112 Advanced Testimonials

"Advanced has enabled us to obtain the best value for money from its technology investment. As a charity it is critical that every ‘£’ spent on IT offers more than a ‘£’ back in benefit. The Advanced approach, that begins with aligning IT to business goals, has created the strategy and infrastructure to allow us to achieve this."

"Registration and renewals used to take hours and managing this now takes minutes only. I can sit with a Club Secretary the first time they use the online service and take a few minutes to explain how it works. They are then able to manage it all themselves. One Club Secretary sat with his iPad and renewed 60 members in a matter of seconds. The savings to clubs in terms of time and effort is immeasurable and the administrative burden on our staff has been reduced also."

"It wasn't just a case of translating each COBOL record to a database table; we had to use the existing Life System's SQL Server Schema and match the items to the COBOL definitions. The flexibility afforded by the metadata layer, and the assistance provided during our initial testing and development, was exceptional. The method of intercepting the COBOL I/O at runtime meant that we didn't have to make any changes to the COBOL sources, which was vital as we wanted a quick, easy and non-intrusive method to access the new database."

"As well as making it easy for call handlers to direct calls, Adastra enables information stored in the database to be easily shared. This saves the patient time and energy as they no longer have to repeat information, such as their symptoms and medications."

"On the back of the system we have completely restructured and transformed our Finance service, and delivered £1 million in savings. On top of that we anticipate additional savings because Collaborative Planning allows budgets to be managed more closely, which encourages querying of spending."

“The Trust is now in a much better position to support the financial challenges of the NHS today."

"The new application has streamlined the process of buying a second extract, which now takes minutes instead of weeks. It offers flexible payment so there is no need to enter credit card details; one invoice is automatically generated at the end of the month. Incremental revenue is being generated for the publishers, with no extra input required on their part. With this latest development our customers continue to be reassured that we are constantly looking for ways to improve their efficiency around their use of content, saving them time and money."

"We particularly liked its ability to map family relationships and also the publications module. We realised that the latter would enable us to keep track of who orders training resources and other publications and help us to build our database of contacts as well as helping with stock control and forecasting."

"The ability to develop applications using open source code allows developers to create new applications and services in half the time, and shorter development cycles allow us to react to change and bring new products to market a lot faster than we were able to previously."

"We can now procure goods and services more efficiently than ever before and have much greater control over procurement, whilst being smarter about what we procure and from whom. This has allowed us to more tightly manage costs. At a time when public sector budgets are under increasing scrutiny, effectively managing our spend is key."

"The mobile app will reduce the time and cost to process student expense claims by 15%*, allowing my team more opportunity to work with club organisers in other areas such as gaining sponsorship, running events and other commercial activity."

"I would recommend MLC to any chambers seeking to gain a competitive edge and future-proof their business."

"The solution is a powerful purchasing tool for all staff including researchers and academics, but also provides Procurement with essential visibility and financial control over spend.”

“Staff no longer have to worry that stock will not be re-ordered in time. They also have a greater awareness of the cost of items and the importance of accurate stock management”

“Collaborative Planning is key to enabling our Trust to control the preparation, monitoring and updating of forecasts… We are particularly pleased with how the solution has engaged non-finance staff in the forecasting process which is fundamental to accurate financial planning, and central to the ongoing success of our ‘Building World Class Finance Programme.”