Business Applications

What You Can Achieve with MERAK:

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Workflow Alignment

Your Challenge – When adopted out-of-the-box, standardized business applications force you and your team into rigid processes for use that don’t naturally mesh with how your business operates.

Our Solution – We configure platforms to reflect your workflow and function as you need them to, taking the pressure off you and your team to adopt and work through convoluted software and bloated results.

Your Challenge – Standard software and platforms are built to handle a broad range of users and functions. Unfortunately, this can make training new users and performing simple work a cluttered, confusing, and frustrating experience.

Our Solution – We dig into the interface to tailor the screen, fields, and steps you work through to ensure the functionality you need is simple to use and delivered seamlessly.

Your Challenge – Working through manual tasks that require regular input like reporting data, requesting approvals, or performing maintenance and updates on tools can slow down your team’s operations and leave room for human error.

Our Solution – We set up built in processes for automation to handle repetitive tasks for you efficiently and consistently.

Your Challenge – As your business evolves and grows, the guardrails you initially set up when configuring your systems end up barring you from exploring new functionality and limiting what your team can do.

Our Solution – We adapt your business application configurations over time to evolve with your business and needs for tools. You won’t need a full rebuild and we keep the conversation going to inform you of new processes that you may not be aware of with your existing platforms.

Your Trusted Canadian Technology Solutions Partner

We believe technology should work for you. Since 1994, we’ve helped businesses use IT to overcome challenges and grow. From a Guelph basement to a remote team serving clients across the country, we deliver tailored solutions that fit your business.

From coast to coast to code — our 100% Canadian team creates and powers secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust. No offshoring, no shortcuts — just #CodedInCanada.

Team MERAK - Our Canadian team creates secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust.

Stores

What You Can Achieve with MERAK:

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Always Open

Your Challenge – You’re busy! You can’t be working all the time, but your online store can.

Our Solution – We ensure your store runs smoothly 24/7, so it’s always ready for customers. Your reach grows, and you still get to clock out on time.

Your Challenge – A slow or overloaded website can turn customers away, especially during peak shopping times. Maybe the occasional glitch even loses you people who were ready to buy but couldn’t access your products.

Our Solution – We optimize your site for fast loading times and keep things error-free using Shopify and WooCommerce’s infrastructure and proactive configuring.

Your Challenge – Your margins are thin with the cost of running a physical business, whether that’s renting a storefront, market booth, office, or concerns about staffing and stocking, the market has changed and it feels like you’re falling behind.

Our Solution – The best part of an online store is being able to scale with your capacity. We’ll build you a digital space to track, manage, and update your sales process from start to finish while saving you time and money.

Your Challenge – You’re worried about the threat of handling transactions and customer information online, putting your customer’s trust at risk.

Our Solution – We integrate top-notch security measures into your store, including SSL certificates and secure payment gateways, to protect both your customers and your business.

Your Challenge – You’re ready to go bigger (or smaller), and need a flexible platform to easily add staff members, track your new products, and analyze customer data.

Our Solution – We configure Shopify or WooCommerce to grow with you, and can make sure the customer experience stays clean, organized, and true to your brand while your catalogue expands and changes.

Your Challenge – Handling shipping and returns can get complicated as your business grows. You’ve got the reach to serve new customers, but long-distance transactions pose their own set of problems.

Our Solution – We integrate third-party fulfillment services like Canada Post’s SmartMail or ShipBob and real-time shipping calculators like Purolator, FedEx Canada, or Canada Post into your store, making the entire process more efficient for you and your customers.

Your Trusted Canadian Technology Solutions Partner

We believe technology should work for you. Since 1994, we’ve helped businesses use IT to overcome challenges and grow. From a Guelph basement to a remote team serving clients across the country, we deliver tailored solutions that fit your business.

From coast to coast to code — our 100% Canadian team creates and powers secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust. No offshoring, no shortcuts — just #CodedInCanada.

Team MERAK - Our Canadian team creates secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust.

Automation Integration

What You Can Achieve with MERAK:

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Save Time

Your Challenge – You and your team spend time on repetitive work like entering data and tracking progress on tasks, slowing down daily speed and flexibility

Our Solution – We allow your team to focus their energy elsewhere by automating time-consuming tasks.

Your Challenge – When your tools are not connected, it can lead to unused data, errors, and delays that create inefficient or inaccurate results.

Our Solution – Automation ensures smooth, error-free processes to connect your tools and boost accuracy and productivity.

Your Challenge – Manual processes like data entry are always vulnerable to human or system errors, which can result in disruptions or costly errors.

Our Solution – We improve the reliability of your operations through automation integrations, ensuring consistent and accurate data entry across your operations.

Your Challenge – It’s difficult to get accurate and up-to-date insights into your analytics across multiple, unsynchronized platforms, impeding your ability to make decisions and stay flexible.

Our Solution – We build your data sources into a single platform to provide insights in real time and allow you to make informed decisions quicker and with more accuracy.

Your Challenge – While you focused on growing your business, manual processes fell by the wayside and are now an unnecessary drain on time and resources from your team.

Our Solution – Our automation integrations are scalable, ensuring they evolve with your business and keep your operations flexible as you grow.

Your Trusted Canadian Technology Solutions Partner

We believe technology should work for you. Since 1994, we’ve helped businesses use IT to overcome challenges and grow. From a Guelph basement to a remote team serving clients across the country, we deliver tailored solutions that fit your business.

From coast to coast to code — our 100% Canadian team creates and powers secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust. No offshoring, no shortcuts — just #CodedInCanada.

Team MERAK - Our Canadian team creates secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust.

Websites

What You Can Achieve with MERAK:

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Custom Websites

Your Challenge – It can be a struggle to work with a website template built with a one-size-fits-all approach. Pre-built formats can leave gaps that would allow your business to stand out from the crowd.

Our Solution – We build a customized website that caters to your needs and strengths. You can cover your bases with the right content to sell your products and services and unique features, designs and integrations that make your site work for you.

Your Challenge – Off-the-shelf e-commerce platforms can limit your ability to grow and diversify your selection, or may be overwhelming to manage in the back end. With rigid functionality, you might be bogged down with inefficiencies, difficult integrations with your existing systems, and a frustrating customer experience.

Our Solution – We offer customizable e-commerce solutions that fit your unique needs. Whether it’s payment gateway integration, custom shipping options, or personalized customer journeys, we ensure a seamless shopping experience that grows with your business.

Your Challenge – Managing and updating content should be easy, but grappling with an awkward or complicated platform can make it a chore.

Our Solution – We’ll build a content management system around your preferences and abilities, ensuring you can update your site with or without technical expertise. Keeping your content current and informative guarantees your customers find what they’re looking for: you!

Your Challenge – Accessibility means setting up your website so that people with disabilities can navigate it. It’s an important factor in not alienating your potential customer base, and it’s often neglected.

Our Solution – We ensure your website is fully accessible, following or exceeding WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines and best practices for inclusivity. Screen readers, alt text, and colour contrast ensure your website is usable for everyone.

Your Challenge – If you’ve just heard of a new local brand or are wondering what service could solve a problem, you might reach for your phone before opening up a laptop. When your website isn’t optimized for mobile, you risk losing new customers who are getting a negative first impression.

Our Solution – We create responsive sites that look and perform great across all devices and screen sizes, including mobile, tablet, and desktop.

Your Challenge – If your website isn’t designed with Search Engine Optimization and load speed in mind, it can lead to ranking poorly on search engines, leading to a potential loss of traffic and customers.

Our Solution – We build your website with speed and SEO in mind, ensuring your user experience remains a priority and your business is easy to discover online.

Your Trusted Canadian Technology Solutions Partner

We believe technology should work for you. Since 1994, we’ve helped businesses use IT to overcome challenges and grow. From a Guelph basement to a remote team serving clients across the country, we deliver tailored solutions that fit your business.

From coast to coast to code — our 100% Canadian team creates and powers secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust. No offshoring, no shortcuts — just #CodedInCanada.

Team MERAK - Our Canadian team creates secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust.