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19 Entertainment

Significant growth and diversity of 19 Entertainment meant that the financial management team found that Sage, their existing accounting package, no longer met their requirements. They had a need for a financial accounting solution that would give them consolidation and flexibility.

Industry : Broadcasting/Media Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Advance Adapters

There was a requirement for a new financial accounting solution to support more efficient operations; the team at Advance Adapters was keen to move away from disparate and piece-meal systems with no continuity and a heavy reliance on Microsoft Excel. A solution with growth potential was needed.

Industry : Manufacturing Solution : SAP Business One
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Amanda Wakeley

One of the key benefits that the team at Amanda Wakeley are seeing as a result of implementing SAP Business One is a reduction in administrative work that results in a higher level of productivity. Six Amanda Wakeley sites use SAP Business One, with an average of sixteen people logged in at any one time – a figure which is set to double over the coming year.

Industry : Fashion / Retail Solution : SAP Business One
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Anglican Consultative Council

The fact that the Anglican Communion Office had the old-style green screen, was creaking at the seams and was not easy to maintain meant that the decision to find a new software solution was not a difficult one to make! Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : NFP / Religious Trust Solution : SAP Business One
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Anritsu

Anritsu's operations throughout Europe had been using a variety of different systems and a strategic decision was taken to move from operations being country-based to European-based – so that offices in all countries throughout Europe would use the same system.

Industry : Electronics Solution : SAP Business One
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Arts Council of Wales

The ACW first recognized the need for a new financial management system when they were faced by a number of challenges that they were unable to resolve through their existing accounting solution. This included the demand for a more flexible reporting and analysis solution...

Industry : NFP / Gov't Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Authentics

The operations team at Authentics were finding that the financial management system that they had in place was no longer fulfilling all of their requirements. Authentics set about looking for a solution to serve the needs of the company going forward

Industry : Retail Solution : SAP Business One
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AXA

The company had a requirement for a system to post directly into SunSystems using SunSystems' nominal ledger rules, so that they could move away from exporting and uploading between different systems. Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Finance Solution : MaxiSun
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The Big Bus Company

As a growing company Big Bus needed a back office system to cope with the expanding business. Specific requirements included consolidation and multi-currency capability and purchase authorisations: "Being an international company we needed this to be automated"...

Industry : Travel & Tourism Solution : SAP Business One
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Breast Cancer Care

Breast Cancer Care had out grown their existing accounting system and was in need of a new flexible finance solution that would enable them to eliminate data duplication and have the ability to grow with their business needs.

Industry : NFP / Charity Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Charterhouse

Charterhouse ultimately selected SunSystems from Sapphire as not only did it meet their requirements for flexible reporting but, in choosing Sapphire to supply the solution, they felt they would have access to a more complete range of post-sales support and training services.

Industry : Professional Services Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Chestertons

A key business driver behind sourcing a new financial management solution was the requirement to have a comprehensive and robust financial management solution, attuned to the needs of an industry leading organisation. Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Property / Real Estate Solution : SAP Business One
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Citizens Advice Bureau

Citizens Advice wanted to adopt an improved reporting system without sacrificing the reliability and stability of the existing investment: "When you have almost two decades of experience with a solution you become expert at the "shortcuts‟ that reduce workflows"...

Industry : NFP / Charity Solution : Infor SunSystems
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CPM UK Ltd

The main issues were to agree the required invoice authorisation workflow allied with integration with SunSystems. With this in hand, the initial phase of the rollout to the finance department was completed...Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Advertising / Media Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Crew Gold

The team at Crew Gold wanted to be able to efficiently pull data directly from Mainpac into SunSystems. Although there was in interface in place, it wasn't working very well and had a lot of errors. "We wanted to find a better solution" explained Bent Froesig, Finance Manager at Crew Gold.

Industry : Gold Mining Solution : MaxiSun
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DeafBlind UK

DeafBlind UK needed a system that would immediately help improve the quality of their data, improve their ability to output data quickly and effectively, enable the management team to make better and more informed decisions and provide a scalable platform to see DeafBlind UK through at least the next 5 years.

Industry : NFP/Charity Solution : SAP Business One
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Floryn Ltd

Floryn wanted an integrated system that supported the company's end-to-end business processes, from receipt to storage, despatch to invoicing. Chris was introduced to the SAP Business One application...Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Warehousing/Packaging Solution : SAP Business One
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GE Fabbri

GE Fabbri required a system that would eliminate manual trail balance entries, input and extract data quickly, a new robust system that would extract presentable information and customisable solution.

Industry : Media Solution : SAP Business One
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Hakkasan

A complete ERP solution was required that could be used by the whole team to manage the business, with a proper purchasing process and comprehensive reporting functionality included... Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Cuisine Solution : SAP Business One
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Hansteen Holding

Hansteen were using an entry level Sage solution that was no longer meeting the needs of the financial management team. A requirement for a more flexible system was a key business driver behind finding a new financial accounting solution.

Industry : Property Investments Solution : Infor SunSystems
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HiB

Himesh Shah, Financial Controller at HiB, explained "Pegasus works well for a small company, but we had grown and needed better reporting. We were also after the ability to do a back up of the system without everyone having to log out and a sequel platform."

Industry : Distribution Solution : SAP Business One
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Horizon Hobby

Horizon Hobby had been using a bespoke system for financial accounting. Whilst it did work, there was not much scope to make changes to the set up. A system with more flexibility was required in order to be able to adapt and change the way the business is run as markets change.

Industry : Manufacturing Solution : SAP Business One
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Hoseasons Group

Both organisations were using Infor FMS SunSystems for accounting, albeit different versions from different providers, so following the acquisition it was good practice to move onto the same, latest version. It made sense to take advantage of economies of scale and deal with one provider.

Industry : Travel & Real Estate Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Improveline

The incredible growth of the organisation, and forecast future expansion required second-phase funding by July 2000. The time had come to search for a more suitable accounting solution that would cope with the new challenges that growth represents.

Industry : Professional Services Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Infrared

Jonathan Dunstan, Project Manager, commented "Now that we are no longer part of a large organisation we had to put all our systems and back office together from scratch, it is important for us to stand on our own two feet as it were – and do it well. We were after a system that would offer strong reporting, with a robust structure.

Industry : Financial Services Solution : SunSystems 5.4.1
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International Power

"Our key aim is to run our stations with maximum availability and so it makes sense for us to use the top of the range solution in each application area and integrate them accordingly". Bill Hogg, IT Project Manager, International Power. Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Energy, Oil & Gas Solution : MaxiSun
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JAC Online Travel

Due to the successful growth of the company, Financial Director, Steve O'Hara and his team at JAC were struggling with their incumbent financial accounting solution which was integrated with the operations system - and was starting to creak at the seams.

Industry : Travel & Tourism Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Kinetic Worldwide

Part of the WWP Group, Kinetic was created by merging Portland Outdoor with Poster Publicity; and the new integrated finance team were tasked with selecting a financial accounting solution to be used across Kinetic's global operation.

Industry : Broadcasting/Media Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Liberum Capital

Prior to the initial installation of SunSystems in 2009, Liberum had been using Sage. A new solution had been sought to handle multi-currency, consolidation and other functionality not covered. Liberum found SunSystems from Sapphire via the Evaluation Centre website.

Industry : Financial Services Solution : Infor FMS SunSystems 5.4
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Liberty Wines

Liberty Wines needed a system that would help them deliver good customer service, a system that could keep up with company growth, and a requirement for a specialised accounting system. They also needed to ensure adequate controls were implemented, and there was a greater need for reporting and analysis, SunSystems was the answer...

Industry : Retail Distribution Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Lotte Chemicals UK Ltd

Lotte Chemicals UK Ltd was operating the legacy system, SAP ERP, but required a more flexible back office system appropriate for the size of the company, that could integrate with the SAP Business Suite solution in place at corporate level within the Lotte Group.

Industry : Chemical Solution : SAP Business One
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Mackie's of Scotland

When Gerry Stephens joined Mackie's in early 2009 the finance function was being run by a consultant. The Mackie's team wanted to get more out of SAP Business One – they knew it was a good system and the framework was there, but were concerned that it wasn't set up correctly.

Industry : Food Solution : SAP Business One
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Mears Group

In 1999, Mears inherited an Infor FMS SunSystems solution as part of the acquisition of another company. On reviewing SunSystems Ben Westran, Group Financial Controller, and the finance team at Mears concluded it was more suited to the needs of the business than their existing solution, Summit 2000.

Industry : NFP / Charity Solution : MaxiSun
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National Geographic

Darren Poynton, Finance Director, and his team at NGCE wanted to move from a partly outsourced accounting model to a fully integrated in-house financial management system. This move meant that a new accounting system would need to be acquired.

Industry : Broadcasting / Media Solution : SAP Business One
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NHS Heywood

One of the key product features that made SAP Business One the most
appropriate fit for The Trust was Item Management. "95% of procurement is
managed using the solution"...
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Industry : Healthcare Solution : SAP Business One
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Powerlite

Alistair Wright joined Powerlite as Financial Controller in November 2004 to find an old UNIX system that was very outdated coming to the end of its useful life...

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Industry : Manufacturing Solution : SAP Business One
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Raven Housing Trust

Raven Housing Trust wanted to improve the efficiency in the area of purchasing and to become paperless office. They wanted to replace their paper based system that wasn't scalable, was resource intensive, was not as secure as they wanted it to be and was susceptible to human error

Industry : Housing Solution : iPOS
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RO Group

There was a requirement for simplification of the whole finance function without having to reinvent the wheel, so the logical decision was taken to upgrade from SunSystems Version 4 to Version 5. Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Property / Real Estate Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Rodial Skincare

In 2008 Rodial doubled in size and turnover, Rodial‟s finance team were using QuickBooks, an entry level accounting package that was proving to be too basic; they needed a system to cope with a higher volume of transactions and complex shipping requirements.

Industry : Health & Beauty Solution : SAP Business One
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Royal Academy of Dance

"As an international business we deal with many foreign currencies and perform two consolidations on our accounts: one for the UK and one worldwide. We were after a cash based system since students and members make payment up front, on applying to the Academy, rather than issuing invoices." Richard Thom

Industry : NFP / Charity Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Salix Finance

Salix Finance needed a system that would help review their current processes and infrastructure, was able to fit in to the company structure and manage financial costs effectively. They also required a system that would grow with the business, and would deliver with ease of use.

Industry : Financial Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Serica

On joining the Company, Rob Tamburrini, Group Finance Manager, found that he had a very short time frame in which to select and implement a financial accounting solution at Serica – not least because at that time most of the accounts were being run on spreadsheets.

Industry : Energy, Oil & Gas Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Silverbug

Silverbug were looking for more than just a financial accounting system, as they had specific requirements for a business management solution that would have the functionality to automate purchase orders, control stock and manage client accounts.

Industry : Professional Services Solution : SAP Business One
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Smartest Energy

The Finance Team at SmartestEnergy had been using a mid-level Sage solution for accounting, but had a requirement for a solution with more flexibility and analysis capability.
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Industry : Energy Solution : SAP Business One
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St Paul at Lloyds

St. Paul at Lloyd‟s fragmented financial systems were in need of consolidation. This major project, undertaken by the Group‟s financial department, involved the merging of all the financial software and data onto one central server running MS SQL Server on a Windows NT operating system.

Industry : Financial Services Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Sunraysia

The management team at Sunraysia required a financial management solution with multi-currency and international capabilities. They were also keen to put in place a customisable solution that could scale and grow with the company.

Industry : FCMG Solution : SAP Business One
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Together

In 2004, Together selected Sun Systems to replace Sage line 100 as its primary financial package. Together has 10 licences for SunSystems and 8 for Vision. 14 members of the team share this access fluidly throughout the day. Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : NFP / Charity Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Townends

Kevin Squires, Financial Accountant, explained the requirement to upgrade: "Essentially our hardware had outgrown our software. We hadn't upgraded SunSystems as it worked well for us and there were no failings in the system. When the need to upgrade our hardware arose we also took the opportunity to look at all our software packages and decided to upgrade SunSystems at the same time."

Industry : Property Solution : Infor SunSystems
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Trinity College of London

Tracy Everett, Project Manager/Systems Accountant, at TCL said "New solutions were introduced in response to the changing pace of a growing business; it was a good opportunity to upgrade and introduce more rigour to
finance".

Industry : Education Solution : Infor SunSystems
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United Fleet Distribution

In 2009, UFD was sold by parent company Mears to British Car Auctions. As a result UFD was no longer able to utilise Mears' financial accounting solution, so needed to implement their own...Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Vehicle Delivery Solution : Infor SunSystems
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v

As a start up organisation, the team at v set about getting operating systems in place. Ian Threadgold, Interim Finance Manager at the Russell Commission selected SunSystems from a shortlist of three financial accounting solutions. Please click on the links below for the full story.

Industry : Charity Solution : Infor SunSystems
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