Hereford and Worcestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has 27 fire stations located across the two counties. The Fire and Rescue Service has more than 800 full time operational staff, retained Firefighters and officers, Fire Control staff, and support staff. It also hosts one of 29 national Urban Search and Rescue specialist units. In 2004, following government legislation that called for a review of public sector organisations' financial systems, Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority realised that its current financial practices were supported by very limited and inadequate systems. The Authority needed a financial solution that was easy to use for both its finance team and its managers, who are mainly operational fire officers and support staff across the counties. The Authority went to tender and after evaluating five suppliers, shortlisted two before finally selecting TechnologyOne Financials and Business Intelligence software.
"We evaluated the risk of a company with no track record in the UK against the functionality and benefits that the systems could offer, as well as the value for money within our budget. TechnologyOne came out strongly on top," said Martin Reohorn, Director of Finance and Deputy Treasurer at Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority.
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Institute of Education University of London case study
The Institute of Education (IOE), part of the University of London, was using a financial system that was unable to provide the kind of information that would support managers in making strategic business decisions. IOE required a solution that would integrate a number of disparate systems into one key financial package, ensuring unified procedures and allowing executives to see key performance information.
TechnologyOne delivered a solution that allows the IOE's various departments to access the central finance system and run their own reports. This has allowed IOE's managers to maintain a consistent overview of each department's performance rather than gaining irregular, ad hoc information. The solutions have saved IOE time, money and resources, allowing it to produce its reports in a timely manner.
"Previously it took about three weeks to generate a full report, now with TechnologyOne Financials it takes about eight working days," said Dipo Odunsi, Financial Controller, Institute of Education.
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Flinders University
Established in 1966, in a period of significant higher education expansion in Australia, Flinders University emphasises innovation and excellence in educational programs and research across a wide range of disciplines. Consistently ranked among Australia’s top universities on a per capita basis for research, Flinders University is an integral part of Australia’s higher education system, making an important economic and social contribution to South Australia and the nation. The university enrols approximately 17,500 students each year and employs nearly 2000 staff in corporate, administrative and academic roles.
"We knew that we would be able to use the additional reporting capabilities to see things like student fees and revenue for each department. We could get a whole-of-university view," said Daniel Flaherty, Director of Financial Services.
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The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory
The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory operation is faced with the same challenge facing most charities – how to drive the charity dollar further by reducing costs, improving the efficiency of its business processes, and managing and centralising information as its revenues and staff numbers grow. The Salvation Army was seeking to improve business processes including the management of sales, finance, supply chain, asset and property management – not only to overcome fragmentation of information but also to speed up the flow of information.
“With these two new solutions from TechnologyOne our aim is to further centralise information – which is currently somewhat fragmented – and link information coming in via either Works & Assets or Property & Rating back to our Financials solution,” said Systems Accountant Robert Brooks.
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Healthscope
Over the past three to five years, Healthscope has grown dramatically, from 10 hospitals to 45, as well as acquiring a national and international pathology business. The multiple financial and supply chain legacy systems in place could not be stretched any further to cater for the growing number of users and business requirements. As a result, a new enterprise class financial and supply chain system needed to be implemented.
“We assessed the systems across all of our divisions and the latest version of TechnologyOne met the feature and function tests we put it through. It met the technology requirements and from an organisational strategic partnership angle, TechnologyOne was a company we thought we could do business with over a long period of time,” said Chief Information Officer, Dougall McBurnie.
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Far North District Council
Far North District Council (FNDC) covers a wide area, stretching from halfway between Whangarei and the Bay of Islands to the very top of New Zealand. While its subtropical climate is very popular with holidaymakers, its rugged terrain and geographical isolation make it one of the more sparsely populated district council territories in New Zealand.
“The advice I would give to other councils is to think outside the box. This is not just about numbers, but business processes and a much broader tool. TechnologyOne is not just an accounting package with reports, but a really powerful business management tool that is easy to use,” said General Manager Finance and Business, Ian Sivyer.
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Bond University
Bond University has a distinguished reputation as Australia’s first private, not-for-profit university. Created as an international university, Bond recruits around half of its student body from overseas, and needs systems and procedures that enable students to move through the pipeline from enquiry to enrolment seamlessly.
“We chose TechnologyOne Financials (previously called Finance One) over alternative products on the market because we felt the TechnologyOne solution was more cost-effective and because TechnologyOne offered us great local support. Also, the fact TechnologyOne takes complete responsibility for building, installing and implementing its solutions also appealed to us – there are no third parties involved,” said General Manager – Finance, Nick Pruden.
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FKP Property Group
With more than 30 years experience in the Australian property industry, FKP is one of Australia’s leading diversified property and investment groups.
“Throughout the tender process we visited a number of reference sites to view the technology in action and to gather feedback from current users of the system. This gave us an opportunity to assess the technology and we were confident that TechnologyOne could execute this significant project and deliver real benefits to the company, within the challenging timeframe we required,” said Group Finance Manager Paul Innes.
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Police Credit
Police Credit is one of the largest credit unions in Victoria, with a membership of over 70,000 and assets exceeding $550 million.
“Our month end process has been cut down by several days, and at year end, the production of statutory reports is much quicker, easier and 100% accurate. This represents a genuine return on investment," said Executive Manager Finance, Fred Pieterse.
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Freemasons Hospital
The Freemasons Hospital, established in 1937 as a practical expression of the benevolent and charitable nature of Freemasonry in Victoria, is a non-government, not-for-profit, charitable institution. The Hospital has a 250-bed capacity, making it a significant contributor to the health care needs of Victoria.
“The seamless integration between (TechnologyOne Financials) and our patient management and work hours reporting systems saves us four days per month in reporting,” said Director of Finance, Danny Millman.
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Minda Incorporated
Minda Incorporated’s mission is to create the environment for people with intellectual disabilities to lead valued and fulfilled lives. The organisation currently provides services and support to over 1,050 people with an intellectual disability, including the accommodation of 320 adults on campus and 209 adults in the community.
“Implementing the state of the art technology of TechnologyOne Financials has been great, it's brought us into the new century and cut our reporting time by seven working days,” said Senior Finance Manager Vicki Hayman.
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Frankston City Council
Frankston City Council is situated on the eastern shore of Port Philip Bay, approximately 40kms south of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia).
"An important factor was the underlying technology, which was cutting edge. We believe the design and structure will make it an incredibly easy and simple solution to use and implement," said Finance and Administration Manager Steve Olesnicky.
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