Type of Business: IT Consulting
Uses Web TimeSheet for: Project Time and Expense Tracking
Number of Users: 200
Corporate Headquarters: Calgary
Company Profile
Online Business Systems (OBS), is a professional consulting firm with 8 offices
throughout North America. Recognized by the Financial Post and Arthur Andersen as
one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Private Companies for six consecutive years, OBS
combines business knowledge with e-business technology to build solutions that deliver
competitive results for clients such as Willamette Industries, Enmax, JP Morgan,
ADP, Koch and Ludlow, to name just a few.
Challenge
For OBS, success is in delivering on-time, on-budget results-oriented solutions
that provide competitive results for their clients. Delivering projects on time
and on budget is challenging in any environment and even more so without the right
management tools in place.
Prior to Web TimeSheet OBS used a combination of Excel spreadsheets and a SQL Server
Database Application for project management and client billing. OBS found that tracking
time and billing information was paper intensive and time consuming. Employees were
unable to efficiently track time and expenses to projects while managers were not
effectively able to use project information. The process was both time consuming
and frustrating, resulting in a missed opportunity to enhance their cash flow position.
With a growing demand for customer driven e-business solutions, OBS began to look
for a way to simplify their internal business processes while improving productivity
and enhancing customer relations.
Solution
After reviewing several software applications in the market, OBS selected Replicon's
Web TimeSheet as the most effective solutions to meet their needs. Web TimeSheet
was cost-effective, provided more functionality than competing products and offered
a fast implementation time. By automating project tracking, Web TimeSheet delivered
a noticeable improvement in productivity and reduced the billing cycle 50% to 70%*.
Project time and expenses are now being processed more efficiently and with better
accuracy.
Benefits
- Reduced billing time 50% to 70%*
- Rapid implementation enabled smooth transition for employees and customers
- Increased cash flow and ROI
- Managers can review project information at the touch of a button
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Simplified business processes enables OBS to enhance their already outstanding customer
service.
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