Lyon Equipment’s new supply chain solution will eliminate paper job cards and move document management online
Colchester, UK – 03 April 2012 – Outdoor pursuits and training specialists Lyon Equipment is future-proofing its organisation with a new ERP solution from Access which will automate many manual processes, increase efficiency, and move document management online. The 40 user Access Supply Chain solution is part of a modernisation process Lyon is going through which includes a £3.5 million investment in a new building.
Access’ manufacturing and supply chain offering will revamp Lyon’s returns and manufacturing processes, and support the company as it continues to grow over the next ten years. Rick Cockayne, IT project manager at Lyon, said, “Our business is growing and Access Supply Chain offered us the flexibility to support our planned growth. We were also very impressed with the integrated document management system.”
With two arms to the business; distribution & wholesale, and training courses, as well as some manufacturing there are a lot of paper-based processes in place. “We’re going to be putting everything online from equipment specs and training details to sales invoices and purchase orders. Our manufacturing job cards are currently hand written, and not easily tracked. We’ll be using Access to generate job cards directly from sales orders and track them through to completion. We will therefore be able to easily report on them on a continual basis with no additional effort.” continued Rick.
The new solution will also allow Lyon to modernise its returns system, saving a lot of time and effort. “We currently have a separate returns data base which means there is additional work re-keying information into our current accounts software. With Access Supply Chain we’ll use workflow forms to create a tailored returns system to our design. This will mean we can easily process the return all the way through to credit or replacement all on the one system, removing the additional work and reducing the chances of keying in errors. This will greatly improve the efficiency and simplify the reporting of our returns processing.” said Rick.
“We liked the look and feel of Access Supply Chain from the start, and the flexibility of the product was also a huge plus point. It’s easy-to-use and has more in it than a lot of the other solutions we looked at. It also filled us with confidence to work with the UK author of the product who we felt were willing to look after our needs from the moment we engaged with them,” Rick concluded.
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About Access:
Since 1991, Access has become established as a leading business solutions provider to the mid-market. It helps organisations improve performance, profitability and cost efficiency by delivering integrated organisation-wide solutions spanning finance, HR and payroll, professional services automation, document management and manufacturing. More than 5,000 customers rely on Access to drive growth and unlock the potential of their people as well as their organisation through better business insight. It has nine offices across the UK and Ireland and employs over 350 people.
A £50 million investment by private equity firm, Lyceum Capital, in 2011 marked a significant step change in Access’ growth trajectory, cementing the company’s notable position amongst the top five fastest growing UK software developers in The Sunday Times Buyout Track 100 List 2012 and in last year’s Profit Track 100. Access’ on-going commitment to excellence, its customers and its people also placed it amongst the UK’s top employers in The Sunday Times 100 ‘Best Companies to Work For’ 2011.
Accreditations and memberships:
• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Business Application Software Developers Association (BASDA)
• Access’ software is recognised by HM Revenue & Customs
Awards:
• Inclusion in The Sunday Times Buyout Track 100 list (47th)
• Inclusion in The Sunday Times Profit Track 100 list (63rd)
• Inclusion in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list for mid-market companies (85th)
• Accountancy Age Award 2010 for ‘Software Package of the Year’
• SIFT Media Software Satisfaction Awards 2010 for ‘Enterprise Accounting & Finance’
• SIFT Media Software Satisfaction Awards 2010 for ‘SME Human Resources & Human Capital Management’
• FrontRange Partner Awards 2010 for ‘CRM Partner of the Year’
• Green IT Awards 2010 for ‘Environmental Accounting Software of the Year’
• Construction Computing Awards 2010 and 2011, ‘Construction Accounting Software of the Year’
Media information:
Helen Carpenter
Head of Group PR
Access UK Ltd
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Tim Cole
PR Executive
Access UK Ltd
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