Sectors
The paperwork between the work and getting paid.
We research a sector's paperwork before we build anything for it. Here is what we found, and what we are building.
Medical, dental and allied practices
Every patient's file, kept for years
Doctors, dentists, optometrists and physios keep each patient's record for at least six years after the last visit, and a child's until they turn 21. In a long-running practice that is a room of paper, a walk to the shelves for every patient, and a front desk that retypes forms, chases recalls and resubmits claims.
6+ yearsa record is kept after the last visit
+0.45%growth in medical scheme lives in 2024
10.75%prime: money that waits costs more
Powered by Alpecca for practices: old patient files scanned at your practice and filed to the right patient in your software, and a front desk that runs itself. R30 a patient file. For practices · five 2-minute demos · your 12-month forecast.
Distribution and wholesale
One paper loop, every day
Order, pick, deliver, sign, then check, invoice, credit and file. Distributors pay POD, debrief and debtors clerks to match, scan, retype and chase that paper, and those roles are advertised constantly.
2.3%net margin in food and beverage wholesale
86%of wholesale income paid by EFT
60%of selling still runs from the warehouse or office
Alpecca, our latest innovation for distributors, is in private preview. Meet Alpecca. Free now: WhatsApp order chats to an order list.
Construction
Every contractor's file, every 30 days
Principal contractors audit each contractor's health and safety file at least every 30 days, and every subcontractor brings papers that expire on different dates. Missing one stops work on site.
30 daysbetween contractor file audits, at most
6,199registered construction health and safety officers
Daily to yearlyduties, the most frequent of any sector
In development. Free now: the subcontractor pack checker, with an expiry sheet and a monthly audit record.
Manufacturing
Records that pass the audit, power that costs less
Food-safety certification needs months of records before the first audit, then yearly and unannounced audits. On time-of-use tariffs a winter peak unit of electricity costs six times an off-peak one.
6xwinter peak price against off-peak (720.19c vs 120.03c a kWh)
6 monthsof records before food-safety certification
1 criticalfinding is enough to fail an audit
In research. We are looking for a small number of plants to test with. Talk to us.
Logistics and transport
From delivered to invoiced, sooner
Every rand a haulier earns waits for a proof of delivery. Operators pay clerks to collect, scan, check and chase PODs before billing can invoice, while trucks lose money standing at borders.
R25,165cost of a 20-hour border delay for one tautliner
About R1,260an hour of truck time lost
10 to 50 trucksthe fleets our previews are for
Fuel slips into your own Excel sheet, checked by morning: start a free week. Private previews also open for hauliers: book a private preview.
Sources: HPCSA retention guidance via Medical Protection; Council for Medical Schemes 2024 Industry Report via Moonstone; SARB MPC, 23 Sep 2026; Stats SA, Wholesale trade industry 2022; Construction Regulations, 2014, as applied in a DBSA health and safety specification; SACPCMP Annual Report 2024/25; Eskom schedule of standard prices 2026/27 (Megaflex, winter); FSSC 22000 certification steps; Freight News, 23 July 2026.