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Ask Afrika Return on Investment R1.5 Million with Acumatica ERP
技术
- 功能应用 - 企业资源规划系统 (ERP)
适用行业
- Professional Service
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 库存管理
服务
- 系统集成
挑战
Ask Afrika 是一家拥有超过 23 年经验的市场研究公司,由于他们同时管理的项目数量庞大,因此在跟踪项目成本、预算、员工分配、发票和盈利能力方面面临着后勤挑战。会计团队需要花费长达八个小时来创建公司盈利能力的快照。现有系统不再适合 Ask Afrika 的要求,因此需要寻找一种可以减少创建报告、验证数据和维护准确项目预算所需时间的 ERP 系统。
关于客户
Ask Afrika 是一家位于南非比勒陀利亚的全方位市场研究公司。凭借超过 23 年的经验,该公司通过卓越的数据收集、分析和咨询服务为客户提供快速、可靠的决策能力。该公司提供切实可行的见解、建议和策略。Ask Afrika 是一家获得广泛黑人经济振兴 (B-BBEE) 三级评级的公司。它拥有最强大的品牌和客户服务基准,是寻求主动社会研究的客户的首选合作伙伴。该公司的独家产品套件包括 Ask Afrika Orange Index®、目标群体指数 (TGI)、Ask Afrika Icon Brands™ 和 Ask Afrika Kasi Star Brands。他们拥有目标群体指数 (TGI) 的南非许可证,南非前 50 名广告商和媒体所有者中的大多数都在使用目标群体指数 (TGI)。
解决方案
Ask Afrika 实施了 Acumatica,这是一个 ERP 系统,提供项目会计模块,包括人工成本率和与工资单集成的项目人工成本会计。该系统允许公司跟踪新项目报价、简化项目销售和定价以及创建复杂的报价流程。Acumatica 的仪表板功能非常吸引人,这对 Ask Afrika 决定实施该系统起到了重要作用。该公司与 Acumatica 的合作伙伴、南非当地供应商 Palladium 合作,后者帮助该公司进行定制。Acumatica 的灵活性和易用性使该公司能够独立定制仪表板并开发各种报告以满足公司的需求。
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