4most SAP Solutions streamlines Jeffares & Green Accounting Process
Civil and structural engineering, construction and project management services company Jeffares & Green has taken full control of its financial management and results consolidation with a SAP Business One financial software solution supplied and implemented by Pretoria-based SAP software specialist 4MOST.
“Our solution focused on simplifying and speeding up the management of financials and the consolidation of results from 12 legal entities within Jeffares & Green that frequently conduct inter-group transfers,” said Eugene Olivier, business development director of 4most.
Desre Guerini, financial manager at Jeffares & Green said the company was taking six to eight weeks to complete its monthly reports. “By switching to the SAP Business One solution we were able to reduce that time by half.” She stressed that ease of use was a major factor selecting the SAP solution.
“The very nature of our business and our corporate structure presents many accounting steps and obstacles that are unique to Jeffares & Green. Our financial information was in multiple locations and time and expense data were maintained separately so the consolidation process entailed many manual steps and sometimes mistakes were made that caused us to overlook items in our billing.”
Guerini added that Jeffares & Green wanted more than just another accounting package. “We wanted a solution that would help us with other aspects of our business such as project management, payroll integration and human resources, in other words complete enterprise resource planning.”
Several vendors were evaluated and SAP Business One was selected for its functionality in financials and for ease of use. Guerini said SAP Business One presented a clear, stable road map for the company.
4most, J & G’s selected implementation Partner, installed SAP Business One, as well as Enprise Job Costing, an add-on solution that helps companies like J&G prepare customer quotes and manage time, staff, and other resources on a job-by-job basis. The solution was tailored to J&G specifics while avoiding the extensive customisation that had become so problematic with the previous solution.
“Our projects tend to be very large, which makes them difficult to manage from a costing perspective,” Guerini says. “The new solution makes it easier for our project managers to stay within budget. Their work-in-progress reports are more reliable and accurate.”
Note to editors: 4most is the leading supplier and implementer of SAP Business One ERP business software and technology solutions. With offices in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi, as well as an in-house client care centre, the company has implemented over 2200 SAP Business One users across numerous industries, and has a strong base provided by considerable experience and skills accumulated over 25 years. Services include the implementation, support, maintenance, customised software development, and application modifications of SAP Business One accounting and ERP software systems, providing tailor-made and innovative solutions that give competitive advantage to businesses in Southern Africa. 4most is also the only business partner accredited to offer SAP Business One certification training in South Africa.
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Dave McDermott +27 11 478-2055 or 082 608-0019
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Madeline ten Krooden +27 12 345-2505
Website: www.4most.co.za
