Information, Learning and Planning Tools

We are living in the information age. Yet, for many businesses and organisations, information means collecting mountains of data – until they virtually drown in their data, which impairs rather than enhances their ability to make good decisions. To be useful, information must be consolidated into a workable and concise format.

off ice applications can help you to tidy up your data and to organise it in the form of useful information, learning and planning tools. For you this means

• transparency,
• improved decision making,
• time savings,
• significant cost reduction, and, if you are a business,
• improved competitiveness.

The tools we develop include

• e-learning software, including Macromedia Flash applications;
• information systems, including MIS; and
• Internet-based decision aids and decision support systems, including check lists, decision tables, and multi-criterion decision frameworks.

The background of Dr Thomas Loetscher in environmental and water management puts
off-ice applications in a unique position to develop sophisticated information
and planning tools in these areas.

Examples of our work include

• SANEX™, a comprehensive decision support software for sanitation planning in developing countries;
• WaterGuide™, a computer program for water recycling planning developed for EPA Queensland, Australia; and
• the Water Quiz, consisting of 40 Trivia-style questions covering the whole of water cycle. The quiz interface uses animated graphical input features and was implemented using Macromedia Flash.