112 Advanced Testimonials

“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.”

“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 Exchequer ad Lighthouse have formed what we see as a long-term working relationship. It has been a very successful implementation for the finance team."

"We knew that these features would increase the load on the OpenVMS Alpha systems and scalability was not going to be possible without a change of platform. Given the rich functionality of our MIDAS system, there was no viable package replacement. Migration, therefore, offered us a fast, costeffective, and low-risk solution."

“We have ambitious plans for Silverstone to become a destination venue and Advanced proved to be the right partner to meet our needs now and into the future.”

"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."

"The collaborative, dynamic and flexible approach from our Advanced contacts has ensured that the deployment and ongoing development continues to impress and inspire."

“The Advanced team are experts in their field, we feel safe in the knowledge that their experience ensures that we are in capable hands. Our partnership requires minimal effort, basically they do all the hard work for the customer!”

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

"An important part of the managed services is to choose a quality provider. The engineers know our sites and our needs and our staff, teachers and heads know them, which is very important."

“We now process orders over 150 times quicker thanks to Business Cloud Essentials.”

“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”

"It was important that we invested in a finance system that was reliable, flexible and easy to use. We could see from the beginning that OpenAccounts stood out from the competition. It is arobust, solid system that ticked all the boxes."

“Advanced provides the missing link that enables the Web designer to easily integrate new e-business applications with an organisation's existing data.”

“The support we received from Advanced throughout the project was excellent, with regular and effective communications."