About Us

Background

Our founding directors, Clive Gardner and Nigel Whiteman commenced their working relationship in 1981 as managers in a Process Engineering company which engaged in a wide variety of projects in the Dairy and Meat industries.

As General Manager of the Projects Division Nigel can recall his frustration and concern at having to run relatively complex and high risk projects with limited financial information from crude computerized accounting systems. This frustration was shared by Clive as Financial Controller and so jointly they evolved policies and procedures to better manage and report on projects in a corporate environment.

By 1984 PC based systems were emerging and providing new and exciting opportunities for those with an interest in business management. The temptation was too great for Clive and Nigel who left the security of their corporate world to establish a business providing financial management systems to project based businesses.

Today, this same business is the developer and distributor of the Workbench Project Management Software, a highly functional project management and accounting application used internationally by a diverse portfolio of clients operating in industry sectors that range from Civil Construction, Process Engineering, Commercial & Residential Building through to Professional Services. Workbench is designed to meet the operational needs of project managers and in doing so offers a level of functionality rarely found in more traditional ERP solutions and minimises the reliance on spreadsheets which are often seen as the only available alternative.

Workbench recognises the importance of having the project management function incorporated into the overall financial management model for the business and in support of this has developed interfaces into many of the leading ERP systems in use today. 

Workbench International continues to work closely with clients to enhance the functionality within Workbench to meet the ever increasing operational demands of project based businesses. The Workbench Annual Maintenance program ensures all clients receive the benefit of this collaboration through regular upgrades of the software that include new features reflecting current business practices.

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