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Professional Advantage are delighted to announce that Sapphire has been awarded the Professional Advantage Business Partner of the Year 2010, for the second year in a row.
This is a great achievement by Sapphire, given the current economic environment. Sapphire achieved this through promoting cost and time reduction with Infor FMS SunSystems Enhancement Solutions to their customers. Congratulations to all the team! Yellow Pages Group, the global listing company, have increased their investment in Infor FMS SunSystems by adding Consolidations, a Professional advantage enhancement module, to their portfolio. Professional Advantage has always made innovation a priority. Based on insights from our customers, we have developed software products that enhance the value of Infor FMS SunSystems.
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Professional Advantage UK Ltd announces partnership with ThinkTree to enable organisations to achieve control and compliance of their business processes 17th February 2010 A new business relationship has been formed to launch a Workflow solution for CODA users, bringing together two leading solutions, CODA Financial Management Software and FlowCentric Business Processes Management Software (BPM).
Professional Advantage (PA), an IT solution provider and expert in the implementation of Business Process Management (BPM), announces a new partnership with ThinkTree, an independent consulting firm specialising in Finance and Business Intelligence solutions.
Joe Taylor, Founder of ThinkTree comments, “A comprehensive workflow solution for CODA users is something we at ThinkTree have really wanted to pursue for some time. Working with PA has been really exciting, as together we’ve been able to bring that solution to the table very quickly. Together, we can not only tackle a range of common financial process issues out of the box, but we also have a deeper capability for broader process automation involving any system.”
Andrew Parsons, Country Manager of Professional Advantage said "I am very enthused about the opportunity that our new partnership with ThinkTree brings to Professional Advantage. I firmly believe that combining our extensive experience of process oriented software and FMS deployment, will allow us to present a powerful BPM oriented solution to the Coda user base across the UK."
Parsons continues to say "I was impressed with ThinkTree's agile approach to business as well as their vision of a world class workflow ability closely integrated to Coda, making them the ideal partner. The FlowCentric BPM solution offers a simple out of the box resolution to some of the most common problems in reference data management, whilst having the scalability to address automated process management across the broader organisation. I look forward to a very exciting year with ThinkTree."
The FlowCentric Workflow solution for CODA users provides organisations with a strategic platform for systematically addressing business process pains, improving service delivery and providing a scalable adaptive platform for growth.
FlowCentric also includes a portfolio of pre built template processes that can be implemented "as is". Each template adds business control and certainty to key processes that manage the vital data in CODA FMS, such as request and approval of new Supplier and Customer details, updating Bank details and maintaining analysis data.
It enables orgainsations to apply business rules that define how things “should be done”. FlowCentric provides consistency and certainty by implementing approved process rules across the workforce in a user friendly way. It provides business processes with structure, compliance and auditability providing organisations with information to make timely informative decisions whilst saving on administrative cost and time. It provides one path of certainty on repeatable basis.
FlowCentric contains a bundle of web enabled self administration processes that handle activities such as reassigning tasks and maintain process roles. These extend participation to non finance staff and those without CODA FMS access.
The solution is also extensible. Not only can you modify existing templates but you can add completely new processes within its framework to address other management and operational challenges throughout the organisation. FlowCentric has all the flexibility and control necessary to rapidly extend or plug gaps between any of your existing systems.
To learn more about the FlowCentric Workflow solution click here
About Professional Advantage
Professional Advantage (PA), founded in 1989, is built on years of experience and extensive knowledge in business technology as both a software author and implementation provider. This has allowed Professional Advantage to deliver specialist solutions that help companies achieve quantifiable benefits. PA’s states, “We apply smart people, rigorous thinking and quality systems to business challenges”. Their large customer base and numerous awards indicate their ability to deliver solutions on time and on budget with the ultimate focus on the value of their projects to the customers. To learn more visit www.professionaladvantage.co.uk
About ThinkTree Inspectorate Chemtaur, an inspection & testing organisation for several sectors, including Oil & Gas, have selected Cocoon to implement Professional Advantage iPOS eProcurement solution. Tigo is one of the largest telecommunication companies servicing Africa, South America & Asia. They have chosen iPOS, an eProcurement from Professional Advantage, to help manage their purchase & requisitioning needs. The SunSystems Helpdesk support hours & contact details will change for the period Thursday 24/12/2009 - Friday 1/1/2010 (inclusive).
During this period the Helpdesk will be open to support our clients with urgent calls from 9am to 4pm only.
Support resources will be limited so please use the Customer Portal at www.profad.co.uk/eservice to log your call. This will enable our Support Consultants to better manage and respond to your calls.
We wish you a safe and happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year. Inspectorate Chemtaur implement Professional Advantage iPOS eProcurement from Cocoon. Based in South Africa Inspectorate Chemtaur are an inspections and testing company for oil & Gas.
Tigo Guatemala has chosen to implement Professional Advantage Advanced Inquiry and iPOS eProcurement purchase & requisitioning system with Four Business Solutions. Tigo are a large telecommunication company servicing mainly Africa, South America and Asia.
Trafigura has chosen to implement Professional Advantages iPOS eProcurement purchase & requisitioning system with FSG Group. Trafigura are based in 37 countries and are one of the world’s largest commodity dealers.
Asthma UK have implemented iPOS eProcurement from Professional Advantage, an internet purchase and requisition system.
Asthma UK is a charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of over 5.4 million people in the UK who suffer from asthma. "Enterprises can experience as much as a 20% cost saving within first year of using BPM to improve business processes." (Gartner) October 2009
Sydney, Australia
FlowCentric, a Business Process Management (BPM) suite, has helped many organisations achieve cost savings in areas such as compliance, consistency, increased productivity and transparency through the orchestration and automation of their business processes.
Click here to read more on the Gartner report.
Professional Advantage has been helping organisations improve how they manage their business since 1987. We apply rigorous thinking and quality systems to business challenges. For more information on FlowCentric and Professional Advantage please visit http://www.profad.co.uk/products/flowcentric/index.htm or contact us right now at ukinfo@profad.co.uk London, UK
Employees can efficiently collaborate with team members and perform their tasks in an effective and timely manner. Management can leverage insights to make better-informed decisions with the confidence that the underlying activities are both fully compliant and auditable.
Professional Advantage assisted SunGard USA in automating its sales tax computations for the thousands of sales invoices it raises each month.
SunGard implemented the Flowcentric to sit alongside its billing systems and, to seamlessly, externally validate addresses and return tax rates via ADP’s Taxware service. SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies. They serve more than 25,000 customers in over 70 countries, including the world’s 25 largest financial services companies. With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 435 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses. www.sungard.com. Professional Advantage is pleased to announce that it has named Sapphire as Reseller of the Year 2009 September 2009
London, UK
Sapphire has been working with Professional Advantage, developers of software products that enhance the value of leading international software solutions including the Infor FMS SunSystems range, for over 10 years.
“It is with great pleasure that Professional Advantage awards Sapphire Systems the PA Reseller of the year for 2009” said Steve Howcroft, Joint Managing Director at PA, going on to say “Whilst this has been a challenging 12 months for many, Sapphire has driven impressive growth of the PA companion products for Infor FMS SunSystems particularly with iPOS eProcurement. Their success in adding value through process improvements within both existing and new solutions supports the powerful value proposition of a quality services partner with world class, innovative software. Sapphire has been a PA partner for many years, and it is great to see them leading the pack once again."
David Singh, Sales & Marketing Director at Sapphire said “We are delighted to be recognised by Professional Advantage as their reseller of the year, it has been a great team effort. We have noticed that during these tough times Infor FMS SunSystems users have wanted to drive more efficiencies from their software; the PA solutions are perfect: by making a small additional investment in the add on modules, Infor FMS SunSystems users have benefited from both operational efficiencies and cost savings, particularly in the areas of procurement with iPOS and also electronic payment processing with PA‟s Cash Desk Suite.” London, UK
A luxury London hotel group, Dukes and Lester Hotels, select eCocoon and Professional Advantage's cash management suite to manage their payment processes. London, UK
London First Centre, an influential business membership group whose mission is to make London the best city in the world in which to do business, have extended their electronic banking with additional B4B formats from Professional Advantage. London, UK
Koncranes Europe has implemented B4B from Professional Advantage to automate and improve their account payables function. Koncranes is an industry-leading group of lifting businesses that offers a complete range of advanced lifting solutions to many different industries worldwide. Sydney, Australia
Leading digital publishing firm, Magicalia, have implemented a host of Professional Advantage products including iPOS eProcurement for Infor FMS SunSystems and Contract Service Billing. The FlowCentric BPM Suite has again been awarded one of the highest accolades from Microsoft August 2009
Sydney, Australia
FlowCentric Processware won the Microsoft ISV/Software Solutions Competency Award for 2009 at the Microsoft Partner Programme Awards event held in Durban on 7th August. Jacques Wessels (COO) accepted the award on behalf of the FlowCentric group.
"With FlowCentric Processware we truly believe that our customers get a best-of-breed solution." says Wessels "The product is developed on the latest Microsoft technologies thereby ensuring process efficiency and reduced process cost while leveraging off existing investments in Microsoft products such as SQL, Exchange and SharePoint."
The ISV/Software Solutions Competency Award recognises the partner that excels at developing and delivering People-Ready software solutions to customers. A qualified People-Ready software solution will help customers make informed business decisions through consolidation of software and facilitate effective collaboration with colleagues and customers. Winning this prestigious award in recognition of the fact that the products and solutions delivered by FlowCentric can solve business challenges and consistently add value to the businesses using their systems.
FlowCentric is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner with competencies in ISV Software Solutions, Information Worker Solutions and Business Process Management and Integration. FlowCentric has been providing customers of all sizes, in many sectors, with effective business solutions for over 9 years. "We are focused on providing our clients with highly effective solutions; leveraging off of Microsoft technology provides our customers with even greater power and ease of use" says Jacques Wessels COO.
Mark Reynolds, head of the small business and partner division at Microsoft South Africa, said the high standards of entries received for the awards showed that Microsoft's partners were delivering "unmatched innovation and value" to customers.
Wessels believes that this is not only an award of some consequence; it is also another sign of the company's accelerating momentum. "We are very proud of our achievement and believe that FlowCentric not only has a winning product, but an amazing team of professionals who have the same goal in mind - to be the very best that they can be." London, UK
Liberty, a prestigious department store in London, has chosen eRemit and B4B for Infor FMS SunSystems from Professional Advantage to manage their payment cycle. London, UK
Investors in People, has selected Professional Advantages iPOS eProcurement for Infor FMS SunSystems to extend the management of their purchasing processes. Mandarin Oriental Hotel is one of London’s most distinguished hotels, have rolled out B4B and eRemit to improve their cash control. London, UK
Koncranes Europe has implemented B4B from Professional Advantage to automate and improve their account payables function. Koncranes is an industry-leading group of lifting businesses that offers a complete range of advanced lifting solutions to many different industries worldwide. London, UK
Partnerships UK (PUK) will implement Infor FMS SunSystems with the software & services company Touchstone group. PUK will also implement other key elements from the Professional Advantage Enhancements for the Infor FMS SunSystems product range. London, UK
Somerset Care, a not for profit care provider in Southern England have purchased Collect for Infor FMS SunSystems from Professional Advantage to manage their cash flow processes - a critical solution to the survival of any business. Plus Dane Group, a Liverpool based Housing Association, select both iPOS eProcurement and Workflow for Infor FMS SunSystems from Professional Advantage to maintain budgetary control, authorisation processes and expenditure. London, UK - July 2009
As part of their good governance and process improvement initiatives, Plus Dane Group has selected FlowCentric from Professional Advantage to address their budgetary control, supplier invoice management and delegated authorisation processes. The FlowCentric business process management suite will be able to help the group automate a wide range of manual tasks and processes over time and provide extensive visibility and auditability to their day to day activities.
Plus Dane Group has over 15,000 homes in ownership and management across Merseyside and Cheshire and offers homes across a full range of tenures, provides bespoke neighbourhood services and trades commercially to generate income, create jobs and direct wealth into their neighbourhoods.
FlowCentric has made public what is possibly the most exciting release of its popular BPM software suite to date. Impressive enhancements on existing features, and the inclusion of several much-anticipated new features, definitely set V4R2 apart from other solutions in this industry.
This feature-rich software eliminates technical intricacies and allows business users and non-developers to quickly and efficiently configure workflow solutions and process-driven applications. It can rapidly deploy processes integrated to line of business applications or simply replace paper based systems.
"This release is a major milestone in the products life cycle. This version includes many enhancements requested from our customer base from around the world," says Pieter Van Schalkwyk, FlowCentric CEO in Sydney today. "Our objective is to deliver unbelievebale value to our customers by ensuring our software is relevant for customers from a technology and functional viewpoint."
FlowCentric Processware offers drag-and-drop tools, a Microsoft Office-style designer (FlowCentric Process Suite), and a Web 2.0 style end-user interface (FlowCentric Navigator). The entire system is Internet-enabled, which means that users can connect to FlowCentric from any platform that supports a JavaScript-enabled Web browser. This enables FlowCentric clients to do business from virtually anywhere in the world at any time.
The built-in Multi Language capability of FlowCentric V4R2 enables organisations to deploy in environments where computers are shared by a variety of people who speak different languages; or to service customers in different countries.
"Our Multi Language feature improves the entire end-user experience and enables employees to perform their tasks more effectively when information is provided to them in the language of their choice," explains Gavin Green - FlowCentric Technologies GM. With over 35 language packs to choose from and a Language Editor, within the Process Suite with which you can configure a variety of different languages, FlowCentric's latest offering certainly does hold a universal appeal.
The new Configuration Manager (MMC) is a central console that provides system administrators and advanced users with a flexible interface through which they may configure and monitor FlowCentric services; including the Notification and Escalation Service, the Directory Watcher, and the FlowCentric Event Manager.
The Event Manager allows business processes to be initiated automatically at predefined times. The enhanced "action list" allows users to do advanced searching and filtering on outstanding tasks. Deployment of the FlowCentric Outlook Add-In (client) is now supported across Citrix and Terminal Services. The Web client boasts eight new interface styles, and the FlowCentric SharePoint Web Parts have been enhanced. The improved process-centric file handling capabilities go hand-in-hand with that, allowing files to be "attached to" a process; and uploaded to a file share and/or a SharePoint portal. The FlowCentric Vista Gadget docked on the sidebar provides access to the FlowCentric Navigator and the FlowCentric Web Client.
V4R2 also comes with refreshed analysis and reporting. It features question based logic, benchmarking, and extensive dash boarding to monitor process, activity, people and cost. Reports can be easily blended into process design and user interfaces and used to drive processes not just report over activity.
"The enhanced analysis is just one aspect we are all very excited about. V4R2 builds on our ability to deliver processes quickly in whatever form the business user needs to consume them, says Jonathan Marcer of Professional Advantage, one of the leading FlowCentric resellers. "FlowCentric is reaping big rewards for our clients."
"Its ability not just to deliver digitised processes but support sustainable continuous improvements within a business is a massive factor in its attractiveness within these economic times. FlowCentric leverages existing people and systems to raise service levels and support the organisation."
FlowCentric is certainly a leader in the BPM software field, and releases like V4R2 makes the future of BPM, and FlowCentric, exciting. The Prize is a Nintendo DSi. Thank you to all the clients who participated in the Programme. Research by BACS has found that UK SMEs are now owed an amazing £25.9 billion after overdue payments rocked by 40% in 2008, up from £18.6 billion in 2007 July 2009
London, UK
With overdue payments to SMEs increasing so significantly, Professional Advantage highlights the importance of the electronic delivery, storage and retrieval of financial documents, especially purchase orders, invoices, statements and proof of deliveries, in order to receive customer payments in a timelier manner.
Andrew Parsons, UK Country Manager for Professional Advantage, says “It is no surprise, in this current economic environment, that companies are delaying payments to suppliers as long as they can. We see this day in day out in our business. It is also surprising, given the technology available to organisations today that many still use inefficient, manually intensive credit control processes.”
“Voluntary company liquidations rose sharply towards the end of 2008 – by some 16% on the same period as 2007. If companies are going to survive the downturn, they need to get their processes and cash management right”, continued Parsons.
One of the number one excuses given by a client for not paying and invoice on time is that they have not received either a Purchase Order or an Invoice.
By using Professional Advantage’s suite of products including, iPOS eProcurement (which will electronically deliver the Purchase Order and track invoices), Contract Service Billing (automated invoice email notification), Collect for Infor FMS SunSystems Credit Control, eRemit and B4B payments tools, clients will have no further excuses to delay payment! Professional Advantage announce a way to circumvent the Faster Payment Scheme with B4B (for Infor SunSystems and Microsoft Dynamics GP) June 2009
London, UK
The UK Government’s “Faster Payment Service” promise has been broken, less than a year after its introduction.
FPS (http://www.apacs.org.uk/payments_industry/faster_payments_service.html) is a banking scheme to reduce the time taken for 'low value' payments made business-to-business - which normally take three working days using BACS to near real-time.
Bank customers say that the FPS system is often unreliable and that they do not know when the money will clear, either because they do not know if the transfer is a Faster Payment or not and some account holders say they still need to allow several days to make sure money arrives where it is needed. Abbey National (Santander), as an example, has temporarily withdrawn from the scheme.
So with the banks making an estimated £30m per year on interest from taking up to 4 days to move your money, is there an alternative method? Why would any organisation, watching their bottom line, want a delay in payments using an EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) BACS system that also costs more per transaction?
Professional Advantage has the solution. Whilst B4B is compliant with FPS (where the end bank has implemented the service), it circumvents BACS entirely by speaking directly to the end bank making for speedier payments which are also more flexible (coping with direct debits, low value and high value payments etc – dependent on your bank).
Click here for more information on B4B for either Infor SunSystems or Microsoft Dynamics GP or email ukinfo@profad.co.uk for more information. London, UK
Nippon Oil Exploration and Production UK Ltd choose iPOS eProcurement for Infor FMS SunSystems through Professional Advantage partner, Intuitive.
Mo Hantano, Exploration and New Project Accountant at Nippon, said “iPOS from Professional Advantage was chosen over other solutions due to its tight integration with our finance package, Infor FMS SunSystems, and the swift implementation times it offered due to our tight schedule. With it we can have real time audit control and budget checking. Being a web-browser solution, this will enable our managers across the globe, often in hard to reach areas, immediate and easy access.” Brisbane, Australia
Queensland Racing Limited, the peak control body for the thoroughbred racing industry in the State of Queensland, have recently implemented FlowCentric and now re continued with its commitment to continual improvement by expanding the reach of this solution FlowCentric to more users within the organisation.
London, UK
Stratic Energy (UK) Limited, part of a Canadian international oil and gas company, has chosen Infor’s FMS SunSystems together with Professional Advantage’s Cash Desk Suite: eRemit, Bank Reconciliation and B4B. London, UK
Newlon Housing Trust partner with Professional Advantage for the FlowCentric. Newlon Housing Trust is a charitable housing association founded in Hackney in 1968 to provide decent and affordable homes for local people.
Due to rapid growth, Newlon were struggling to maintain budgetary control. Key to this decision was Professional Advantage’s flexibility and ability to customise the FlowCentric solution to Newlon’s exact needs.
Adrian McKenna, Group Financial Controller, stated “The ability of FlowCentric, linked with iPOS, to be fully customised to our requirements really excited us. We now have a full approval process for invoices that not only enables invoice images to be scanned and stored but also allows us to reroute at a departmental level.”
Sydney, Australia
“It is more important than ever in the current economic circumstances that Professional Advantage deliver software that customers can use to manage their businesses better. This release was built with this goal in mind and again is definitely achieving that goal,” says Steve Howcroft, Joint MD of Professional Advantage. “We are seeing a large take up of new sites for iPOS plus many upgrades as customers improve their systems and processes in tough economic circumstances.”
iPOS is live in 28 countries with over 13,000 users. In this quarter alone we have 16 sites going live with iPOS. “We believe that iPOS for Infor FMS SunSystems delivers the highest ROI of all the possible procure to pay solutions available for Infor FMS SunSystems users,” says Howcroft. “We know that one of the major reasons for achieving a high ROI is tight integration with the ERP system. As iPOS for Infor FMS SunSystems is only built for SunSystems it makes no compromises on integration.” Perth, Australia
The Bethanie Group encompasses a diverse range of activities which provide help and support to older people, the frail aged, and younger people with disabilities. To streamline their reporting, they have chosen to invest in Infor FMS SunSystems with Professional Advantage as their repository for financial data. “The powerful structure and analysis capabilities of Infor FMS SunSystems will reap endless benefits to the Bethanie Group”, said their Professional Advantage Account Manager, Mark Williamson. Professional Advantage today announced that it achieved a top five vendor ranking in Accounting Technology’s VAR 100 list for 2009 May 2009
New York, USA
Accounting Technology is a magazine published monthly by SourceMedia and their VAR 100 lists the top 100 resellers by revenue for 2008.
These organisations own the lion’s share of this business out of the thousands of competing companies and firms that compete in this market. The organisations were listed in the magazine’s April 2009 issue.
“This has been a difficult year for much of the economy. But many of these businesses have not only weathered the storm, but improved upon their financial results for 2007,” says Robert W. Scott, editor of Accounting Technology and author of the popular twice-monthly electronic newsletter, Consulting Insights. Sydney, Australia
WSN Environmental Solutions has completed an implementation of FlowCentric. FlowCentric will automatically call and update Customer and Supplier details in their Financial Management Systems, SunSystems, eliminating double handling of data, which greatly reduces the risks of error.
London, UK
Working with eCocoon, the PA Partner of the Year for 2008, Diabetes UK has further extended the focus of their spend control and process compliance strategy by supplementing their existing iPOS eProcurement implementation with Professional Advantage's Workflow for Infor FMS SunSystems. This project, powered by FlowCentric, will convert a range of manual tasks into a coordinated process management framework with seamless integration into the underlying Infor FMS SunSystems accounting system. With this common foundation in place Diabetes UK will be able to extend their process automation initiatives throughout the business.
Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
Sydney, Australia
Cover-More Insurance, a travel insurance & medical assistance company, have chosen to implement Infor FMS SunSystems, including Budgeting & Forecasting, as their new financial management system. “Flexibility of the new system was essential, as was integration to existing systems. Cover-More required greater ease of reporting, including access for managers, and the elimination of manual data manipulation. Infor FMS SunSystems provided this and much more,” said their Professional Advantage Account Manager, Sean Greig. Sydney, Australia
Canberra Southern Cross Club (CSCC), based in the ACT, is a not for profit club which provides social and entertainment programs for members, based on Christian standards. CSCC has recently selected Professional Advantage to implement Infor FMS SunSystems eXFM – a financial management solution, including Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting. Professional Advantage will be attending the Housing Finance Conference at the University of Warwick, 18-19 March.
PA understand that social landlords are facing numerous challenges in today's economic environment, particularly around complaince and efficiencies in business process improvements, cash flow and purchase invoice registration or procurement. It is increasingly necessary for Housing Associations to have systems which provide tight integration with their housing and finance systems. Come and talk to our team at the Exhibition.
Sydney, Australia
FlowCentric BPM solution has been implemented at Universal Cranes, one of Australia’s largest privately owned crane hire companies, to automate many processes, including employee start & exit, asset management and new plant and projects. The implementation included integration to other business systems, including Microsoft SharePoint. FlowCentric has the ability to integrate with Document Libraries within SharePoint. “FlowCentric has eliminated manual procedures. Our standards and outcomes are now guaranteed”, stated Phil Dunbar, Group Financial Controller at Universal Cranes.
Professional Advantage announce the withdrawal of the BIS (predecessor to B4B for Infor FMS SunSystems) product. BIS will no longer be supported from 31st December 2009. Clients are recommended to upgrade to B4B at a small fee. For more information on how this will affect Sydney, Australia
NSW Food Authority, established to provide the best food regulation system in Australia, have implemented FlowCentric Business Process Management solution. “The implementation of the Customer and Supplier Request processes will now ensure that records are created uniformly and in a timely manner,” said their Professional Advantage Account Manager, Diana Singer.
A new and much requested enhancement to B4B is to be released in February– the Bank Details Approvals module.
This enhancement is a free of charge upgrade and ensures that B4B fully satisfies the audit requirement for bank details authorisation Approval Control can be applied at a system and/or Business Unit level. When activated, Approval Control will enforce an authorisation stage for any
Authorisation is required for creation of new bank details, amendments to existing details or deletion of existing details. Email notification can be applied to ensure the approvers and users are informed of pending approvals, authorised changes and / or rejections. You can also specify whether or not to include a Reason for Change.
If you have indicated that email notification is required then an email will automatically be sent to the Approval Email Address(es) once a bank detail record has been created, amended or flagged for deletion to notify the approver that there is a record pending approval.
On approving or rejecting the changes to the bank detail an email will be sent back to the originator of the change to notify them of the status update.
Please contact ukinfo@profad.co.uk or your SunSystems Business Partner to get your upgrade. Services will be required. Sydney, Australia
Department of the Arts, Sport & Recreation (DASR), together with Professional Advantage, has implemented FlowCentric to automate the creation of suppliers and analysis codes within their financial management system, Infor FMS SunSystems. FlowCentric will ensure that DASR’s policy and procedures are constantly enforced.
Professional Advantage announce their annual iPOS eProcurement for Infor FMS SunSystems User Conference will be held on Thursday 12th March at the Institute of Directors, London. Current users and prospective clients welcome. "Cashflow is critical to business survival but all too often the day to day challenge of running a business, particularly a smaller business, can mean losing sight of some of the skills for successful cashflow management. This series of guides, developed in partnership with the Institute of Credit Management, is part of a series of initiatives providing practical support to help businesses help themselves through these difficult times. They are designed to provide straightforward and speedy advice with simple checklists and top tips. I hope you find them useful."
Peter Mandelson - UK Secretary of State for Business
Perth, Australia
Community CPS Australia, one of Australia’s largest and most influential credit unions, have implemented Infor FMS SunSystems. Community CPS have recently completed a merger with United Credit Union and are seeking to derive operational benefits in terms of processes, compliance, control and reporting through the use of common enterprise wide applications. “The key success factor for CPS is the ability of Infor FMS SunSystems to integrate easily with its retail banking application, Phoenix,” said their PA Account Manager, Mark Williamson. “Infor FMS SunSystems is a reliable, flexible solution which will provide a solution foundation for the future at CPS.” Sydney, Australia
Professional Advantage is pleased to announce the launch of its new and improved iPOS web site. The site, at www.pa.com.au/sun_ipos has an updated look and feel, while still containing all the relevant information on iPOS products, news, support and much more. Brisbane, Australia
Flight Centre Australia will extend their use of their finance system, Infor FMS SunSystems, with the addition of a Sales module and Collect
Flight Centre will also bring one of their US businesses onto Infor FMS SunSystems, supported by Professional Advantage. Brisbane, Australia
FlowCentric BPM solution has been implemented at Universal Cranes, one of Australia’s largest privately owned crane hire companies, to automate many processes, including employee start & exit, asset management and new plant and projects.
The implementation included integration to other business systems, including Microsoft SharePoint. FlowCentric has the ability to integrate with Document Libraries within SharePoint. “FlowCentric has eliminated manual procedures. Our standards and outcomes are now guaranteed”, stated Phil Dunbar, Group Financial Controller at Universal Cranes. Tasmania, Australia
The TT Line Service provides a daily shipping service, owned by Spirit of Tasmania/TT Line, from Melbourne to Devonport for passengers
“I love the analysis capability of SunSystems. So easy to setup, understand and build reports with”, said Gavin Stebbings,
TT-Line have upgraded their Infor FMS SunSystems system to version 5.3.1, and their Vision Reporting tool to the latest version – Query & Analysis v10. This project also included an upgrade of the Professional Advantage Infor FMS SunSystems enhancement modules- ePay, eRemit & Bank Reconciliation. Melbourne, Australia
Wallara Australia, a disability services provider in Melbourne, Australia, have purchased the Infor FMS SunSystems enhancement products Collect and Receipting from Professional Advantage. Mark Williamson, PA Account Manager, has stated, “the Collect & Receipting modules for Infor FMS SunSystems will streamline processes over cash management, which is a popular improvement in today’s tough economic times.” Sydney, Australia
Count Financial Limited, an ASX listed financial planning franchise group, based in Sydney, has selected Professional Advantage to implement and support their new financial management system, Infor FMS SunSystems.
“The Infor FMS General Ledger chart of accounts & analysis structure will manage their multi-company group structure, with in-built flexibility for future additions and structural change,” said their PA Account Manager, Sean Greig. Perth, Australia
Giacci Bros, a transport company operating out of Perth, has chosen Professional Advantage for their SunSystems support. “We believe that their professional attitude and expertise will align them well with our finance goals and we look forward to a long relationship with Professional Advantage,” said Giacci Bros. Sydney, Australia
Professional Advantage released “myAnalytics”, a new report capability for the FlowCentric Business Process Management Suite earlier this year. The launch has been an unparrelled success. Jonathan Marcer, Business Process Practice Manager at PA stated “myAnalytics has the ability to provide, not only the analytics and reporting in FlowCentric, but the user interface as well. This will in effect drive actions and processes from reporting and has changed everything in terms of process design and delivery. This also allows the ability to monitor activity and to set standards and benchmarks for process performance.
Please speak to your account manager for more information. Sydney, Australia
Bank Reconciliation for Infor FMS SunSystems version 5.3.6 has been released. For further information about the product release and its features, please contact your Account Manager. Sydney, Australia
Contract & Service Billing v5.3.8 for Infor FMS SunSystems has been released. For further information about the product release and its features, please contact your Account Manager. Sydney, Australia
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) together with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (the Institute) and the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) today announced World Vision Australia as runner up of the second annual Australian PwC Transparency Awards.
The Awards recognise and encourage the improvement of quality and transparency of reporting within the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. Organisations eligible for the Awards generated in excess of $10 million during the last financial year.
Rick Millen, PwC Corporate Responsibility Partner says, "Transparency is important for organisations at any time, particularly those reliant upon government funding and community philanthropy."
"We are delighted to see a significant improvement in reporting standards among this year’s Awards entrants. Entrants demonstrated improved and more comprehensive content disclosures, as well as more engaging and clear presentation," he said.
Peter Hunt, Executive Chairman of Caliburn Partnership said, "With more than 750,000 NFPs in Australia, competition for donors is fierce. In this difficult economic environment, organisations must focus on how they present themselves if they are to continue to attract funds and community support. Transparent reporting is critical to achieving this."
Forty four NFP organisations entered this year’s awards, drawing from a broad cross-section of institutions. Organisations’ disclosure was assessed according to a framework of criteria including strategy, financial and operational performance, governance, risk policies and sources of funding.
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"As a result, NFPs are prioritising reputation and branding along side transparency and accountability. The depth and calibre of this year’s entrants demonstrates the value NFPs place on transparent reporting, to communicate and enhance trust with their stakeholders," he said.
Commenting on the runner-up Mr Hunt said, "World Vision is a very large Australian NFP organisation with a broad and complex footprint. London, UK
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