LAKE SUNSYSTEMS NEWSLETTER - April 2006

Welcome to the April edition of the 2006 newsletter for LAKE Customers.

This month, we feature a case study for Farrow House and an introduction to Systems Union's MIS DecisionWare planning, reporting, consolidation, and analysis suite.

As well as expanding the library of Solutions in the SunSystems and Proactis Knowledgebase, improvements have been made to the online portal.

Once again we would welcome your comments and suggestions.

Best regards

Adrian Howard
General Manager
0113 273 7788

IN THIS EDITION

New Case Study:
Farrow House

Product Focus:
MIS DecisionWare
Brochure

Knowledgebase:
SunSystems 5
SunSystems 4
Proactis

SunSystems Training:
Training Dates

"We had clearly outgrown the old system. We have more than 40 cost centres and have to report on each of these. This required us to use lots of Excel spreadsheets, and spreadsheets have limitations..."

"SunSystems is brilliant at analysis and reporting. I can report geographically, I can report by manager, and I can report costs for a resident if need be. SunSystems allows us to slice and dice our management information in as many ways as we would like to..."

"Using Vision we do not have to learn a new product to do the reporting. SunSystems Vision is very easy to learn..."

CLICK HERE to download your copy of this case study

Do you need to streamline and control your planning and forecasting process?

Are you looking for a solution for 2, or maybe 2,000, users?

MIS DecisionWare offers innovative solutions for every business problem involving planning, reporting, consolidation or analysis. Using MIS DecisionWare applications, you can roll out comprehensive business intelligence solutions right across your organisation in record time.

Using MIS DecisionWare, customers can deliver solutions for planning, ad hoc reporting, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and analysis. These solutions can be integrated into existing IT systems and offer scalability from one department to the whole organisation.

Benefits for business:

• Designed for business users
• Fast implementations
• Agility to change with your business
• Pre-packaged solutions
• Built-in integration with SunSystems, SAP, Great Plains, and other applications

Do you still rely on spreadsheets for planning, budgeting, reporting and analysis? Tired of unreliable numbers and lengthy data collection processes?

Gathering, importing and checking data accounts for over 60% of the consolidation process. MIS DecisionWare helps you streamline this process, optimise resources, and close your books faster.

Do you need a reporting solution that focuses on quality - not quantity? Looking to build tailored management applications on a self-service basis for various target groups?

Do you have difficulty analysing your data, because you don't even know where to begin? Do you find that typical data mining tools are too difficult to use?

Interested in MIS DecisionWare?

CLICK HERE to submit your details and we shall contact you. Alternatively, call now on 0113 273 7788.

Improvements have been made to LAKE Support Online to make it easier for you to login and navigate the site. Go to www.lake.co.uk/customers and take a look.

The following Solutions have been added to the knowledgebase. Login at the address above, select "Find Solutions" from the navigation menu, then click on the appropriate product category (SunSystems 5, SunSystems 4, and so on).

SunSystems 5

• Closing a record to prevent or warn against further postings

SunSystems 4

• Clearing an Allocation in Progress - SunSystems 4
• Resolving a Work File Error

Proactis

• Invoice Not Posted to Ledgers

Latest SunSystems Training Dates
CLICK HERE to view the current SunSystems training schedule.