Avianto, this year`s "Star Newspaper Readers Choice Wedding Venue", recently contracted mid-market ERP solutions provider Lorge to supply, install and commission a Windows-based Accpac ERP 100 accounting software system.
Avianto`s European-inspired facilities in the Crocodile River valley near Muldersdrift north-west of Johannesburg include a variety of venues, hotel rooms and conference centres. Owner Trevor D`Oliveira is fanatical about the smooth running of the weddings, corporate conferences and other formal functions Avianto hosts and manages.
D`Oliveira said he "spent ages" looking for what he calls the "holy grail" -- a satisfactory all-encompassing business software -- and eventually he concluded that while totally integrated business software solutions are offered, their individual components do not match up to the market leaders in each application.
"There is no way you can compare the accounts module of a fully integrated solution from one provider to Accpac, for example. These fully integrated systems have too many areas upon which to focus development and a fraction of the number of users giving constructive feedback," added D`Oliveira.
"Accpac has 500 000 users worldwide and 100 developers constantly working together to improve just the accounting side of things. Then think about point of sale, front of house, event management, banqueting and CRM and the same applies to all of them."
A critical aspect of the solution was the installation of Acctivity Integration Manager software to automate and integrate the Accpac ERP debtors, creditors and general ledger functions with all of Avianto`s existing hotel management software systems.
"The end result has been full integration and streamlining of purchasing, stock control and accounting that will improve overall business efficiency," said Derek Porter, general manager of Lorge`s Accpac business unit. "The solution has also enabled Avianto management to program the system to automatically conduct audits and consolidations after hours."
Avianto has also benefited from the generation of detailed accounts and management reports on revenue and expenses per category of business offering full interrogation capabilities. "The overall solution`s built-in functionality, including this specific requirement of significant drill down capability, is providing management with detailed, meaningful financial reporting on every component of the business," added Porter.
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