Halls Holdings will cut admin by a third with Access
Halls Holdings is an established business that offers a diverse range of professional services. The business has recently become aware that they are losing significant time to outdated business software, an issue which creates jobs rather than eliminates them. They have learnt that with Access they can reverse this affect with new solutions; Dimensions, FocalPoint & aCloud potentially cutting administrative processes by over eight days.
“A lot of professional services business are truly understanding that time is money and are finding solutions to their time costly problems with Access,” comments Steve Sawyer, PSS Divisional Director for Access.
Tony Hughes, Company Secretary for Halls Holdings explains, “We realised we were in a position where our software was outdated and causing us more problems than it was solving. We recently updated both our IT infrastructure and premises and time had come to streamline our business processes.”
Originally staff spent a lot of time manually processing paperwork, re-keying information into their database, manually handling it then re-entering the same information. Everything from invoices, purchase orders and registration forms. Companywide they were experiencing manual handling of information and the duplication of data. Halls Holdings needed a solution that could eliminate that process, as the business recently added a commercial sector to their services, stacking onto their existing administration processes, this wasn’t making them any more efficient.
“With this growth we took on more administration duties, so have become increasingly more aware of the need to look for an efficient alternative to recruiting, with Dimensions, FocalPoint & aCloud we can now streamline processes, creating visibility and transparency companywide.”
He elaborates, “We needed a solution to support the future of the business. We also understood that we could achieve newfound efficiencies by upgrading our business software to Access. As a forward thinking company, we needed a modern system. We needed a solution that could remove a significant amount of time we were taking out of the company. Our solutions to this is Access Dimensions, FocalPoint & aCloud.”
He continues, “Our previous systems had separated results – which we’d then need to re-key into our database. It was a labour intensive process, automation solves that problem. With aCloud Capture & Document we can manage and report on invoices, registration forms and other important documents immediately and in real time.”
“With Access we’ll be able to save a significant amount of time and workloads like these. Each of the systems talk to each other, they consolidate data and make it available and visible throughout the company. Automation also means there is no need to stress or extend our staff – we can offer them the tools and resources to reach optimum efficiencies,” states Tony.
He concludes, “We can save around five extra days on reporting in accounts a month and an additional three whole days a week on managing administration. For this Access suited us. They offered us everything and more that leading competition couldn’t. We wanted a vendor that could tick all the boxes without having to outsource further solutions and that is exactly what we got with Access.”
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Access is a leading author of fully integrated business management software. The portfolio spans solutions for ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing. More than 5,000 UK businesses and not-for-profit organisations use Access solutions to improve their performance, profitability and drive growth, unlocking their business potential through improved business insight.
Vertical focus and industry-specific solutions differentiate Access in the market and templated solutions make for rapid and easy deployments. Using Access software to automate operations, streamline processes and share real-time business information anytime, anywhere, businesses can benefit from significant performance improvements.
Access is one of the top five fastest growing UK software developers in The Sunday Times Buyout Track 100 2012 and featured in last year’s Profit Track 100. On-going commitment to excellence, customers and employees has also placed the company among the UK’s top employers in The Sunday Times’ 100 ‘Best Companies to Work For’ 2011.
In the past 12 months Access has completed seven M&A deals including, thankQ, French BI specialists Prelytis and Delta Software, plus the Access customer base of a number of resellers.
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