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The Access Database Time Bomb

The Access Database Time Bomb

Wholesale Distribution · 75 employees

The Challenge

A75-employeedistributorhadtheirentirebusinessrunningona20-year-oldAccessdatabasewith50,000+SKUs.Theemployeewhobuiltitretired3yearsago.Nodocumentationexisted,andthedatabasecrashedeveryMondaymorning.

The Solution

We reverse-engineered the Access schema, documented every table relationship and business rule, then migrated to a modern PostgreSQL database with a user-friendly admin interface.

The Outcomes

  • Zero Monday crashes
  • Full documentation created
  • Modern web interface
  • Automated daily backups
  • Team self-sufficient

What Our Clients Say

Real feedback from businesses we've helped escape data chaos.

"Our Access database was a ticking time bomb. The guy who built it retired years ago and nobody understood it. Intelligence Simplified not only migrated everything safely—they actually documented how it all worked for the first time ever."

Operations Director

Wholesale Distributor, Midwest (75 employees)

"We were paying $18K a year just to see our own sales data. They got us out of that hostage situation and now we own everything. The fixed-price model meant no surprises—exactly what we budgeted."

Owner

Multi-Location Restaurant Group, Southeast (6 locations)

"47 Excel files. That's what we were running our business on. Now we have a real system with a single source of truth. No more 'which version is correct?' arguments. They finished ahead of schedule and trained our whole team."

Project Manager

Commercial Contractor, Northeast (120 employees)

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