Milkware is round management software built from a working dairy's system, in daily use for 3,000+ households. It covers the office (customers, standing orders, rounds in delivery order, load lists, invoices on the classic A5 or A4 form or a modern layout, payments, bank import with automatic matching, Direct Debits, reports and the End of Week pack), a driver app on any Android phone that keeps working without signal, and a customer portal where households change orders, pause for holidays and pay.
The MR8 migration is the part we are known for. We read the MR8 data files directly, so customers, rounds, standing orders and balances arrive intact and nobody re-keys anything. Essentials, the entry tier, replaces MR8 outright. The switch is planned around your delivery week with on-site training on the install day.
If you want to see it before you ring, the five-minute tour walks every screen, and the live demo is a made-up dairy you can change as you like.
MR8 today, from its own website
- Rented year by year rather than bought outright
- A one-off charge per handheld
- An Android driver app last updated in January 2020
- Desktop updates still issued, but no support line or manual
- Data in files only MR8 can read
Milkware
- Bought once. The software is yours and keeps running whether or not you keep a plan
- Drivers use their own phones. No per-device fees
- A driver app and a customer portal, both current
- Support included on the plan, and a developer you can ring
- Your MR8 data files read directly and migrated for you