LAKE SUNSYSTEMS NEWSLETTER - November 2007

Welcome to the November 2007 edition of the newsletter for LAKE Customers.

This month, our product focus is on Expenses Claim Management.

Our newsletter also includes the latest LAKE News and highlights some of the most popular Solutions available in LAKE Support Online.

Best regards

Adrian Howard
General Manager
0113 273 7788

IN THIS EDITION

LAKE News:
A4e

Product Focus:
Proactis Expenses Claim Management

Knowledgebase:
SunSystems 5
SunSystems 4

SunSystems Training:
Latest SunSystems Training Dates
 

LAKE News

A4e - Operational Efficiency and Spend Control

• SunSystems Financials
• SunSystems Vision
• Proactis Spend Control
• Proactis Expenses Claim Management

The implementation of Proactis Expenses Claim Management has led to a dramatic reduction in the time taken to process expense claims. And the system has proved itself to be universally popular.

'It's worth saying that there are three major areas of benefit:

one for the user; it takes the pressure off; it can be done daily, weekly, or whenever; you don't have to get it done all in one go.

Secondly, from the authorisation point of view, it is easier, it's quicker, you can authorise more than one claim at a time and it's in the same place; you don't have to go to an office to sign a piece of paper, you can do it wherever you are.

And, finally, from the finance point of view, I have saved 7 working days a month, thus taking my team members out of having to add it up, key it in, and sometimes key it in again.

Now I pretty much run a Vision report and I'm done.'

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PRODUCT FOCUS

Proactis Expenses Claim Management is a more cost-effective and efficient solution to the management of expense claims. Users find it quicker and easier to use and managers find that it simplifies the authorisation process and greatly improves the flow of information.

Benefits:

• Streamlined authorisation processes using Proactis workflow and email connectivity to eliminate some of the delay and inefficiency caused by cumbersome flows of paper through the organisation
   
• Automated postings to SunSystems without any further manual intervention for onward processing including payment, analysis and reporting
   
• Clarity and consistency of audit trail, with electronic sign-off recorded against each claim, and a history of comments, rejections, and re-submissions if appropriate
   
• Improved management information, helping you to deliver timely and consistent analysis of expenditure by person, by type of expense item, by period, etc – without the need to analyse hundreds or thousands of paper expense claims in lever-arch files
   
• Improved profitability and cash flow, with rules-based VAT accounting helping you to improve your VAT reclaim position
   
• Improved visibility for the claimant, with the ability to track on-line where each claim is up to in the authorisation and payment process without the need to telephone anyone
   
• Less time spent filling in claims for front-line staff. With the simplicity of Proactis and useful features such as Copy and Edit facilities, users can fill out claims in minutes and be back to their normal work quickly

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KNOWLEDGEBASE

Go to LAKE Support Online

Listed below are titles for some of the most popular Solutions available at LAKE Support Online.

To access the detail of these and other Solutions, select "Customers" from the menu bar at the top of this page and click "LAKE Support Online".

The system will then display the login page which includes a facility to reset your password or register as a new user.

Once you have logged in, select "Find Solutions" from the navigation menu. Solutions are grouped together by product category.

SunSystems 5

• Resolving a Work File Error - SunSystems 5
• Entering a Serialisation for SunSystems 5 (Updated!)

SunSystems 4

• Resolving a Work File Error - SunSystems 4

SUNSYSTEMS TRAINING

Latest SunSystems Training Dates

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