Chippington Derrick Consultants was born from a desire to use the accumulated skills and experience gained through more than 20 years of every-day practical problem solving using a wide range of tools and techniques. Software and analysis techniques have developed a great deal in the last 20 years, while many businesses are still working with the equivalent of hammers and chisels when they could (and should) be using much more modern power tools which are well designed and deliver much better results much quicker than ever before. These allow support and automation of many processes that are currently carried out manually; and they often give better and more reliable results than people because they can explore many more alternatives.