112 Advanced Testimonials

"It sounds obvious, but we needed a straightforward system where the users can quickly create tasks, phone calls and flag key reminders in order to call back prospects in a timely and efficient way."

“Our successful long-term relationship has always been based on teamwork and trust. For this project, we made a strong team that created a base for many more projects together.”

"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.”

"When I received a demo of eXchequer365 I was suitably impressed. We had recently provided the sales team with iPads so this was a neat fit with our existing Advanced Exchequer solution that allowed direct access to information during client visits."

"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."

"Most recently we have upgraded to the latest version of TALENT to ensure we’re offering fans a fully mobile responsive service. Wherever they are, on whatever device, they can now engage with us, purchase from us and the system knows their favourite seat, holds their payment details and purchasing history to ensure it is easy to engage online."

"The implementation of this solution has given our users an ease of online purchasing with set prices, rich catalogue data and selected suppliers resulting in a friendly low-cost marketplace."

"The solution ensures compliance with our quality systems. In addition to full control over suppliers and purchase authorisation, a full electronic order trail covers every transaction."

"It is giving the barristers everything they need for the duration of a case, from the initial case review right through to court presentation or the delivery of advice to the client."

“We weren’t too sure about this at first as we hadn’t heard very much about PDA (Netezza), but we did some research online and found there were a lot of case studies where people were reporting they were getting 100-500 times better performance. So we became very interested, and asked Advanced for a proof of concept so we could have a closer look and ensure it would meet our requirements. Advanced approached IBM and we received agreement for a loan of the appliance for a one-month proof of concept. The PDA (Netezza) server spreads the load of the query over multiple processing units and multiple disks. Once you get the appliance set up and the database has been replicated across, you can actually start using it straight away, you have no complex design of a reporting database or anything like that.”

“Advanced has experience of dealing with application vendors through its 30-year history of providing integration products and services. It has enabled them to address not only our technical requirements, but also our business needs.”

"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."

"The level of detail we can provide to management and other relevant parties has improved significantly thanks to Advanced."

"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."

"Collaborative Planning far exceeded the functionality of the Excel-based system we considered and crucially integrated into the general ledger within our accounting system, also provided by Advanced. The consistent look and feel throughout ensured all departments quickly embraced the system as it is simple to analyse financial information in a clear, standardised format."