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Digitalisation

Leave paper and Excel behind
in French Guiana

Paper delivery notes, schedules in a spreadsheet, photos in WhatsApp: your business runs, but everything depends on the memory of two or three people. Primo Studio, an agency based in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, replaces all that with a simple application built for your trade and your team.

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Sound familiar?

Six situations we see every week in companies, associations and local authorities across French Guiana.

The Excel file everyone edits

Three versions of the same spreadsheet go round by email. Nobody knows which one is right, and a broken formula goes unnoticed for weeks.

Re-typing paper forms in the evening

Your teams fill in slips, route sheets or forms by hand in the field. In the evening someone copies it all into the computer, with the errors and omissions that come with it.

Nobody has the full picture

To know where things stand, you have to call three people and open four files. Management makes decisions with figures that are two weeks old.

Photos and signatures lost in WhatsApp

Proof of delivery, the site photo, the client's approval: it is all in a WhatsApp conversation. When you need it six months later, panic sets in.

Documents that expire without warning

Vehicle inspection, insurance, certification, licence: the date passes, nobody saw it coming, and the vehicle or the employee is grounded.

No way to produce a reliable monthly summary

The summary for a client, a grant or the accountant takes two days to rebuild, and then it still has to be checked twice.

What we put in place

A business application sized for you, no more, no less. You keep your way of working, we remove the paper and the re-typing.

A web application available everywhere

From the office, from home or from another site, on computer, tablet or phone. Nothing to install: a web address and a password.

A mobile version for the field, even without signal

On building sites, dirt tracks or on the road, the application keeps working without a connection and sends everything as soon as the network is back.

A real-time dashboard

Today's activity, delays, alerts and the month's figures on a single screen, updated with every entry made in the field.

Access rights by profile: office, field, management

The office, the field and management do not see the same thing. Everyone gets what they need, nothing more.

Data hosted in Europe and exportable

Your data stays yours: hosting in Europe, automatic backups, export to Excel or PDF at any time.

Real examples

A client project being rolled out, our internal tool and a pilot platform, with real figures. None of them required any technical skill from the people who use them.

83
vehicles tracked in the app

Fretto: consignment notes without paper

Nord-Ouest Transports, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, rollout in progress

This transport company managed its work orders, consignment notes and fleet follow-up on paper and in Excel spreadsheets. Fretto replaces those documents with an application installed on every driver’s phone and on the office computers. It works offline on building sites and bus routes.

  • 83 vehicles and 27 drivers, with an office area, a driver area and a mechanic area
  • Pre-filled consignment note, photos and signatures on the spot, remote signature by the site manager
  • Automatic alerts on documents due for renewal and an exportable monthly summary per client
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5
uses brought together in a single application

Primo Space: our own exit from Excel

Primo Studio, internal tool used every day

Before, the agency tracked its hours, leave, quotes and profitability in separate spreadsheets that ended up contradicting each other. Primo Space centralises everything: every employee clocks in, requests leave and reads their payslips, management sees the margin per project in real time. We solved it for ourselves before offering it to our clients.

  • Time tracking, leave, payslips, CRM and profitability per project in one place
  • One area per role: employee, management, administration
  • Revenue and team workload dashboard updated live
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7
LED screens driven automatically

Awara: seven LED screens bookable online

Pilot platform, in development

To operate seven LED screens around town, an advertiser had to be able to book a slot, upload a visual and see it displayed, without any technical handling on each screen. Awara is that platform: online booking, approval, then automatic display and removal.

  • Screen catalogue with availability and map, booking by the week, fortnight or month
  • Visual approved by the operator before display
  • Automatic publishing and removal on the screens, one-click renewal
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How it works

Four steps, no jargon, with a first usable version delivered quickly.

1

Free scoping, on site or by video call

We come and see how you work today: your paperwork, your spreadsheets, your WhatsApp exchanges. We leave with the list of what needs to change first.

2

First usable version in 4 to 8 weeks

We first build what wastes the most of your time. You test it with real data, on your real devices.

3

Team training

Half a day is usually enough. Office and field staff are trained separately, on their own screens, with a simple guide to keep at hand.

4

Improvements from feedback, and maintenance

The first weeks of use bring up ideas. We build them in, monitor the application and make it evolve with your business.

How much does it cost

Three honest benchmarks. The exact figure depends on what you want to replace, and it is fixed before we start.

Focused tool
from €5,000

One single problem handled: a register, document tracking, order taking. One team, a few screens.

Complete multi-profile application
€10,000 to €40,000

Office, field and management, dashboard, offline mode, exports. The level of Fretto or Primo Space.

Maintenance and hosting
from €90 per month

Hosting in Europe, backups, security updates, fixes and small improvements.

Every project starts with free scoping, with no commitment. You then receive a fixed quote, split into stages, with no surprises along the way.
Support schemes exist for the digitalisation of small businesses in French Guiana, such as the digital voucher or the programmes of the Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane. Conditions change regularly: check with the CTG, your chamber of commerce or your accountant, and we will help you put the file together.

Our projects in French Guiana

Real projects for real businesses in French Guiana

Awara: a booking platform for LED advertising screens

Awara: a booking platform for LED advertising screens

Primo Studio (produit interne exploité commercialement)

Pilot platform, currently in development (2026). To operate a network of seven LED screens across town, we needed a tool that lets an advertiser book ...

Applications & logicielsDéveloppement Web
Primo Space: the tool that replaced our Excel spreadsheets

Primo Space: the tool that replaced our Excel spreadsheets

Primo Studio (usage interne quotidien)

The agency used to track its hours, leave, quotes and profitability in separate spreadsheets. Primo Space brings it all together: every employee clock...

Applications & logicielsDéveloppement Web
Digital Support & Social Media Strategy – Ouest Guyane Transport in Saint-Laurent

Digital Support & Social Media Strategy – Ouest Guyane Transport in Saint-Laurent

Rodrigue Dolloue

Since 2022, Primo Studio has been supporting Ouest Guyane Transport with a tailored digital strategy: consulting, visual creation, social media manage...

Développement WebConseil Marketing

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Frequently asked questions about digitalisation in French Guiana

What can actually be replaced?▾
Everything that is done today on paper, in a spreadsheet or in a WhatsApp conversation: purchase and delivery notes, route sheets, time tracking, schedules, stock follow-up, register of mandatory documents, internal requests, summaries for your clients. We start with what costs you the most time.
How much does a business application cost in French Guiana?▾
A tool focused on a single problem starts at around €5,000. A complete application with several profiles, an offline mode and a dashboard sits between €10,000 and €40,000. Maintenance and hosting start at €90 per month. Scoping is free and the quote is fixed before we start.
How long until we have a first version?▾
Between 4 and 8 weeks for a first version usable every day. We deliver the most urgent module first, you use it, then we add the rest in stages.
Do you work in Cayenne, Kourou and Matoury?▾
Yes. We are based in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and we travel to Cayenne, Kourou, Matoury, Rémire-Montjoly and western French Guiana for scoping and training. The rest is done remotely, by video call and phone.
Where is our data hosted?▾
On servers located in Europe, with automatic backups. Your data belongs to you: you can export it to Excel or PDF at any time, and get all of it back if you stop the service.
Why not buy off-the-shelf software?▾
Sometimes that is the right answer, and we will tell you so during scoping. But generic software imposes its own way of working, often charges per user and handles offline use or local specifics poorly. A custom application fits your trade, costs a fixed price known in advance and remains your property.

Going further

Tell us how you work today

A thirty-minute conversation, on site or by video call, is enough to find out what an application would change for you. Free and with no commitment.

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