AVEVA selects OCRA from CODA for Consolidation and Reporting
Engineering systems specialist live on CODA’s new financial consolidation system. Less reliance on spreadsheets means less time and effort spent on monthly reports.
Harrogate, United Kingdom, December 09, 2006 --(PR.com)-- CODA Group, the finance software specialist, today announced that global specialist in engineering and computer aided design systems, AVEVA, has implemented its OCRA software to improve Group reporting.
AVEVA wanted to enhance Group financial visibility and improve management information. The company has experienced significant benefits from the new OCRA solution over spreadsheets including a reduction in the time and effort that it takes to produce its monthly reports.
“This has freed up more time for monitoring and reviewing financial information even as the business is experiencing considerable growth,” said Karl Grenz, Group Financial Controller at AVEVA. “We now benefit from a more efficient inter-company reconciliation process and an audit trail running throughout the consolidation process. The budgeting process is also much improved as OCRA enables us to take and hold information from Microsoft Excel which can then be accessed easily for reporting against actuals. The solution helps us define an accurate single view of our global finances.”
Information from AVEVA’s Microsoft Navision finance system is uploaded automatically into OCRA for consolidation and reporting. This means information only has to be input into the system by users once and reports can be produced centrally in alignment with corporate governance requirements including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
AVEVA expects to benefit from further efficiencies in the monthly reporting process following the deployment of OCRA, which currently involves input from 30 users around the world. HQ finance staff will spend much less time processing data and more time monitoring, reviewing and challenging input from the subsidiaries, so the whole process is smoother and less prone to inaccuracies.
AVEVA runs OCRA to consolidate results from its global operations at its headquarters in Cambridge. AVEVA Group plc employs more than 500 staff worldwide and currently has operating subsidiaries in England, Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea and the USA. OCRA runs on a Microsoft Windows server based system with a Microsoft SQL Server database.
About CODA
CODA creates, markets and implements a complete range of software systems designed specifically to meet the needs of Financial Directors and Finance Departments. These include financial management systems, analysis applications, and business process management and control software to implement compliance solutions. Its service oriented architecture also makes CODA software easy for clients and other vendors to integrate with their business applications.
CODA was founded in 1979, has around 550 employees working from 13 global locations, and is listed on AIM in London under the ticker “CODA”. CODA software is designed for multi-currency, multi-language, multi-country, multi-company and multi-site operations, and is used by around 2,600 medium and large organizations in over 100 countries in a variety of markets and within both public and commercial sectors.
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AVEVA wanted to enhance Group financial visibility and improve management information. The company has experienced significant benefits from the new OCRA solution over spreadsheets including a reduction in the time and effort that it takes to produce its monthly reports.
“This has freed up more time for monitoring and reviewing financial information even as the business is experiencing considerable growth,” said Karl Grenz, Group Financial Controller at AVEVA. “We now benefit from a more efficient inter-company reconciliation process and an audit trail running throughout the consolidation process. The budgeting process is also much improved as OCRA enables us to take and hold information from Microsoft Excel which can then be accessed easily for reporting against actuals. The solution helps us define an accurate single view of our global finances.”
Information from AVEVA’s Microsoft Navision finance system is uploaded automatically into OCRA for consolidation and reporting. This means information only has to be input into the system by users once and reports can be produced centrally in alignment with corporate governance requirements including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
AVEVA expects to benefit from further efficiencies in the monthly reporting process following the deployment of OCRA, which currently involves input from 30 users around the world. HQ finance staff will spend much less time processing data and more time monitoring, reviewing and challenging input from the subsidiaries, so the whole process is smoother and less prone to inaccuracies.
AVEVA runs OCRA to consolidate results from its global operations at its headquarters in Cambridge. AVEVA Group plc employs more than 500 staff worldwide and currently has operating subsidiaries in England, Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea and the USA. OCRA runs on a Microsoft Windows server based system with a Microsoft SQL Server database.
About CODA
CODA creates, markets and implements a complete range of software systems designed specifically to meet the needs of Financial Directors and Finance Departments. These include financial management systems, analysis applications, and business process management and control software to implement compliance solutions. Its service oriented architecture also makes CODA software easy for clients and other vendors to integrate with their business applications.
CODA was founded in 1979, has around 550 employees working from 13 global locations, and is listed on AIM in London under the ticker “CODA”. CODA software is designed for multi-currency, multi-language, multi-country, multi-company and multi-site operations, and is used by around 2,600 medium and large organizations in over 100 countries in a variety of markets and within both public and commercial sectors.
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