Case Study: Cherniak Software achieves rapid, flexible enterprise solutions and sustained growth with Cincom Smalltalk VisualWorks (Cincom)

Cherniak Software Builds Its Business on Cincom Smallta VisualWorks

Cherniak Software, founded in Toronto in 1978, builds custom enterprise systems for industries such as distribution, manufacturing and project management. Its core challenge was finding and evolving development tools that would produce robust, high‑quality applications quickly while allowing fast, client-driven modifications.

By adopting Cincom Smalltalk VisualWorks and using it to develop products like the Alacrity Results Management (ARM) system, Cherniak achieved faster development, richer GUIs and extensive user-level configurability. The outcome was sustained growth, the ability to offer flexible, easily tailored solutions, rapid response to change requests, and recognition for functionality on par with much larger vendors.

Cherniak Software

Bob Cherniak

Founder