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Cendana Works clients

What clients say about working with us.

Accounts from businesses in Seremban and Negeri Sembilan that have used our services. Not every engagement goes perfectly, and these accounts reflect that.

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60+

Businesses served

4.7

Average satisfaction rating

96%

Delivered within agreed scope

2019

Operating in Seremban

Client accounts

Reviews from clients across the three services — with dates from June and July 2025.

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Zulaikha Ramli

Retail proprietor, Seremban

We had four years of sales data in one workbook that nobody wanted to touch because it kept giving different totals depending on how you filtered it. Rashid and Nurul spent two days on it. They found three formulas that had been referencing the wrong columns since 2021. The summary now updates on its own. We have not had a data discrepancy since.

Spreadsheet Cleanup — July 2025

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Krishnamurthy Venkatesan

Operations manager, Nilai

The Report Writing Assistant has cut about four hours out of our monthly close. The first draft is not perfect — we still edit the commentary — but the numbers are pulled correctly and the format is consistent. The one thing I would say is that it took two rounds of adjustment to get the layout right before the final handover. Worth the process.

Report Writing Assistant — June 2025

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Lim Hui Shan

Business owner, Seremban 2

The workshop was half a day but it covered things our team had been doing wrong for months without realising it. Two staff were using a shortcut that was skipping a verification step entirely. Suresh caught it within the first hour. The written notes were clear and my team still refers to them.

Refresher Workshop — July 2025

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Ahmad Nizam

Service business, Rembau

I went in expecting to be told I needed new software. Instead they fixed what I already had. The naming convention change seemed small but it resolved the reason two of my staff were maintaining separate versions of the same sheet. Honest advice and no pressure to do more than I needed.

Spreadsheet Cleanup — June 2025

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Siti Rohani

Admin head, Port Dickson

We had a new team of six and most of them had learned the tools by watching the previous person. The workshop gave us a shared baseline for the first time. Suresh runs it as a conversation, not a lecture. The written notes meant people did not have to rely on their own notes from the session.

Refresher Workshop — July 2025

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Tan Choon Wai

Small manufacturer, Seremban

The Report Assistant setup took a week longer than expected because our data sources were less consistent than we had described. Cendana Works was upfront about this when they found it and did not charge extra. The end result works as described. I would use them again for the next service.

Report Writing Assistant — June 2025

Three client journeys

A closer look at what the work involved and what changed as a result.

Case Study 01 — Spreadsheet Cleanup

A retail business in Seremban with four years of compounded formula errors

Challenge

Sales totals differed between the main workbook and the finance team's copy. Nobody could identify the source of the discrepancy. A key summary sheet required manual updating every month, which introduced additional inconsistencies.

What we did

Mapped every formula in the workbook. Found three SUMIF functions referencing columns that had been inserted and shifted in 2021. Rebuilt the summary sheet with dynamic references. Separated raw data from working notes into distinct sheets.

Result

Finance and operations are now working from the same figures. The summary sheet updates without manual input. The client completed the Spreadsheet Cleanup and did not require any follow-on service.

Timeline: 3 working days  |  Service: Spreadsheet Cleanup  |  RM 130

Case Study 02 — Report Writing Assistant

A services business producing three recurring reports with inconsistent formats

Challenge

Three monthly reports were being assembled separately by different staff members, resulting in inconsistent formats and occasional errors when figures were manually transcribed. Each report took three to four hours to produce.

What we did

Mapped the three report formats and identified the shared data sources behind them. Built an assistant that pulls from those sources and populates each report template. Set flagging rules for figures the tool could not verify independently.

Result

Report production time dropped to under an hour, with the remainder spent on review and commentary. No transcription errors since setup. The client has maintained the configuration without requiring further support.

Timeline: 8 working days  |  Service: Report Writing Assistant  |  RM 385

Case Study 03 — Refresher Workshop

A six-person team whose AI tool habits had drifted significantly from training

Challenge

The team had been using an AI-assisted drafting tool for nine months. Usage had diverged between members, some using workarounds that bypassed validation steps. Two staff were new and had learned the tool informally.

What we did

Ran a half-day session at the client's premises. Observed how each person was using the tool. Identified and corrected the workarounds that skipped validation. Covered six months of tool changes the team had not reviewed. Answered accumulated questions.

Result

The team left with a shared approach and written notes for future reference. The two new staff members had their understanding corrected before it became ingrained. The business owner noted the session changed what she was comfortable asking the tool to do.

Timeline: Half day on-site  |  Service: Refresher Workshop  |  RM 600

Reach us directly

Phone

+60 6 764 2913

Address

27 Jalan Dato Bandar Tunggal, 70000 Seremban

Hours

Mon–Fri 9am–6pm
Sat 9am–1pm

Professional standing

SME Corp Digital Support Partner

Recognised since 2023 as a digital support provider for small and medium enterprises in Negeri Sembilan.

Negeri Sembilan Chamber of Commerce Member

Active member since 2020. Participates in annual SME conferences as a data and AI resource.

Adult Learning Association (Malaysia)

Suresh Krishnan holds ALA membership for professional standards in facilitation and workplace training.

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