06 Nov 12 Ten Years as Global Leading SunSystems Partner
Sapphire named number one for Infor SunSystems for 10th year running
Sapphire is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Infor SunSystems Partner of the Year accolade for FY12, a position it has held for the past decade.
The award was announced earlier this week at the Infor Awards Ceremony – FY12 Partner Recognitions, which took place in Paris, France as part of the Infor on the Road and Infor EMEA Channel Partner Conference.
“We are naturally thrilled to have been named as the global number one for SunSystems this year” said Ian Caswell, Managing Director at Sapphire Systems. “It was great to see the new developments in SunSystems at our Customer User Day last month – along with some of the newer solutions from Infor, such as ION – and get feedback from both our new and long-standing customers.”
“This award celebrates two things,” said Chris Murphy, SVP of financial solutions for Infor. “The first is the longevity of our relationship with Sapphire, who for many years has been the number one global partner for our SunSystems solution. The second is the extensive range of services that Sapphire offers to its growing and global base of SunSystems customers. From 24 hour support and coverage by a range of global offices to user days focused on education and training, Sapphire has the resources and expertise to help its customers leverage the innovative new technologies being delivered by Infor for SunSystems, such as mobility and cloud. We look forward to continuing this incredibly strong relationship into 2013 and beyond.”
Sapphire provides consultancy, training and support for SunSystems implementations from offices throughout the UK, US and Asia-Pac. 24 hour hotline support is part of the standard offering for all customers.
“To have maintained this position for a full decade is an achievement we are all very proud of at Sapphire” Caswell concluded.
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is the global leading Infor SunSystems partner, with a unique agreement with Infor to sell Infor SunSystems globally. An SAP Gold partner, Sapphire is the global number one partner for SAP Business One. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 800 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA & Asia-Pac. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.
About Infor:
Infor is a leading provider of business software and services, helping more than 70,000 customers in 164 countries improve operations and drive growth.
About Infor SunSystems:
Infor SunSystems is a richly featured, web-based, global financial management solution. Its unique single-ledger design, with strong multi-currency and analysis capabilities, provides an ideal basis for financial reporting, and is complemented by integrated business process functionality for purchasing, sales, and inventory management. Available in a range of languages and configurable to meet varying accounting requirements, Infor SunSystems provides a common accounting solution that can be deployed globally to meet local requirements at the lowest total cost of ownership.
Tags: Sapphire Systems, SunSystems
01 Nov 12 Financial Management Solution for the Insurance Sector
Sapphire to showcase Infor SunSystems for the London Market
Sapphire announces a demonstration of the Infor SunSystems financial management solution, tailored to the Insurance sector, to take place on Tuesday 13th November 2012, from 9am – 10.30am.
Steven Wright, Sapphire’s Infor SunSystems Sales Manager, who will lead the session, outlined why SunSystems can work well for the sector: “SunSystems has a long history of deployment within the London Market and for good reason. The solution is more capable and more flexible than other packages, so lends itself very well to the varied and evolving management and regulatory requirements of the Lloyds market”.
He went on to say “SunSystems is a solution that fits all areas of the market including Managing Agents, Syndicates, Intermediaries and Brokers. Sophisticated currency handling and the ability to hold a huge amount of analysis such as year of account, trust fund, Class of Business, FIL code against transactions is invaluable. Other key benefits include automated allocation of costs across entities, strong integration with leading underwriting and broking solutions and the ability to design a chart and analysis profile capable of directly creating Lloyds QMA/QMR returns”.
The session will take place at Sapphire’s head office, based in the City of London.
For further information, the full agenda and registration, please visit Sapphire’s website:
http://www.sapphiresystems.com/uk/events/seminars.htm
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is the global leading Infor SunSystems partner, with a unique agreement with Infor to sell Infor SunSystems globally. An SAP Gold partner, Sapphire is the global number one partner for SAP Business One. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 800 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA & Asia-Pac. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.
About Infor SunSystems:
Infor SunSystems is a richly featured, web-based, global financial management solution. Its unique single-ledger design, with strong multi-currency and analysis capabilities, provides an ideal basis for financial reporting, and is complemented by integrated business process functionality for purchasing, sales, and inventory management. Available in a range of languages and configurable to meet varying accounting requirements, Infor SunSystems provides a common accounting solution that can be deployed globally to meet local requirements at the lowest total cost of ownership.
Press contact:
Victoria Park
020 7648 2008
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
Tags: Sapphire Systems, SunSystems
19 Mar 12 General Systems joins Sapphire Systems
Sapphire completes acquisition of UK based Infor10 Financials Business (SunSystems) VAR
Sapphire Systems and General Systems have joined forces to form the largest global Infor10 Financial Business (SunSystems) partner.
General Systems has been a successful Infor SunSystems partner for over 20 years and has an active Infor10 SunSystems and Kontrolla (procurement management) client base. There are direct product and positioning synergies with Sapphire’s Infor business and geographically, with Sapphire’s Manchester offices.
Effective immediately Sapphire will be jointly responsible, with the General Systems team, for providing General Systems’ clients with maintenance, support and account management services.
Jeff Willcott, General Systems’ General Manager, said “Sapphire shares our client-first values and our customers will now benefit from Sapphire’s extended support hours, support team webcasts, scheduled training days in both Manchester and London and annual customer user day events.”
Ralph Bolton, Technical Director and head of Sapphire’s Manchester operation, commented: “This acquisition represents a significant step in Sapphire’s growth and we are delighted to be teaming up with such a long-standing quality focused Infor10 SunSystems partner. Together we will continue to strive to provide excellent application support and advice to our clients and to move the Infor10 SunSystems product range forward in the financial solutions marketplace.”
General Systems will be introducing Sapphire to customers at events lined up in Warrington (21st March) and at Sapphire’s London office (22nd March).
About Sapphire Systems:
Sapphire is the global leading Infor10 Financials Business (SunSystems) partner, with a unique agreement with Infor to sell Infor10 SunSystems globally. An SAP Gold partner, Sapphire is the global number one partner for SAP Business One. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 800 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA & Asia-Pac. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.
Media contact:
Victoria Park
020 7648 2008
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
Tags: General Systems, SAP Business One, Sapphire Systems, SunSystems
21 Sep 11 Srixon Sports Europe to implement SAP Business One
Inter-company and multi-currency requirements to be met with solution from Sapphire
Srixon, a world leading golfing brand, is to implement SAP Business One from Sapphire Systems for 50 users. Srixon equipment is synonymous with high performance and innovation and as such it is used by Professional Golfers all around the world, including US Open winner Graeme McDowell.
Headquartered in Japan, Srixon’s European business has grown rapidly over the last couple of years and integration of Cleveland Golf into their portfolio left their Pegasus system highly stretched in a multi-company and multi-country environment. Srixon’s systems were starting to affect the bottom line, so Nicki Jamieson and the senior management team set about evaluating solutions and partners that would be able to support their plans for the next phase of the company’s growth.
Nicki decided to follow an RFI approach where strong candidates were selected before a further a round of detailed demonstrations led to the selection of a preferred supplier. As part of their Global IT Strategy their Japanese parent requested that the SAP Business One solution should be considered, and SAP All-in-One and Microsoft Dynamics were also evaluated.
Following detailed demonstrations and references SAP Business One was identified as the ideal solution for Srixon; it met all the functionality requirements stipulated, including managing Custom Fit ordering, production and fulfilment processes where Custom Fit clubs are made to measure for individual golfers. The requirement to streamline this process within the system was highlighted as a key challenge.
Sapphire was also able to offer Inter-Company reporting and consolidation of all information throughout the companies within the group (Srixon will have companies and branches for the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy set up and localised in SAP Business One).
The ability to quickly pull out any information needed on any aspect of the business was central to the decision taken. “SAP Business One blew us away with the basics – a lot of it is so automated; our previous system was very manual” said Nicki, adding “With SAP Business One you get an end-to-end process; all the way through you use the same software seamlessly. There is no need to dip in and out of other systems to get information required.”
Nicki and the Srixon team were impressed that whilst SAP Business One works out of the box it can also be adapted easily to specific requirements, for example User Defined Fields enable the system to meet future reporting requirements with no discernible overhead. Sapphire’s SAP Development and Integration Team was able to demonstrate the ability to integrate SAP Business One fully with Srixon’s 3rd Party logistics systems, and those of their parent company, whilst providing the comfort that future requirements could also be met.
Other SAP Business One partners were reviewed, “but Sapphire has been absolutely professional from the very first meetings we had and it was this, along with their experience, which made the Sapphire team stand out as an organisation we wanted to do business with” explained Nicki. “Sapphire’s existing SAP Business One customers have a high number of users and we wanted to work with a company that had experience and a solid customer base at the higher end of the market. Sapphire’s recent SAP Business One Customer User Day was very impressive too.”
Nicki concluded “We expect to move forward in leaps and bounds post implementation, with easy access to information and speed and ease of reporting.”
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is an SAP Gold partner – number one for SAP Business One in EMEA; a global Infor partner – number one for Infor FMS SunSystems worldwide – and the leading Wax Digital partner. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 650 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.
About Srixon:
The 4th biggest golf company in the world, Srixon has been making golf balls for over 80 years. Srixon Sports Europe is a world leader in golf ball technology and pioneered Balata Balls, producing the majority of the most successful balls in this category. Srixon can analyse ball and clubs ever changing forces, distortions and energies to an amazing 1/100,000,000 of a second. This is called “Digital Impact Technology” and it has led to many of their breakthrough products.
By the mid 1990’s Srixon was investing heavily in technology advances in product development. In 1994 it opened its Golf Science Centre for state of the art testing and research.
Srixon is the Sports arm of Sumitomo Rubber Industries of Japan – one of the Worlds largest Conglomerates and owner of Dunlop Tyres. Srixon is a registered trademark of SRI Sports Ltd and SRI Sports is a Company of the Sumitomo Rubber Industries Group.
Media contact:
Victoria Park
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
020 7648 2008
Tags: SAP Business One, Srixion, SunSystems
12 Sep 11 Shakespeare’s Globe to implement SAP Business One
Solution from Sapphire chosen to meet multi-dimensional requirements
Shakespeare’s Globe has selected Sapphire to implement and support a 10 user SAP Business One solution to strengthen operational efficiency and meet advanced reporting requirements.
David Magness, Head of Finance at Shakespeare’s Globe, explained the need to find a new back office system saying “Quite simply the existing accounts system was old – it had been in place for 13 years and we had outgrown it. Shakespeare’s Globe is much more than just the theatre; there is also the exhibition, shop, support function and an education department that covers numerous different activities. The many facets to our business make the accounting quite complex, so a solution that could manage multiple divisions was required.”
A comprehensive review of financial accounting solutions available on the market was undertaken along with a formal tendering process. From a longer list of eight solutions, a short list of SAP Business One and two other market leading solutions was reached.
“SAP Business One stood out thanks to multi-dimensional analysis functionality and the ability to integrate with iDocuments [a system that manages expenses, purchasing and sales invoicing] which will improve document flow through the business” commented David on the decision taken.
“Sapphire was already a corporate partner and showed a great deal of interest in Shakespeare’s Globe with a very professional approach. We really felt that the team that presented SAP Business One understood what we do and our exact requirements – they showed us exactly how to use the solution to meet our needs” said David, adding “The reporting functionality really suited us too, for example we will quickly and easily be able to run reports on Daily Box Office Takings as well as the amount spent on Educational Practitioners for the various courses we run. Management reports can be run on demand on any aspect of our business at summary level with drill down to further analysis and/or transactional level detail as required; this will significantly enhance the timeliness, quality, level of detail, accuracy and availability of our management reporting”.
Looking ahead to when the system is in place David says “We will have far more visibility of the detail behind income and costs. SAP Business One will bring improved efficiency to the finance department and will enhance links between finance and other departments.”
Ian Caswell, Managing Director at Sapphire Systems, added “Sapphire has supported Shakespeare’s Globe for some years now so I am particularly pleased to be working with the team there. With SAP Business One and iDocuments in place they will have a cost effective solution that will facilitate operational efficiency now and well into the future too.”
Media contact:
Victoria Park
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
020 7648 2008
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is an SAP Gold partner – number one for SAP Business One in EMEA; a global Infor partner – number one for Infor10 Financials Business (SunSystems) worldwide – and the leading Wax Digital partner. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 700 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter. The company was recently listed in The Sunday Times’ International Track 100
About Shakespeare’s Globe:
Shakespeare’s Globe is a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare’s work and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of performance and education. Together, the Globe Theatre, Globe Exhibition & Tour and Globe Education seek to further the experience and international understanding of Shakespeare in performance.
Tags: SAP Business One, Sapphire Systems, Shakespeare's Globe, SunSystems, Wax Digital
19 Aug 11 Reservoir Group to implement SAP Business One
Solution from Sapphire selected for multi-currency and intercompany reporting functionality
Sapphire to implement and support SAP Business One at Reservoir Group, an international oilfield services organisation and recognised specialist in the fields of down hole drilling, completion and production and physical and digital data management.
Reservoir Group had a requirement for a single system to roll out across the whole group, to improve the consistency, control and ease of financial accounting. Craig Hutcheon, Group Financial Controller explained: “We operate a ‘buy and build’ model, continually acquiring new companies, so find we have a lot of disparate systems. Crucially, we felt that none of our existing systems could manage the complex, multi-currency requirements of the Group.”
Craig and his team used a balanced scorecard to compare functionality of their five shortlisted solutions, which included SAP Business One, Microsoft AX, Microsoft NAV and Oracle; SAP Business One came out on top.
“SAP Business One and Sapphire performed strongly in key areas including localisations and the availability and suitability of global support” commented Craig.
On the decision to work with Sapphire Craig said “Sapphire actually approached us, we were impressed by their professional approach and responsiveness throughout the process.”
SAP Business One is an integrated, affordable business management application. It’s a single system that can automate critical business operations, including finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, and manufacturing. And it provides accurate, up-to-the-minute views of business data. SAP Business One is a global solution with multi-currency and multi-lingual functionality that is easy to buy, quick to install, and easy to use.
With SAP Business One in place Craig says that the team is looking forward to benefiting from “improved reporting capabilities and dimensions, faster monthly reporting and improved multi-currency and intercompany reporting. Having access from anywhere in the world to accounts – all group ledgers for all companies – was a significant factor in the decision to use SAP Business One.”
Ian Caswell, Managing Director of Sapphire Systems, added: “For global organisations looking for an agile, scalable solution that is truly multi-currency, SAP Business One is a strong fit. Users in different countries can view the same system in their local language and currency, with management having visibility and ease of consolidation across all entities. We are pleased to be working with Reservoir Group and I’m sure the team there will be more than happy with the reporting capabilities they will have post implementation.”
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is an SAP Gold partner – number one for SAP Business One in EMEA; a global Infor partner – number one for Infor FMS SunSystems worldwide – and the leading Wax Digital partner. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 650 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter and was included in The Sunday Times’ International Track 100.
About Reservoir Group:
Reservoir Group is an international oilfield services organisation and recognised specialist in the fields of down hole drilling, completion and production and physical and digital data management. Its team of innovative thinkers challenge convention to find solutions to the increasingly complex technical demands of extracting the world’s remaining hydrocarbons.
Backed by Houston-based oil and gas specialist private equity firm, SCF Partners, Reservoir Group’s aim is to build a global portfolio of businesses designed to deliver specialist services around hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Media contact:
Victoria Park
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
020 7648 2008
19 Aug 11 Recognition of Quality at Sapphire
Sapphire receives ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System certificate
Sapphire is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System accreditation.
ISO 9001:2008 is the International Standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It provides a company with a set of principles that ensure a common sense approach to the management of business activities to consistently achieve customer satisfaction. Requirements are underpinned by eight management principles:
• a customer focused organisation
• leadership
• the involvement of people
• ensuring a process approach
• a systematic approach to management
• a factual approach to decision making
• mutually beneficial supplier relations
• continuous improvement
Tony Martin, Client Service Director at Sapphire, commented: “Luckily for us, we entered the accreditation process with a head start as quality and service have been at the foundation of Sapphire’s business success. What we have done over the last nine months is quantify, document and rigorously test what we do, in some cases tweaking our processes and in other cases devising whole new ones.
However, continuous improvement is what we strive for, so this is only the beginning; not only will we carry on doing the great things that we do but we will always be looking for ways to get even better.”
The certificate can be viewed at: http://www.sapphiresystems.com/uk/brochures/PDFs/audit-people.pdf
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is an SAP Gold partner – number one for SAP Business One in EMEA; a global Infor partner – number one for Infor FMS SunSystems worldwide, and the leading Wax Digital partner. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 650 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter and was listed in The Sunday Times’ International Track 100 in 2011.
Media contact:
Victoria Park
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
+44 (0)20 7648 2008
04 Aug 11 Sapphire: Number One Professional Advantage Partner
Sapphire Systems maintains position as the number one partner for Professional Advantage for 2011
Sapphire is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Professional Advantage Reseller of the Year 2011 accolade, maintaining the pole position for the third consecutive year.
Professional Advantage develops software products that enhance the value of leading international software solutions including the Infor FMS SunSystems range – for which Sapphire is also the global number one partner.
“Sapphire continues to impress and each member of the sales team has raised their game on last year, resulting in a 55% increase in product sales. Given the current climate across the entire channel, this is an amazing result for the whole team” said Steve Howcroft, Joint Managing Director at Professional Advantage. He went on to say “It is also worth noting that Sapphire has the largest iPOS customer base out side of Professional Advantage – a real testament to the team’s procurement expertise.”
David Singh, Sales and Marketing Director at Sapphire added, “As you can imagine, this is great news for us and we are all thrilled that our run as the premier solutions partner for Professional Advantage continues for another year. Our customers find the ability to extend their use of Infor FMS SunSystems with solutions such as Cash Desk [for electronic payment processing] and Collect [for credit control] great for further improving operational efficiency.”
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is an SAP Gold partner – number one for SAP Business One in EMEA; a global Infor partner – number one for Infor FMS SunSystems worldwide, and the leading Wax Digital partner. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 650 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter. In 2011 Sapphire was listed in The Sunday Times International Track 100.
About Professional Advantage:
Professional Advantage has always made innovation a priority. Based on insights from customers, the company has developed process-focused software products that enhance the value of leading international software solutions such as Infor FMS SunSystems.
Solutions that Professional Advantage has developed specific functionality for include:
• eProcurement
• Workflow for SunSystems
• Electronic banking
• Analysis and reporting
• Advanced receivables
• Collections management
• Retail ‘open to buy’ and others
www.profad.co.uk
www.pa.com.au
Media contact:
Victoria Park
+44 (0)20 7648 2000
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
Tags: Professional Advantage, SAP Business One, Sapphire Systems, SunSystems
28 Apr 11 All Leisure Group Benefit From Dual currency Reporting
Sapphire to implement Infor FMS SunSystems at tour operator with global requirements
Sapphire is pleased to announce it has been chosen to implement Infor FMS SunSystems for fifteen users, along with the Compleat procurement solution for fifty users, at All Leisure Group, a group of global tour operators.
The organization had grown and All Leisure required a more robust system than the entry level financial accounting solution in place. Due to the more complex requirements, including multi-currency, revenue/cost recognition, consolidation and reporting, All Leisure “Moved up a tier in terms of solutions reviewed” explained Mark Jeffries, Head of Finance at All Leisure. Coda, Microsoft Dynamics, Access and Infor FMS SunSystems were shortlisted.
“The previous system was no longer up to the task” said Mark, “The All Leisure group of companies is much more complex now and we run a high number of foreign exchange transactions. We also wanted to record foreign transactions by dual rates of exchange for the same currency, this SunSystems could do.”
Mark attended a Sapphire seminar on evaluating financial management solutions towards the end of 2009, when he knew they would soon start looking for a new solution. He was aware of Infor FMS SunSystems and wanted to see the latest version. Mark was impressed – both with Sapphire as an organization and at how SunSystems had improved and developed. “Everyone I met from Sapphire was enthusiastic and very personable. They understood our needs and the specific requirements of the travel sector and I felt confident that the on-going working relationship would be positive.”
Infor FMS SunSystems was the best fit for All Leisure’s requirements as it offered a complete accounting package. Mark was also keen to implement a solution that would work well with Microsoft Excel and whereby data could be quickly manipulated on and reported as necessary.
The finance team at All Leisure is looking forward to benefiting “immensely” from detailed analysis with very defined dimensions once Infor FMS SunSystems is live. “Being able to report where the underlying mixed foreign transactions are exchanged at dual rates of exchange is absolutely vital for us and with SunSystems in place this will be no problem. We have four ships; each one needs to be accounted for along with the various different ports that they visit – which means that we work with a lot of different currencies. The level of analysis that we will be able to drill into with SunSystems will allow us to make better, faster management decisions to drive the business forward.”
In addition to Infor FMS SunSystems, All Leisure also opted to implement Compleat as “We were desperately in need of a proper purchase order processing solution, to cover all our offices and ships, one that could be used by non finance staff” said Mark. “We will now have a proper view of all expenditure in advance of invoices coming in. This will help with forward planning so that we can ensure we have all the currencies we need for payments in place.”
Nick Williams, Travel Division Manager at Sapphire, added “We are delighted to be working with Mark and the team at All Leisure and look forward to getting them up and running with SunSystems and Compleat – they will really benefit from the ease of reporting and greater visibility on spend. Flexible reporting to establish revenue and costs for cruise reporting is facilitated by the extensive analysis of SunSystems. And when it comes to the complex multicurrency and revenue recognition requirements of the travel sector SunSystems really delivers.”
About Sapphire Systems plc:
Sapphire is the global leading Infor FMS SunSystems partner, an SAP Gold partner – number one for SAP Business One in EMEA – and the leading Wax Digital partner. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 650 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.
About All Leisure Group:
All Leisure Group is the holding company of All Leisure Holidays, an established cruise holiday company which owns the tour operators Voyages of Discovery, Swan Hellenic, Hebridean Island Cruises and Discover Egypt. Voyages of Discovery, Swan Hellenic and Hebridean offer destination-led cruises to a number of countries and are focused on the market for mature passengers whilst Discover Egypt offers package holidays to Egypt, including cruises and excursions on the River Nile. Voyages of Discovery, a wholly owned subsidiary of All Leisure Group owns the cruise ship, Discovery. The Group added a second ship, Explorer II, in November 2007 which was then renamed Minerva in March 2008. The main trading divisions of All Leisure Holidays are Voyages of Discovery, Swan Hellenic, Hebridean Island Cruises and Discover Egypt.
About Infor FMS SunSystems:
Infor FMS SunSystems v5 is a richly featured global financial management solution. Its unique single-ledger design, with strong multi-currency and analysis capabilities, provides an ideal basis for financial reporting, and is complemented by integrated business process functionality for purchasing, sales, and inventory management. Available in a range of languages and configurable to meet varying accounting requirements, Infor FMS SunSystems v5 provides a common accounting solution that can be deployed globally to meet local requirements at the lowest total cost of ownership.
About Compleat:
Compleat Spend Control is the process that enables organisations to reduce their costs by paying less for what they already buy, increase productivity through automation and increase profitability by taking control over the way the business spends money.
Tags: SAP Business One, Sapphire Systems, SunSystems, Wax Digital
24 Feb 11 Sapphire Signs Global Agreement with Infor
Sapphire Systems named as a global partner for Infor FMS SunSystems
Sapphire is pleased to announce that it has signed a new global partnership agreement with Infor to sell Infor FMS SunSystems worldwide.
Sapphire Systems has a long history in the implementation and support of Infor solutions and has been the global leading partner for Infor FMS SunSystems for the past eight years.
Jean-Philippe Pommel, VP Channels EMEA, at Infor stated: “We are delighted that Sapphire has entered into a Global Partner Agreement with us. Firstly, it demonstrates the passion and confidence they have in our software products. In addition, this move enables Sapphire to expand their Infor footprint into new geographies enabling both our companies additional operational coverage with a strong focus to further increasing our market share”.
“Sapphire has proven experience in the Infor FMS SunSystems arena, with the ability to successfully implement projects worldwide. This new agreement is a testament to this and we look forward to seeing Sapphire build on their success, which is why they were identified as a suitable partner for this unique agreement,” says Chris Murphy, Senior Vice President, Financial Solutions Group, Infor.
Sapphire already has numerous international customers spanning the globe and has offices in EMEA, America and Asia. Ian Caswell, Managing Director at Sapphire, commented “We have the capability and willingness to implement anywhere in the world, which has proved helpful to our customers that have operations in more than one country. They are able to deal with one implementation partner, which facilitates the success of a project and ongoing support – a service we provide 24 hours a day for customers.”
Ian concluded “We are thrilled; a global partnership really cements our relationship with Infor.”
About Sapphire Systems plc
Sapphire is an Infor global partner – number one for Infor FMS SunSystems worldwide; an SAP Gold partner – number one for SAP Business One in EMEA. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 650 customers worldwide from offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.
Web: www.sapphiresystems.com
Twitter: @SapphireSystems
Media contact:
Victoria Park
Marketing Manager
Sapphire Systems plc
020 7648 2000 (office)
07738 697 632 (mobile)
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com
Tags: Infor, SAP Business One, Sapphire Systems, SunSystems
