The Access Group

Access Weighsoft

Weighsoft 5 is a browser based Waste Management package. It is modular and the customer selects modules they require. It has modules for Skips, Materials, Trade Waste, Weighbridge, Ready Mixed Concrete and Hazardous. All the modules link with each other and allow the package to fit customers large and small.

Features

  • Quotation production
  • Customer Management and detailed transaction history
  • Comprehensive order processing
  • Sector specific job management and scheduling
  • Interfaces to weighbridges and onboard weighing
  • Real- time job tracking through driver app
  • Online portal for customers to manage their account
  • Full reporting suite including statutory returns
  • Invoice generation and integration to many financial packages

Benefits

  • Great visibility of service due to integrations
  • Ease of use enables finding data simple
  • Solution enables better customer service
  • Self serve portal reduces customer requirement to call office
  • Simple online ordering process resulting in increased sales

Pricing

£9,000.00 a user

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

2 6 9 3 9 3 3 1 8 0 2 5 9 9 8

Contact

The Access Group Natalie Giles-Grant
Telephone: 01206322575
Email: Natalie.GilesGrant@theaccessgroup.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
Maintenance windows as detailed above are minimal with the service so that we use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the SaaS Services are available for 99.70% of each calendar month. As a true SaaS solution customisation is not available although the product can be configured to meet all standard set up requirements.
System requirements
  • Computer
  • Android Mobile Device
  • Web Browser
  • Internet Connectivity

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
This is dependent on Success Plan chosen initial response times are; P1 - up to 1 hr P2 - up to 2 hrs P3 - up to 4 hrs P4 - up to 1 Business Day
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
We provide 3 main support plans as detailed below. The Essential Plan The online service The Essential Plan is available to all Access customers as part of your license fee and provides you with easy-to-access online support for all your queries, facilitated via our Customer Success portal. The Standard Plan Get answers faster As a Standard Plan customer you benefit from faster response times and can access our support teams via telephone and live chat, as well as through our Customer Success portal. To help your team be more productive, you are provided with continued access to our e-learning content as well as a programme of Success webinars, designed to keep you up to date with new features and share best-practice advice and guidance. The Premier Plan Boost productivity with direct access to the experts and achieve a higher return on investment Our Premier Plan enables your team to achieve more and improve productivity through an ongoing relationship with your own designated Customer Success Manager. Your CSM will get to understand how you’re using the technology and will advise you on how to get more from it.
Support available to third parties
No

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We believe wholeheartedly that the functionality that our software offers our customers is very important, but it is only half of the value equation, how the system is rolled out is critical if full value from your new investment is to be achieved. We also know that you may view new software implementations with some trepidation and many customers can find this period daunting. In fact, for some customers, this may be the first software roll out they have managed. We recognise this and we have designed our best practise, remote-first implementation services to help ensure you have a great experience and are looked after along the way, so that the whole process is less daunting… this is our FlightPath implementation approach.Our FlightPath services have been designed to be remote-first, providing you with an improved low-risk implementation journey, no matter how your organisation is structured or wherever your employees are working. We use video technology to facilitate face to face contact, so you still get the hands-on benefit of working with an Access expert and our years of software deployment expertise. We have also invested in product e-learning, so your users can learn our products at their own pace.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Our exit process is; The Renewals team receive the notification and undertake discussions with the client, the account manager and any other stakeholders. Once termination is confirmed, the “termination data requirements document” is sent to the client and a record created on the Offboarding register in line with internal processes. The status is set to “waiting customer”. On receipt of the offboarding document, Access Offboarding Review team will review the response, respond to any queries, annotate the record to reflect the customer requirements, upload the document and set the record to “not started” The Service Delivery team will pick up the ticket, arrange the return of data, decommission the system then they or hosting delete the data (production and backup unless “beyond access”(in which case it will be overwritten). Closure of the ticket triggers a confirmation to the customer that their data is deleted.
End-of-contract process
Our exit process is; The Renewals team receive the notification and undertake discussions with the client, the account manager and any other stakeholders. Once termination is confirmed, the “termination data requirements document” is sent to the client and a record created on the Offboarding register in line with internal processes. The status is set to “waiting customer”. Note: In the event that a Customer does not return the document, they will be contacted again twice prior to termination and data will be deleted within 30 days from contract end as Access has no legal basis for processing from that point.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
Android
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Desktop service is for office operations whereas the mobile apps are designed to work for drivers and depot staff.
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
The API is currently limited to the provision of online ordering for skip hire.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Our service can be customised by users through the many options available in system settings and bespoke development can be provided on a individual basis.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Access Isys hosted servers are monitored ensuring that the service can expand sufficiently if required. In addition to this we use automated monitoring tools to alert us when demands on resource meet or exceed certain thresholds (CPU, RAM, I/O, disk usage etc). The infrastructure is sized to deliver comfortable capacity for even our peak service periods, day-today usage currently runs at 1/3 total capacity.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
There are a number of data export options within the system, all providing data that can be viewed in excel.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
Excel
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
Excel

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Maintenance windows as detailed above are minimal with the service so that we use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the SaaS Services are available for 99.70% of each calendar month.
Approach to resilience
Available upon request.
Outage reporting
Users can subscribe to email alerts giving updates on scheduled maintenance and outages. An online portal is also available to clients.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Based on profiles usernames and passwords
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
User-defined
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
User-defined
How long system logs are stored for
User-defined

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
ISOQAR
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
01/09/2014
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Nothing is excluded from the standard
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
All controls included within Annex A of the ISO27001:2013 standard. Statement Of Applicability (SOA) available on request.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
All change management is undertaken in line with ISO27001:2013 using JIRA for audit purposes.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
Patched and audited by our patch management system. All non-critical OS patches are applied within one calendar month of release, first into pre-production and then into production, as part of the scheduled maintenance window. AV Updates - Signatures are updated hourly. / Rules are reviewed at minimum every 3 months. Logs are reviewed at minimum every 3 months. Access staff responsible for the maintenance of our hosting services subscribe to industry newsletters, belong to various security forums and we additionally receive notifications from our vendors.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
We have traffic monitoring and content based alerting which alerts on changes to the site and/or traffic flows implemented at infrastructure and application level. We proactively monitor third party suppliers (hardware, OS, application/web and database server software) vulnerability reporting and security fix availability. Any vulnerabilities found and fixes provided by third party suppliers are patched by our infrastructure team in a timescale appropriate for their level of severity. Any penetration test findings are fixed by Development in a timescale appropriate for their level of severity. Our infrastructure response is within 1 hour in the SLA period 8am-8pm Monday – Friday.
Incident management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Incident management approach
We operate a robust incident management process in line with ISO27001:2013 Staff are encouraged to report all incidents using a pre-defined process using a form available on our Company Collaborate site Incident reports will be provided following forensics and closure.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Wellbeing

Wellbeing

Access places specific emphasis on the health and wellbeing of its staff and provides a “Well-being” hub in workspace that provides support for Mental Health, Finances, Social, Physical, Emotional and purpose. Assistance from Health Assured is available for all staff and there are training resources for “working in the new normal” and “Mental health and wellbeing” . Access also has “well-being” champions throughout the organisation. This is supported by monthly employee “check in” surveys and offers of flexible working for staff to meet caring commitments.

Pricing

Price
£9,000.00 a user
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at Natalie.GilesGrant@theaccessgroup.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.