School Food Trust Selects Financial Accounting Solution from Sapphire Systems
London, United Kingdom, November 27, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Sapphire today announced that it is to supply and implement the SunSystems financial accounting solution at the School Food Trust.
The School Food Trust was established by the Department for Education and Skills in September 2005. Its unique remit is to transform school food and food skills, promote the education and health of children and young people and improve the quality of food in schools.
Garry Bel , Director of Corporate Services, said “We needed to find a new accounting solution as we had been using the system used by the Department for Children, Schools and Families which wasn’t really suitable for our requirements. It was an old cash-based system, whereas we had a need for an accruals based system.” The finance team at the Trust conducted a formal tender process and looked at several solutions before shortlisting two candidates: SunSystems and IBS OPENFinancials. Following the robust tendering process SunSystems was the best fit for the Trust’s organisational needs. Sage was also considered, during the initial phase, but failed to make the shortlist.
On the decision to implement SunSystems Garry said “We drew up a specification and ultimately SunSystems was the best fit for the interrogation we need to do on our data. With SunSystems we are also able to set up flexible reporting systems which are key to our department.” He went on to say of Sapphire “I have worked with Sapphire in the past. We went out to tender and looked at different solutions, but I had no hesitation in contacting Sapphire regarding SunSystems.”
Looking ahead Garry says “Once SunSystems is live we are looking forward to working with a fully functioning purchase ledger system. The team wil be able to produce management accounts in just a third of the time taken with the previous system. We will really benefit from the time saved.”
Ian Caswell, Sapphire’s Managing Director, added “We aim to provide the best service possible to our customers and it is always rewarding when someone that has moved on to another organisation looks us up again. The SunSystems Team at Sapphire is delighted to be working with the School Food Trust to improve the efficiency of their financial accounting – the fact that they will save so much time in putting together the management accounts they need is testament to what an effective solution SunSystems is.”
About Sapphire Systems plc
Sapphire is the worlds leading resel er of SunSystems, an SAP Gold partner and a leading Proactis partner. Since 1986,Sapphire have offered their customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for hundreds of customers worldwide from their offices in London and the USA. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and is featured in the Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 Technology 2006 rankings. www.sapphiresystems.co.uk
Media contact:
Victoria Park
+44 (0)20 7648 2000
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.co.uk
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The School Food Trust was established by the Department for Education and Skills in September 2005. Its unique remit is to transform school food and food skills, promote the education and health of children and young people and improve the quality of food in schools.
Garry Bel , Director of Corporate Services, said “We needed to find a new accounting solution as we had been using the system used by the Department for Children, Schools and Families which wasn’t really suitable for our requirements. It was an old cash-based system, whereas we had a need for an accruals based system.” The finance team at the Trust conducted a formal tender process and looked at several solutions before shortlisting two candidates: SunSystems and IBS OPENFinancials. Following the robust tendering process SunSystems was the best fit for the Trust’s organisational needs. Sage was also considered, during the initial phase, but failed to make the shortlist.
On the decision to implement SunSystems Garry said “We drew up a specification and ultimately SunSystems was the best fit for the interrogation we need to do on our data. With SunSystems we are also able to set up flexible reporting systems which are key to our department.” He went on to say of Sapphire “I have worked with Sapphire in the past. We went out to tender and looked at different solutions, but I had no hesitation in contacting Sapphire regarding SunSystems.”
Looking ahead Garry says “Once SunSystems is live we are looking forward to working with a fully functioning purchase ledger system. The team wil be able to produce management accounts in just a third of the time taken with the previous system. We will really benefit from the time saved.”
Ian Caswell, Sapphire’s Managing Director, added “We aim to provide the best service possible to our customers and it is always rewarding when someone that has moved on to another organisation looks us up again. The SunSystems Team at Sapphire is delighted to be working with the School Food Trust to improve the efficiency of their financial accounting – the fact that they will save so much time in putting together the management accounts they need is testament to what an effective solution SunSystems is.”
About Sapphire Systems plc
Sapphire is the worlds leading resel er of SunSystems, an SAP Gold partner and a leading Proactis partner. Since 1986,Sapphire have offered their customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for hundreds of customers worldwide from their offices in London and the USA. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and is featured in the Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 Technology 2006 rankings. www.sapphiresystems.co.uk
Media contact:
Victoria Park
+44 (0)20 7648 2000
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.co.uk
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