Case Studies: Professional Advantage

North Sydney Leagues Club Limited (Norths), commonly known as norths, was founded in 1955. The company evolved over time; however, until 2009, they was using spreadsheets and a twenty-year old accounting system. Norths wanted to replace these spreadsheets, four general ledgers and the outdated financial system with an integrated business intelligence and financial system.

Crest Air Conditioning Pty Ltd has been successfully supplying and installing air conditioning systems throughout Sydney since 1980. Having outgrown its current software system, Crest needed to find an alternative solution capable of supporting the company’s expanding job costing, service management, finance and detailed reporting requirements.

Kidney Health Australia has been promoting kidney and urinary tract health to consumers and the medical profession for over forty years. The not-for-profit organisation wanted to integrate and streamline systems to better support business objectives. At the samr time, it needed to develop closer relationships and more targeted communications with donors, sponsors and other supporters.

Cash Converters is the world’s largest second hand dealer with more than 140 stores in Australia, representation in 21 countries and a total network of about 600 stores worldwide. This growth has resulted in a complex reporting structure involving inter-company and multi-country dealings. Cash Converters needed an integrated solution with multi-company/cost centre accounting to manage its complex reporting structure.

Abergeldie group of companies was established to provide complex civil infrastructure and building contracts throughout eastern Australia. The company grew at approximately 30 percent year-on-year in the last decade. Abergeldie’s need was to establish systems and processes capable of supporting its rapid growth which was beyond the capabilities of its existing financial and information management systems.