to deliver the perfect result- one that meets your business goals- we need to understand the website and your business plan, as well as the SEO and social requirements. At Tandem NZ, we do this by undertaking an extensive audit to really understand your goal and desires.
Content Marketing and Outreach
To deliver SEO, We activate strategies from content marketing, blogger outreach, link earning, and digital PR. Our team provides the tools, experience and knowledge you need to grow your business. Here is the list of our SEO solutions in Christchurch, NZ.
Local search optimization
Google My Business
Citation setup and optimization
Localized content creation
Backlink analysis
Website migration
Schema markup
Image optimization
Google Analytics
Google Tag Manager
User behavior data
Reporting and insights
Visit us for more information: https://tandemnz.co.nz/services/digital-marketing/search-engine-optimisation/
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Web Design Christchurch- TandemNZ
Designing Websites For Premier Brands Across New Zealand Our expert Web designer teamwork based on a client’s requirements, color preferences, and suggestions. Our focus is to create immersive, emotive and interactive technology solutions which will attract customers. Our experienced Christchurch web design experts deliver the best design by utilizing the relevant standards and best practices.
RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN In our responsive web design services Christchurch, NZ, we not only incorporate responsive web design in your new website design project but If you have an existing website and need to update it with responsive design, we can modify your current website design to make it responsive.
HTML 5 AND CSS 3 Tandem NZ creates a responsive website powered by HTML5 and CSS3. Our team of experts are best in blending the creativity and technology to grow the client’s business. We make sure that you derive maximum benefits from the latest in web technology and programming.
USER EXPERIENCE Our team of expert designers aims to create designs utilizing all relevant standards and best practices. We create designs which are effective for User Interfaces across mediums like websites, mobile apps, software applications, and touchscreen kiosks.
WEB ARCHITECTURE Website architecture is how we structure the website to ensure that the business goals are met and at the same time delivering a great experience to the users. We will design the mockups and wireframes backed up by research that can be easily replicated into a website.
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Web Integration- Its Forms And Benefits
Integration is nothing but an act of bringing many different components together into a single system that functions as one. In an IT context, we can refer “web integration” as a process that involves connection of all the outputs of all activities and components essential for carrying out the web project as a whole.
The activities involved in website integration can include very simple processes, like importing an excel spreadsheet of products into your website or highly complex ones like system e-commerce integration.
We have listed the 4 major forms of integration that most companies will employ.
Manual data transfer
Server data transfer
Direct server access
Web Interfaces
Manual Data Transfer–
Compared to other, manual data transfer is considered one of the simplest forms of integration and requires human interaction. Manual transfer can be done by exporting your data from one system or application to another.
Server Data Transfer–
Server data transfer is a server-side delivery method for transferring user data from the server into your system. The process of server data transfer is very much similar to manual data transfer, but it has a rudimentary level of automation. The standard process is to move System A into System B and then placing a file on System B. Now, the system B acts on that file, like importing into your order tracking database. This entire system tends to be inflexible but it can be a quick solution for integration.
Direct Server Access–
Direct server access is also called Unified Remote Access. Direct server access allows one system to have access to another system’s resources, it is a VPN-like technology that provides intranet connectivity to client computers when they are connected to the Internet. It is designed in a way that it connects automatically as soon as the computer connects to the internet.
Web Interfaces–
Web interfaces or APIs are a modern way in which systems interact. Instead of programming rigid structures that repeat, now, you can interact in real time where your website can ask for custom information from another system as the user interacts with the site. With web interfaces, systems don’t just trade information, they are also able to interact. Unlike any other systems, Web Interfaces are portable.
The web interface is not only a way for your website to interact with it, but it also allows anything that is connected to the web to interact with the interface. Using World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the best option when using an interface. It is a widely accepted authority on web standards. By using a web interface that follows World Wide Web Consortium standards you ensure that all parties involved with your integration are speaking the same language. You can ask your software vendor for W3C complaint systems.
Custom Interfaces can cause a problem, but many times there are limiting factors that prevent the use of a standardized web interface. These limiting factors could be anything- a hardware, software limitations, limits of programmer skills or time, or sometimes the web interface you have just doesn’t do everything you need. Custom integration needs to be done often and should not discourage you from pursuing a web interface level of integration.
Web Integration Benefits
Web Integration has an entire list of important benefits compared to the other traditional integration approaches:
Some are listed below–
Lower Cost
Non-intrusive
Faster development
Faster overall integrations
Lower skill requirements
Potentially lower risk
Lower Cost
As compared with traditional methods, the efforts required for Web Integration is less expensive, also there are many other reasons like lower skills for developers, no change to existing applications, and no infrastructure changes to the network.
Non-Intrusive
Web integration is done non-intrusively. This is a reason behind the low risk and impact of the entire integration project. Web Integration doesn’t require any major architectural changes, hence it is often easier to justify the cross-enterprise projects. This benefit of web integration extends even further to those external applications where the user interface is the only available option for integration.
Faster Development
The browser interface is easy to understand, and hence, application design becomes much easier and less prone to error.
Faster Overall Integrations
Web Integration doesn’t require a large amount of time. Even complex Web Integration projects can be completed just in weeks rather than months. Companies can gain competitive benefits by leveraging their existing enterprise applications before then their competitors.
Lower skill requirements
For traditional integration, highly skilled person with in-depth knowledge of the application and application integration techniques were required. Whereas, for web integration technologies, a web developer with less programming experience and web application knowledge can do the job. This has reduced the need for expensive high-skilled programmers.
Potentially Lower Risk
Web Integration allows for shorter and more cost-effective implementation cycles and the initial integration can often be up and running quickly. Further, web integration can be accomplished once results from the initial web integrations have been proven.
This helps companies to try out new business opportunities at lower risk than using traditional methods.
Our experienced experts in TandemNZ work as your web integrator, we provide you a guarantee that the project will comply with the agreed specifications. So for any integration projects, you can contact us right now.
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Start PayDay Filing Now With TandemNZ
The Government of New Zealand has worked towards improving the administration of PAYE to benefit businesses and employers. Earlier, the employee’s income information was typically reported to Inland Revenue Department (IRD) on a monthly cadence. This monthly information, which is used by IRD to calculate the customers’ tax obligations and entitlements is often out-of-date and doesn’t accurately reflect the current financial situation.
Looking at this concern, in 2018, the Government of NZ passed legislation that will save the business time and make sure that all the information received for calculation of Customers tax and entitlement is accurate and on time.
So, It doesn’t matter which region you belong, Canterbury, Wellington, Auckland, etc, if you are an employer in NZ and you need to be compliant with the new regulations by 1st April.
If you’re involved in your organization’s payroll function, you must be aware of it. But, many employers still need to adapt their current payroll processes to support the new payday filing.
Since, the time is running out fast, get organized now!!
Make sure you update your payroll processes in time to avoid your business getting penalized.
This blog will help you know the in-depth information about payday filing, NZ. Topics we are covering here are–
What is a payday filing?
How does payday filing work?
What happens once I’ve opted into payday filing?
How is payday filling different?
How payday filling will Impact you?
What you should do now?
What is payday filing–
Payday Filing is a New Zealand government initiative. This initiative has changed the way businesses report to the IDR that employee payments such as wages, pay as you earn (PAYE) and other deductions have taken place.
If you’re an employer in New Zealand and paying more than $50,000 PAYE and Employer Superannuation Contribution Tax (ESCT) per year, from 1 April 2019, you need to file electronically through payroll software or myIR
If your total PAYE/ESCT is less than $50,000, for the previous year ending on 31 March 2018 you can file using–
Online portal
by paper returns (but only from April 2019)
How does payday filing work?
Currently, the Payday filing is voluntary. There are three ways you can file online:
Direct from your payroll software
By uploading the file in myIR
On-Screen in myIR
Payroll software is easy to use. This is because it allows your payroll information, like salary, wages, PAYE or any other deductions. This information is sent to Inland Revenue at the same time as you pay your employees.
The due date for paying and submitting the IR 345 stays the same.
myIR is also another easy option. All you need to do is to open your myIR account, check the Payroll returns account in My business section and file your employment information and employee details in “My business section”.
Remember: Once you’ve opted into payday filing during the voluntary period, you can’t move back to the monthly filing process.
What happens once I’ve opted into payday filing?
Payday filing will start at the initial days of the month after you opted in. An employer needs to file the entire employment information to IRD online within two working days of the payday.
In the first month–
You need to delegate others or reset access for others to use the Payroll returns account
You need to file the final Employer monthly schedule (IR348) for the previous month.
Once the schedule is done, file the Employment deductions (IR 345) and make the payment for that IR348 on the required due date
Then, file your employment information each payday
Later, submit any new employee details before or on their first payday.
How does the employment information file will look like?
The information you submit will appear as it is in your IR348 and you’ll include the same information you do now. However, you need to provide certain details:
ESCT (employer superannuation contribution tax) for each employee
pay period start and end dates
pay cycle, eg weekly, monthly, ad hoc
payday date
Payments
There are no changes in the mode of payment or in due dates. You have to pay monthly or twice-monthly as per the process you follow currently.
How is payday filling different?
In the existing scenario, employers file employee earnings and PAYE information with Inland Revenue every month, regardless of how frequently they are paying their employees. But, now the payday filing is not following the same process. From 1 April 2019, this information will be reported to Inland Revenue every time your employees are paid.
The current trend of submitting an employer monthly schedule will be changed now, all you need is to submit an employment information schedule after every payday.
This entire process of collecting payroll information more regularly will help IRD offer increased certainty about employees’ tax obligations and entitlements.
How payday filling will Impact you?
All employers with $50,000 or more of PAYE and ESCT (Employer Superannuation Contribution Tax) deductions a year will need to upgrade to a payroll system that is payday filing compliant and review some of their payroll procedures.
There is an option to file online or file paper returns to those employers whose combined PAYE and ESCT deductions are less than $50,000. If you are eligible to file paper returns, you can choose to either:
File the Employment Information Schedule within ten working days of paying staff, or
File two Employment Information Schedules — on the 15th of the month and the last day of the month.
The extent to which the payday filing changes affect your company will totally depend on whether or not your company is using the automatic payroll software to file the return. If you are not using the payroll software now, assess it. Payroll software is a good and timely investment for your business.
What you should do now?
In total, there are approximately 50,000 employers in New Zealand. They all need to transition to payday filing within a relatively short time duration.
As payday filing will require either an upgrade or replacement of your existing payroll system, you should start reviewing your requirements now. The incorporation of payday filing is an opportunity which will help in broadening the existing business systems.
Now is a perfect time to start using payroll software if your company doesn’t have it already. Don’t wait and end up in last-minute rush, get in touch with us for the payroll integration services now.
Reference: www.ird.govt.nz
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5 points to Know how to maintain Umbraco
There are a variety of CMSs and each of them has its benefits and drawbacks. All CMSs requires constant care, similarly, a site hosted on the Umbraco CMS also requires a constant check.
Umbraco is a popular content management system which has a lot of advantages. In total Umbraco has more than 443,500 active installs.
Some of the advantages of Umbraco are listed here–
Umbraco is a leading open source ASP.NET CMS that can be easily adapted to suit a wide range of needs.
Umbraco is flexible and scalable. With Umbraco, you can run everything from small campaign sites to complex applications.
Umbraco is a good choice for creating unique custom websites for enterprise-sized businesses.
Umbraco websites look structured. They are very easy to maintain and offer an intuitive editing experience for content creators.
The worldwide community of developers is constantly working on Umbraco to improve it and they provide great tools that you can use on your website.
To take the full advantage of Umbraco, proper site maintenance is required. There are some standard practices for maintaining any website, but Umbraco has specific features and packages that require a user’s special attention.
In this article, we have listed 5 important points which will help you run your Umbraco website at its absolute best.
Use the latest version of Umbraco
Up-to-date Umbraco packages
Constantly check your website speed
Check your forms
Perform SEO audits on a regular basis
Use the latest version of Umbraco
Umbraco has a community of 20,000 active members and a commercial company. These members regularly update Umbraco to align with the latest development trends and best practices. Every new Umbraco release offers some new amazing features. So, in order to stay up to date on all Umbraco features, you should keep updating your website. The most recent version of Umbraco is v7.12.4, Umbraco 8 is under development, its release date is yet to be announced.
Up-to-date Umbraco packages
There are a number of packages available to help you run Umbraco website more efficiently. These packages range in categories like SEO, E-commerce, security, CRMs. Based on your business requirement you can add packages that best match your business requirements.
Before adding a package to ensure that your website is on the most recent version of Umbraco. Test the package and make sure that they are compatible with the newest version of Umbraco.
Constantly check your website speed
The speed and reliability of a website are very important. If the speed of a website is slow, it will affect the algorithm of Google and other search engine associated with your site. Also, a user landing on your website or mobile app demands a good speed as a part of their experience from your website.
Always check your Umbraco CMS website speed and take steps to ensure it runs fast to make it SEO- and user-friendly. To know how you can improve the website performance and what you can do to increase the overall speed use Google Analytics and Page Speed Insights. Our experts at TamdenNZ can help you.
Check your forms
Most websites have forms or that require a user to enter information so as to allow users to reach the page related to the products or services they are interested in. At times, like any other functionality of a website, forms can also break or stop working. These forms contain important information obtained from the users, and to avoid such incidents, it’s highly recommended to regularly test the forms on your website.
Do SEO audit on a regular basis
A regular SEO audit is essential for your business growth. To do so, you’ll need a consistent schedule of check-ins using your choice of SEO tools to watch rankings. Also, check for page errors, and overall site performance.
The list of SEO items you should check is–
Broken pages
Broken Internal links
Broken media/ images
Page titles
Tags
Schema, and more
A regular check on these items will help you provide a great user experience. It will also enhance the website’s organic visibility.
Tandem NZ offers numerous Umbraco development and maintenance services. We can help you run your Umbraco website at its absolute best. If you’re facing issues or have any questions, feel free to get in touch – we’d love to hear from you!
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Web Integration- Its Forms And Benefits

Integration is nothing but an act of bringing many different components together into a single system that functions as one. In an IT context, we can refer “web integration” as a process that involves connection of all the outputs of all activities and components essential for carrying out the web project as a whole.
The activities involved in website integration can include very simple processes, like importing an excel spreadsheet of products into your website or highly complex ones like system e-commerce integration.
We have listed the 4 major forms of integration that most companies will employ.
Manual data transfer
Server data transfer
Direct server access
Web Interfaces
Manual Data Transfer–
Compared to other, manual data transfer is considered one of the simplest forms of integration and requires human interaction. Manual transfer can be done by exporting your data from one system or application to another.
Server Data Transfer–
Server data transfer is a server-side delivery method for transferring user data from the server into your system. The process of server data transfer is very much similar to manual data transfer, but it has a rudimentary level of automation. The standard process is to move System A into System B and then placing a file on System B. Now, the system B acts on that file, like importing into your order tracking database. This entire system tends to be inflexible but it can be a quick solution for integration.
Direct Server Access–
Direct server access is also called Unified Remote Access. Direct server access allows one system to have access to another system’s resources, it is a VPN-like technology that provides intranet connectivity to client computers when they are connected to the Internet. It is designed in a way that it connects automatically as soon as the computer connects to the internet.
Web Interfaces–
Web interfaces or APIs are a modern way in which systems interact. Instead of programming rigid structures that repeat, now, you can interact in real time where your website can ask for custom information from another system as the user interacts with the site. With web interfaces, systems don’t just trade information, they are also able to interact. Unlike any other systems, Web Interfaces are portable.
The web interface is not only a way for your website to interact with it, but it also allows anything that is connected to the web to interact with the interface. Using World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the best option when using an interface. It is a widely accepted authority on web standards. By using a web interface that follows World Wide Web Consortium standards you ensure that all parties involved with your integration are speaking the same language. You can ask your software vendor for W3C complaint systems.
Custom Interfaces can cause a problem, but many times there are limiting factors that prevent the use of a standardized web interface. These limiting factors could be anything- a hardware, software limitations, limits of programmer skills or time, or sometimes the web interface you have just doesn’t do everything you need. Custom integration needs to be done often and should not discourage you from pursuing a web interface level of integration.
Web Integration Benefits
Web Integration has an entire list of important benefits compared to the other traditional integration approaches:
Some are listed below–
Lower Cost
Non-intrusive
Faster development
Faster overall integrations
Lower skill requirements
Potentially lower risk
Lower Cost
As compared with traditional methods, the efforts required for Web Integration is less expensive, also there are many other reasons like lower skills for developers, no change to existing applications, and no infrastructure changes to the network.
Non-Intrusive
Web integration is done non-intrusively. This is a reason behind the low risk and impact of the entire integration project. Web Integration doesn’t require any major architectural changes, hence it is often easier to justify the cross-enterprise projects. This benefit of web integration extends even further to those external applications where the user interface is the only available option for integration.
Faster Development
The browser interface is easy to understand, and hence, application design becomes much easier and less prone to error.
Faster Overall Integrations
Web Integration doesn’t require a large amount of time. Even complex Web Integration projects can be completed just in weeks rather than months. Companies can gain competitive benefits by leveraging their existing enterprise applications before then their competitors.
Lower skill requirements
For traditional integration, highly skilled person with in-depth knowledge of the application and application integration techniques were required. Whereas, for web integration technologies, a web developer with less programming experience and web application knowledge can do the job. This has reduced the need for expensive high-skilled programmers.
Potentially Lower Risk
Web Integration allows for shorter and more cost-effective implementation cycles and the initial integration can often be up and running quickly. Further, web integration can be accomplished once results from the initial web integrations have been proven.
This helps companies to try out new business opportunities at lower risk than using traditional methods.

Our experienced experts in TandemNZ work as your web integrator, we provide you a guarantee that the project will comply with the agreed specifications. So for any integration projects, you can contact us right now.
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CHECK IF YOU ARE READY FOR PAYDAY FILING IN 5 STEPS

In 2019 the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of New Zealand will introduce comprehensive changes to the way all businesses need to run their payroll services. These changes are mandatory for all businesses and will fundamentally change the way you do payroll. Are you ready?
All employers need to ensure they are compliant. The new payday filing requirements issued require that all employers will complete employee payments to the Inland Revenue (IRD) every pay run. So if you have weekly, or fortnightly pay runs you now need to submit all details to the IRD on that pay run rather than the end of the month.
To facilitate this increase in the frequency of reporting a new seamless connection between IRD and your payroll system is needed. As an employer, it is your responsibility to either upgrade or replace your payroll system by 1 April 2019 in order to comply with their new reporting obligations.
So are you ready? We have created a handy 5 point checklist for you to ensure you are ready for the changes coming.
Do you pay more than $50,000 in wages each year? If Yes you are required to comply with the new payday reporting requirements.
Do you submit to the IRD via csv file? If you answer Yes, you will no longer be able to submit electronically from 1 April 2019
Does your software automatically send the information to the IRD for you? If yes then you need to update your software to be compliant with the new IRD system as of 1 April 2019.
Do you use a third party system for your payroll? If yes contact them immediately to ensure they have a working solution in place now and are ready.
Do you pay Kiwisaver to your employees?
If you answered Yes to any of the above points then you need to ensure you are ready as the obligation is with your business to comply. Contact Tandem NZ to discuss what you need to do and to check if your existing payroll systems are ready for the changes.
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Start PayDay Filing Now With TandemNZ

The Government of New Zealand has worked towards improving the administration of PAYE to benefit businesses and employers. Earlier, the employee’s income information was typically reported to Inland Revenue Department (IRD) on a monthly cadence. This monthly information, which is used by IRD to calculate the customers’ tax obligations and entitlements is often out-of-date and doesn’t accurately reflect the current financial situation.
Looking at this concern, in 2018, the Government of NZ passed a legislation that will save the business time and make sure that all the information received for calculation of Customers tax and entitlement is accurate and on time.
So, It doesn’t matter which region you belong, Canterbury, Wellington, Auckland, etc, if you are an employer in NZ and you need to be compliant with the new regulations by 1st April.
If you’re involved in your organization’s payroll function, you must be aware of it. But, many employers still need to adapt their current payroll processes to support the new payday filing.
Since, the time is running out fast, get organized now!!
Make sure you update your payroll processes in time to avoid your business getting penalized.
This blog will help you know the in-depth information about payday filing, NZ. Topics we are covering here are–
What is a payday filing?
How does payday filing work?
What happens once I’ve opted into payday filing?
How is payday filling different?
How payday filling will Impact you?
What you should do now?
What is payday filing–
Payday Filing is a New Zealand government initiative. This initiative has changed the way businesses report to the IDR that employee payments such as wages, pay as you earn (PAYE) and other deductions have taken place.
If you’re an employer in New Zealand and paying more than $50,000 PAYE and Employer Superannuation Contribution Tax (ESCT) per year, from 1 April 2019, you need to file electronically through payroll software or myIR
If your total PAYE/ESCT is less than $50,000, for the previous year ending on 31 March 2018 you can file using–
Online portal
by paper returns (but only from April 2019)
How does payday filing work?
Currently, the Payday filing is voluntary. There are three ways you can file online:
Direct from your payroll software
By uploading the file in myIR
On-Screen in myIR
Payroll software is easy to use. This is because it allows your payroll information, like salary, wages, PAYE or any other deductions. This information is sent to Inland Revenue at the same time as you pay your employees.
The due date for paying and submitting the IR 345 stays the same.
myIR is also another easy option. All you need to do is to open your myIR account, check the Payroll returns account in My business section and file your employment information and employee details in “My business section”.
Remember: Once you’ve opted into payday filing during the voluntary period, you can’t move back to the monthly filing process.
What happens once I’ve opted into payday filing?
Payday filing will start at the initial days of the month after you opted in. An employer needs to file the entire employment information to IRD online within two working days of the payday.
In the first month–
You need to delegate others or reset access for others to use the Payroll returns account
You need to file the final Employer monthly schedule (IR348) for the previous month.
Once the schedule is done, file the Employment deductions (IR 345) and make the payment for that IR348 on the required due date
Then, file your employment information each payday
Later, submit any new employee details before or on their first payday.
How does the employment information file will look like?
The information you submit will appear as it is in your IR348 and you’ll include the same information you do now. However, you need to provide certain details:
ESCT (employer superannuation contribution tax) for each employee
pay period start and end dates
pay cycle, eg weekly, monthly, ad hoc
payday date
Payments
There are no changes in the mode of payment or in due dates. You have to pay monthly or twice-monthly as per the process you follow currently.
How is payday filling different?
In the existing scenario, employers file employee earnings and PAYE information with Inland Revenue every month, regardless of how frequently they are paying their employees. But, now the payday filing is not following the same process. From 1 April 2019, this information will be reported to Inland Revenue every time your employees are paid.
The current trend of submitting an employer monthly schedule will be changed now, all you need is to submit an employment information schedule after every payday.
This entire process of collecting payroll information more regularly will help IRD offer increased certainty about employees’ tax obligations and entitlements.
How payday filling will Impact you?
All employers with $50,000 or more of PAYE and ESCT (Employer Superannuation Contribution Tax) deductions a year will need to upgrade to a payroll system that is payday filing compliant and review some of their payroll procedures.
There is an option to file online or file paper returns to those employers whose combined PAYE and ESCT deductions are less than $50,000. If you are eligible to file paper returns, you can choose to either:
File the Employment Information Schedule within ten working days of paying staff, or
File two Employment Information Schedules — on the 15th of the month and the last day of the month.
The extent to which the payday filing changes affect your company will totally depend on whether or not your company is using the automatic payroll software to file the return. If you are not using the payroll software now, assess it. Payroll software is a good and timely investment for your business.
What you should do now?
In total, there are approximately 50,000 employers in New Zealand. They all need to transition to payday filing within a relatively short time duration.
As payday filing will require either an upgrade or replacement of your existing payroll system, you should start reviewing your requirements now. The incorporation of payday filing is an opportunity which will help in broadening the existing business systems.
Now is a perfect time to start using payroll software if your company doesn’t have it already. Don’t wait and end up in last-minute rush, get in touch with us for the payroll integration services now.
Reference: www.ird.govt.nz
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