Velosio Assists Quick Solutions Inc. with Using Their Software to the Fullest Ability
Company Size
200-1,000
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Dynamics GP Project Accounting
- Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Portal
Tech Stack
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Dynamics GP Project Accounting
- Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Portal
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries
- Professional Service
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Process Control & Optimization
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
- Training
About The Customer
Quick Solutions, Inc. (QSI) is an IT consulting firm located in Westerville, OH. QSI has nineteen service offerings helping clients implement technology solutions to solve business problems. QSI’s offerings encompass all aspects of strategy, people, process and technology. QSI was founded in 1991 in response to a growing demand for outsourced Information Technology consulting services. They now have over 190 consultants engaged at over 70 client sites in a wide range of industries including manufacturing/distribution, financial services, energy, public sector, retail, professional services and education.
The Challenge
In December of 2011, QSI made the switch from Sage MAS90 to Microsoft Dynamics GP in order to optimize the more robust time and materials management and reporting features found within the Microsoft Dynamics GP Project Accounting module. Despite their plans, QSI struggled with their new solution since their software partner didn’t analyze their business procedures thoroughly before entering their data into Microsoft Dynamics GP. QSI quickly realized they weren’t using the solution correctly and were forced to deal with some major business pains on top of it all. Not only were they conducting manual workarounds, they weren’t able to create the profit & loss (P&L) reports to show which projects were profitable and which were not. QSI also wanted to break out financial statements by the different industries they worked with, but they could never organize the information into a comprehensive report due to the way the software was initially configured. The Corporate Controller at the time tried to pull journal entries manually from the General Ledger by industry and after nine months, still wasn’t able to produce the information they needed.
The Solution
In September of 2012, they sought out help from Velosio, a Microsoft Gold Partner located in Dublin, OH. Once Velosio entered the picture, QSI felt they were in good hands. Pamela Hagely, Director and Corporate Controller at QSI says, “Right off the bat, we had a great working session on the ‘what ifs’ of our business. Velosio wanted to know all the exceptions to the rule so that we didn’t have to create workarounds to deal with those exceptions on a daily basis.” Velosio educated QSI throughout the process so they understood how they needed to use the system in order to get important business information out. Pamela continues, “After that first session, Velosio really understood our business and had the information they needed to set Microsoft Dynamics GP up correctly so we could use it to its fullest ability.” Since Velosio was able to set everything up properly, QSI could depend on consistency that streamlined data entry processes across the board. All their time sheets are now entered the same way and contracts are much easier to track and manage. Pamela says, “There is finally logic behind how things are set up. Users don’t have any questions on why and we’ve limited the number of manual changes, making our reporting much more accurate as well.”
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