Welcome to Figurus

We "Figure things out"

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Do you want to increase
operational capacity?

Customer Success Stories

Custom business systems on Claris FileMaker, with AI built in

Estimating, CRM, scheduling and production systems for owner-operated companies in Toronto and across Ontario, built together with the people who run them, and supported for the years after launch.

Ivica Sopkic · FileMaker developer since 2011 · eight years on a print production floor before that

Sound familiar?

  • The same numbers get typed into three different places, and nobody knows which one is right.
  • One person’s spreadsheet is the system, and they’re the only one who understands it.
  • Reports take days to pull together, and you still don’t fully trust them.
  • Your FileMaker or Access system works, but nobody left can extend it safely.
  • Every AI pitch sounds impressive, and none of them fit how your business actually works.

If a few of those land, here are nine signs your business has outgrown spreadsheets, and what to do first.

Built for businesses like yours

Every business runs a little differently. These are the situations that come up most, and what the system does about them.

You quote complex, variable jobs

Every quantity band priced at once, supplier bids side by side, and the margin visible before the quote goes out. Built for print shops, manufacturers and decorated-goods sellers.

Your sales team needs more than a contact list

Leads are scored and researched, and each one gets a personal intro email drafted from its own details, so your people spend their time on conversations.

Your clinic runs on appointments

Bookings, intake, reminders, staff schedules and billing work from one place, shaped around the way your practice already operates.

You juggle many jobs across teams and vendors

Every quote, purchase order and invoice comes from one project record, so everyone sees the same status and nothing slips through.

You run a loyalty or rewards program

Points and rewards are issued, tracked and redeemed in a back end your support team can actually work with.

Your current system has hit its ceiling

The FileMaker or Access system your business grew up on gets extended, tidied and connected, instead of thrown away.

Each one is built on a proven, reusable FileMaker framework, with AI added where it earns its place. See the details, or browse all services.

How we’ll work together

The same two people, start to finish

You know your business; your developer knows the build. The same two of you meet at discovery, through launch and at the year-three check-in, with no account managers or hand-offs in between.

What works stays

Your current system gets extended and connected first. A rebuild only comes up when it’s clearly the better path for your business.

Always Be Delivering

Something moves forward every week, and your team sees it. Steady, visible progress is what keeps internal software projects from stalling.

More about the background and the approach on the About page.

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