Motoring enthusiasts are getting up to speed with Onesys

When Automotive PR approached Onesys for help in replacing their time and expense recording software, Onesys were not only delighted to win another exciting new client but also gained an interesting insight into the world of motoring enthusiasts. With clients ranging from Ferrari to DAF Trucks, and from GreenChem to Bosch, Automotive PR are a niche agency specialising in PR for just about any aspect of the automotive industry you care to name. One of only three or four agencies operating in this field, publicity for the launch of a new car or an international trade show is all in a day’s work for them.

Meanwhile behind the scenes, frustrated with the lack of support and ongoing expenses they incurred using their current time management system, they were looking for a quicker, easier solution for logging time and expenses against projects undertaken for their automotive clients.

They ‘googled’ and found Onesys.

Mus Kortach – Financial Controller explained “Our previous system just kept changing and didn’t seem to do what we wanted. It was too loose, prone to human error and from a finance perspective there just weren’t enough controls. With every customisation, we incurred additional costs which made it a very expensive tool for us.”

One easy installation of Sage Coretime later with training for 13 users in the bag, things are motoring along nicely! “Although initial outlay was a reasonably sized investment in software for us, it’s the fact that the ongoing costs including support are so reasonable, that makes this system stand out from the competition. If I want to add another user, I know exactly what it’s going to cost and who to ask. With the Sage brand name behind it, we felt reassured that we were going to get a better quality product with reliable service and we haven’t been disappointed.”

“We’ve been able to set up and design the system to look and operate exactly how we want it to. You just set the fields to match the type of activities and the rates you want to record by project and employee, set some access rights and parameters for each project and off you go. We invested a bit of time upfront getting projects set up, but now it’s customised to meet our needs exactly. Our employees now have the ability to enter time onto the system really quickly and they can update clients in real–time because getting reports out is so easy. Another big plus in the world of PR is that homeworkers can access Coretime on the server over the web, which means they can keep better track of their time and expenses.”

“From a finance point of view, we use it as a management tool, I know that I can just jump on it and get a report out quickly. We’ve been able to analyse time–spent on projects by user and highlight those clients we are over–servicing as well as those who deserve more focus. When it comes to renegotiating contract rates we now have the ability to justify our costs because it’s all logged on the system. In one notable case we negotiated a substantial sum of money back from a client who we had been over–servicing so the Coretime software has already paid for itself several times over!”

Onesys is the largest UK partner of Sage Professional Services Division and a fully accredited Sage 50, 200, CRM & Act business partner, also has formed successful partnerships with Version One, IBM and Microfocus.

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