LAKE SUNSYSTEMS NEWSLETTER - July 2006

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

Featured in this month's newsletter is a case study for Amnesty International, a new look at Proactis, and further updates to the library of Solutions that is the SunSystems and Proactis Knowledgebase.

Best regards

Adrian Howard
General Manager
0113 273 7788

IN THIS EDITION

New Case Study:
Amnesty International - International Secretariat

LAKE News:
Award for Customer Service Excellence 2006

Product Focus:
Proactis
FREE White Paper

Knowledgebase:
SunSystems 5
SunSystems 4
Vision

SunSystems Training:
Training Dates

Amnesty International - International Secretariat

"LAKE answered our questions in a considered and balanced way. They weren't simply trying to sell something. It was a partnership attitude."

"I saw in LAKE a partner who could really make a difference in the change management process."

"SunSystems was chosen as it was clearly better at handling our budgeting requirements. It also has stronger reporting functionality, and is used by an impressive list of organisations whose requirements are similar to our own."

CLICK HERE to download your copy of this case study

LAKE wins Proactis award for Customer Service Excellence 2006

LAKE have been presented with the Proactis award for Customer Service Excellence 2006. In presenting this award, Terry Wilcox, Commercial Director for Proactis, comments:

"LAKE are an outstanding service partner and thoroughly deserve this award. They provide an exceptional level of service and this award is recognition of their proven success in delivering Spend Control solutions for their clients."

July 2006

Proactis is web-based software which enables you to streamline, control and monitor all internal and external expenditure, other than payroll. This helps you to automate manual procedures, to ensure the use of preferred suppliers, to monitor spend against budget and to reduce maverick spending.

Proactis can be deployed across an entire organisation, giving all users a means of ordering goods or services online from an approved catalogue and at the same time directing them toward preferred suppliers.

Is it suited to my kind of organisation?

Proactis is best suited to service organisations. LAKE has successfully implemented Spend Control in the following sectors:

• Not-for-Profit
• Public Sector
• Insurance
• Shared Services
• Education
• Commercial

SunSystems Integration

LAKE Spend Control solutions are fully integrated with SunSystems. And with Vision for Proactis, combined reporting from the two systems could not be easier.

Benefits

• Internal cost reduction
  
  Proactis automates many key administrative processes, thereby reducing cost within the finance and procurement departments
   
• Low cost of ownership
  
  Proactis is a 'zero footprint' application. This means it is installed on central servers with user access via Microsoft Internet Explorer
   
• Preferred suppliers and best value
  
  Promotes the use of preferred suppliers and best value suppliers
   
• Improved visibility of incurred and committed cost against budget
  
  Provides real-time visibility of spend against budget by combining a detailed analysis of committed future spend along with a detailed analysis of incurred spend
   
• Enforced internal control
  
  Supports delegated authority processes and commitment accounting by providing budget checking before an order is placed.

CLICK HERE for your FREE White Paper: "The Five Essentials for Seizing Control of Corporate Spend

CLICK HERE for details on Proactis.

CLICK HERE for details on Vision for Proactis

CLICK HERE to drop us a line. Alternatively, call now on 0113 273 7788.

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

SunSystems 5

• Entering a serialisation for SunSystems 5

SunSystems 4

• Entering a serialisation for SunSystems 4.2.x
• Clearing a locked user or password violation - SunSystems 4

Vision

• Entering a serialisation for Vision 5
• Entering a serialisation for Vision 6
• Clearing a locked user - Vision 5 & 6

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