BESPOKE software that is helping a North-East plastics company to pursue its expansion plans is to be made available to manufacturers.

JobTrack Professional, a management system software package, was written for Venture Plastics Limited, a plastics injection moulding company based at Teesside Industrial Estate, in Thornaby, near Stockton.

It has proved so effective that it has become a key business tool for Venture, which mainly makes products for the automotive industry.

"Prior to JobTrack, our management system was entirely manual and paper-based, which, as you would imagine, was very laborious and time-consuming. JobTrack enables us to effectively manage all our documentation in a fraction of the time," said managing director Ian Hall.

JobTrack was developed by IT Solutions, of Stockton, which has announced it is to market the software package as an "off-the-shelf" product.

IT Solutions, run by Stephen Wales, a former IBM applications developer, specialises in providing custom-designed and written software for businesses.

Venture commissioned JobTrack as part of a £10,000 investment in information technology, aided by a technology support grant from Stockton Borough Council.