enTIRE - Tyre and Rim Management Software
enTIRE is a tyre management software (TMS) that is used in mining, transport and ports. The software manages over a billion dollars of tyres throughout the world. It is PC based and the developers are about to embark on a Web interface development resulting in a multiple interface for our system (enTIRE Tyre and Rim Management Software). We have conducted an interview with the developers. How did you start the enTIRE Project? I started the company back in 1989 where I developed a system to save tyre costs for a bus fleet. I then attracted the interest of tyre manufacturers to modify the software to manage the huge mining tyres, which is where I learnt about the processes to manage tyres and reduce costs. In 1992 I sold my first system into a mine in Indonesia and from that point began to expand into more mining and transport operations. At this stage our group began to grow and I moved from programming into marketing. In 1995 we developed the first version of our cu...