"Our clients have had increasing faith in us since the introduction of the Brightpearl system. They see we are able to deal with more and more projects, which has allowed us to tender for larger projects up over the £1-2 million mark which is something we have never even looked at before."
(Andy Arnott, Founder Apac Property Services)
(Andy Arnott, Founder Apac Property Services)
For four years Apac Property Services worked with spreadsheets and a database system that was so time consuming it took hours of managers', supervisors' and administrators' time.
The problem
Andy Arnott, Senior Contracts Manager and founder of Apac Property Services, believes the company has lost thousands of pounds through human error, lack of organisation and inefficient business processes.
Due to rapid business growth over a short time span, Apac employees were struggling to keep on top of their responsibilities. Managing over 200 contractors, increasing the volume of sales and taking on additional contracts with existing clients meant that workloads were increasing exponentially.
The solution
Andy decided to implement the Brightpearl System in 2008 to run the majority of his business operations; stock control, project management, subcontractor & client invoicing, time keeping & diary management and client relationship management. Within three weeks of implementation the increased efficiency was noted by Apac's clients.
"For a long time I have thought it would have been impossible for everything that we do to be brought under a single system due to the way we work. However, these guys at Brightpearl have taken a jumble of spreadsheets, thousands of products and clients with different pricing structures, and put them all under an integrated system - the impossible has been put into place! The system is simply fantastic, and the small investment I have made in the long term will be the biggest investment within Apac since we started the company... A massive thanks from all at Apac Property Services Ltd as this is what was needed to advance us into the main contractors' bracket of the building industry."
(Andy Arnott, Founder Apac Property Services)
The problem
Andy Arnott, Senior Contracts Manager and founder of Apac Property Services, believes the company has lost thousands of pounds through human error, lack of organisation and inefficient business processes.
Due to rapid business growth over a short time span, Apac employees were struggling to keep on top of their responsibilities. Managing over 200 contractors, increasing the volume of sales and taking on additional contracts with existing clients meant that workloads were increasing exponentially.
The solution
Andy decided to implement the Brightpearl System in 2008 to run the majority of his business operations; stock control, project management, subcontractor & client invoicing, time keeping & diary management and client relationship management. Within three weeks of implementation the increased efficiency was noted by Apac's clients.
"For a long time I have thought it would have been impossible for everything that we do to be brought under a single system due to the way we work. However, these guys at Brightpearl have taken a jumble of spreadsheets, thousands of products and clients with different pricing structures, and put them all under an integrated system - the impossible has been put into place! The system is simply fantastic, and the small investment I have made in the long term will be the biggest investment within Apac since we started the company... A massive thanks from all at Apac Property Services Ltd as this is what was needed to advance us into the main contractors' bracket of the building industry."
(Andy Arnott, Founder Apac Property Services)
