Business technology & process improvement

Practical solutions for clearer decisions and simpler work.

Disconnected systems, repetitive tasks, scattered data, or outdated processes? SOLLUS helps businesses connect systems, improve data quality, automate workflows, and turn operational information into reliable reporting.

20+ years of professional experience brought by Tom Dabbs, President
Data connected systems, useful reporting, and clearer decisions
Work process improvement, automation, and practical custom tools

About SOLLUS

Practical experience, applied to your business.

SOLLUS is a business technology and process improvement company based in Virginia Beach, serving Hampton Roads and businesses nationwide. We help businesses improve operations through workflow automation, systems integration, data analytics, operational optimization, and custom software.

Tom Dabbs, President of SOLLUS, brings over 20 years of professional experience supporting private and public organizations across multiple industries. Client engagements span manufacturing analytics, healthcare financial operations, and legacy data modernization, alongside a practical understanding of business operations and the resources already in place.

How we can help

Start with the work you want to improve.

Simplify recurring work

Workflow automation reduces repetitive manual tasks, report preparation, and recurring administrative steps.

Connect the systems you have

Systems integration connects legacy applications, spreadsheets, databases, and modern software without necessarily replacing existing infrastructure.

Make sense of your data

Data analytics and reporting bring scattered information into useful reports, dashboards, and tools that help you decide what needs attention.

Plan under real constraints

Operational optimization helps you compare capacity plans, supply chains, delivery routes, inventory allocation, and resource use.

Build a tool that fits

Custom software development provides practical applications, scripts, data pipelines, and specialized tools when existing software falls short.

Business analytics word cloud

Data Analytics & Reporting

Turn operational data into clearer action.

When information is spread across spreadsheets and applications, even a routine business question can take too long to answer. We bring those records together, check their consistency, and build reports and dashboards around the decisions you need to make. Data engineering and systems integration connect source databases and cloud services with consistent analytical datasets.

Conceptual network for the fictional candy-distribution demonstration

Supply Chain & Operational Optimization

Model complex decisions around your operation.

SOLLUS provides supply chain and operational optimization services tailored to each client’s objectives, data, and constraints. We model inventory allocation, delivery networks, fleet and resource capacity, and operating scenarios to calculate feasible alternatives and explain their tradeoffs.

From distribution planning to resource scheduling, the work starts with the decision you need to make and the limits your business must respect.

Explore the fictional supply chain case study →
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Process Improvement & Automation

Build processes that reduce waste and protect margin.

We examine how work moves through your business, identify repeated handoffs and manual steps, and improve the process before automating it. Connecting existing systems and building a focused tool where needed can help your team spend less time moving information and more time using it. That includes legacy data conversion, contract and pricing data maintenance, and financial reconciliation workflows.

Selected Client Projects

Practical work in real operating environments.

Three anonymous engagements show how SOLLUS connects systems, prepares reliable information, and supports recurring business processes.

Conceptual connection from facility databases through data preparation to manufacturing reporting.

Global Industrial Equipment Manufacturing

Manufacturing Data & Analytics

Facility data needs a consistent path into enterprise reporting. SOLLUS worked alongside an established IT and analytics team to develop data pipelines and operational Power BI reports.

  • Data engineering
  • Systems integration
  • Power BI reporting
  • Manufacturing analytics
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Conceptual reconciliation of contract information and payments into exceptions for review.

Healthcare Financial Services

Healthcare Reimbursement Reconciliation

Reimbursement review depends on connecting the right contract terms with claims and payments. SOLLUS maintained data workflows supporting post-payment auditing for eight hospital systems.

  • Financial reconciliation
  • Workflow automation
  • Contract data management
  • Quality assurance
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Defined SOLLUS data workstream connecting legacy records with modernized reporting and invoice preparation.

Industrial Distribution & Equipment Services

Legacy Data Modernization & Reporting

Legacy spreadsheets held operating history and business rules across 200+ customer locations. SOLLUS led a defined migration and reporting workstream and contributed to more structured invoice generation within a broader modernization initiative.

  • Legacy data migration
  • ETL and validation
  • Spreadsheet standardization
  • Invoice automation
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Applications & Technical Demonstrations

Explore the tools and ideas in practice.

A SOLLUS-operated application, a fictional optimization demonstration, and independent research projects show additional capabilities.

Virginia Beach Specials with grocery deals and restaurant specials

Virginia Beach Specials

A simpler way to find local grocery deals and restaurant specials.

Created and operated by SOLLUS, this application brings local offers together so people can search deals, find dining specials, and build a shopping list.

It puts our approach into practice: organize information, simplify a recurring task, and make the result easy to use.

Explore Virginia Beach Specials →
Map of Hampton Roads with grocery locations colored by chain across the Southside and Peninsula
Saved grocery location snapshot · Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

SOLLUS capabilities / Fictional demonstration

Modeling, Mapping & Visualization

Turn complex operational questions into models, maps, and decisions.

SOLLUS combines geographic data, optimization modeling, and interactive visualization to help clients evaluate supply chains and operating plans. Explore a fictional regional distribution problem to see how demand, inventory, and truck capacity affect delivery routes and modeled costs.

Explore supply chain modeling & visualization →
Actual MU call and put volume from saved Finviz observations
Actual Finviz snapshot · October 8, 2026

SOLLUS research / Data analysis & visualization

Analytics & Research

Turning changing data into clear, usable tools.

These financial-market research projects show how SOLLUS collects, validates, and analyzes changing data, then presents it through interactive tools and automated reports.

The same capabilities can support supplier comparisons, inventory monitoring, operational dashboards, and exception detection.

Selected Experience

Work informed by real operating environments.

Contact

Have a process that takes too much time?

Or a system that isn't working the way it should? Let's talk about the work you want to improve and where a practical solution could help.

Based in Virginia Beach, serving Hampton Roads and businesses nationwide. Local service includes Norfolk, Chesapeake, and surrounding communities.

Tom Dabbs President | SOLLUS tom.dabbs@sollus.us 757-255-8547