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When Off-the-Shelf Doesn't Fit, We Build What Does

Custom integrations, dashboards and workflows built on top of BioWave and your existing systems, for the requirements no standard package was ever designed to solve.

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The Problem

Why Standard Packages Run Out of Road

Not every requirement fits a vendor’s roadmap; these are the gaps we get called in to close.

Off-the-shelf forces you to adapt

Standard software expects you to change how you work around it, instead of the other way around.

Legacy systems that won't talk to modern ones

Older hardware and software rarely have an out-of-the-box way to connect to newer platforms.

Manual workarounds patching the gaps

Spreadsheets and manual re-entry quietly become the “integration layer” between systems that should talk directly.

Reporting that doesn't match your business

Standard reports rarely reflect the specific metrics your business actually needs to make decisions.

Unique compliance or workflow needs

Some approval chains and regulatory requirements simply aren’t supported by any vendor’s default configuration.

Waiting on someone else's roadmap

A feature request to a large vendor can sit in a backlog for years, if it ever gets built at all.

The Approach

Built Around Your Systems, Not a Product Roadmap

Custom development starts with understanding what you actually need — then we design and build it, using BioWave’s APIs and your existing systems as the foundation rather than starting from scratch.

Because we’re not routing every change through a large product team, new requirements get scoped, built and shipped in weeks, not quarters.

A custom build isn’t about writing more software, it’s about making the systems you already have finally work the way your business actually operates.

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Discover

We map your processes, your existing systems and the gaps off-the-shelf software leaves.

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Design

We specify the software and integrations, agreed with your team before any code is written.

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Build & Integrate

Our developers build it and connect it to your hardware, HR, payroll or access systems.

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Support

The same team maintains and develops your software once it’s live.

In practice

The Kind of Requirements We Get Brought In For

Every project starts with a problem off-the-shelf software couldn’t solve.

Legacy System Integration

Bridging older access control hardware or databases into a modern dashboard, without ripping everything out.

API Integration

Hardware Bridging

Data Migration

Outcome: Old hardware kept in service, working alongside modern reporting.

Bespoke Compliance Reporting

Board or regulator-facing reports that don’t match any vendor’s standard export format.

Custom Dashboards

Custom Dashboards

Automated Exports

Outcome: Reports produced automatically, in exactly the format they’re needed.

Unique Workflow Automation

Multi-step approval chains or business rules specific to how your organisation actually operates.

Workflow Automation

Business Rules Engine

Automated Alerts

Outcome: A process that used to need chasing now runs itself.

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Packages

Biometric Access, Sized to Your Environment

Choose based on the assurance level and throughput you need.

Essential Workforce Management

For single sites with straightforward shift patterns

  • Biometric clock-in on existing hardware
  • Standard shift rules
  • Manager dashboard
  • Manual payroll export
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Integrated Payroll Platform

For organisations wanting attendance tied directly into payroll

  • Direct payroll system sync
  • Overtime & exception handling
  • Approval workflows
  • Standard compliance reporting
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Enterprise Multi-Site Workforce

For groups running several sites under one workforce policy

  • Centralised multi-site dashboard
  • Consistent rules across every site
  • Full compliance & audit reporting
  • Dedicated account engineer
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Where we work

Where Custom Software Makes the Difference

Hotels
Logistics and Warehouses​
Construction Sites​
Corporate​
Retail

Why Arana

Big Business Standards. Small Business Attention.

We’re a specialist integrator, not a call-centre-scale vendor. You deal directly with senior engineers from the first site survey onwards, and with a team that takes the time to understand how your organisation actually operates.

Direct access

Speak with the developers who wrote your software, not a support queue starting from zero.

Fast to move

Changes and new features are delivered in days or weeks, not on a vendor’s product roadmap.

Tailored, not templated

Built around your systems, workflows and reporting, not bent to fit an existing product.

Accountable, end to end​

The team that builds your software is the same team accountable for supporting it once it’s live.

Have a Requirement No Off-the-Shelf System Solves?

Tell us what you’re trying to do and we’ll tell you honestly whether it needs a custom build, or something simpler.

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Platforms We Build On

The systems our custom software most often extends and connects.

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The access platform our integrations most often extend.

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Attendance and payroll rules, built around yours.

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Identity Management

Verified identities, connected to your own systems.

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Milestone XProtect

An open video platform built for integration.

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Biometric Payment

Payment flows connected to your tills and accounts.

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