Professional Advantage is delighted to announce the awarding of Gartner Cool Status BPM 2012 to XMPro. As one of only five companies globally, and the only Australian business amongst them, we are excited for XMPro to be recognised for their innovative approach to the next evolution of BPM, or what Gartner calls Intelligent Business Operations.

Professional Advantage has been supplying the XMPro solution globally to a range of industries and the recognition by Gartner, the leading IT research organisation, is a wonderful complement to our customers and gives them further assurance for their decision to deployed XMPro. There are a number of key findings in the report that prove that XMPro is world class.

So what is a Gartner Cool Vendor?
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are:

• Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn’t do before.
• Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology).
• Intriguing, have caught Gartner’s interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

Why was XMPro named a Cool Vendor?

This is what Gartner had to say in their report:

“XMPro is used as a platform for developing and sustaining flexible, composite, process-centric applications that put information into a process context to produce a wealth of process intelligence for structured and unstructured processes.”

This means that XMPro not only provides structured workflow but also unstructured case management, document or case file integration, integration of BI and predictive analytics in processes and social collaboration while still providing the ‘glue’ that integrates your other business applications together.

Professional Advantage is proud to be associated with XMPro and congratulate the team on a great achievement.

Broxbourne Housing is extending its use of PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Broxbourne Housing purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor UK.

DHL Express (Singapore) has improved its access to information through Advanced Inquiry. Advanced Inquiry is the unmatched analysis tool for SunSystems that quickly and easily allows people to answer both simple and complex questions as ad hoc or regular queries.

DHL Express purchased Advanced Inquiry through PA business partner, Infor UK.

De Lage Landen International is a leasing, business and consumer finance business. The company is extending its use of Banklinks for Business (B4B) to further improve its accounts payable process across the European region as well as addressing the SEPA compliance requirements. Banklinks for Business (B4B) helps you make faster and more accurate payments through electronic payments and is available in over 250 bank formats.

De Lage Landen International purchased Banklinks for Business (B4B) directly through Professional Advantage.

Amber Infrastructure, the public infrastructure management company is gaining efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit saves you the time and cost of printing and posting remittances by emailing them instead.

Amber Infrastructure purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Sight Savers, the international charity working to eliminate blindness in developing countries, is addressing the electronic payables requirements of domestic cross border payments and as well as the SEPA compliance requirements with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates supplier payments and integrates with your bank. In this way B4B eliminates the element of manual processing and costs of printing and postage as well as the threat of cheque fraud.

Sight Savers International purchased B4B through PA business partner, Lake Financial Systems.

OFWAT, the water and sewerage regulator for England and Wales, is continuing its efficiency improvements with eRemit. eRemit saves your team the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

Net A Porter, the online luxury fashion retailer, is continuing its improvement of its requisition to payment process with iPOS. iPOS is the user friendly, web based, e-procurement system for SunSystems. It supports complex business rules for spend control, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient for your people, and provides spend visibility and timely reporting for your managers.

Net A Porter purchased iPOS through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Nigeria LNG, the liquefied natural gas producer, has increased its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit eliminates those costs associated with printing and posting supplier remittances by emailing them instead.

Nigeria LNG purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

DHL Global Forwarding Hellas SA is the leading worldwide provider of freight transport and logistics services. The business is extending its use of PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps you reduce bad debts to help you improve your cash flow and also manage any disputes with clients. Collect’s automated collection processes saves you time so you can focus on the worst offenders.

DHL Global Forwarding Hellas SA purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Livability, the charity supporting the disadvantaged and people with disabilities, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit saves your organisation time as well as printing and posting costs of supplier remittances by emailing them.

Livability purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Microfocus Limited, the software company, has chosen PA’s Collect solution to help their debtor management. Collect helps to improve cash flow for your business, decrease bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. By automating the collection process, Collect will free up your time to focus on the worst instances.

Microfocus Limited purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Alpha Trains, the rolling stock leasing company, is extending the improvement of its accounts payable process across the European region and addresses the requirements of SEPA compliance. B4B (Banklinks for Business) uses electronic payments to give you faster and more accurate payments in over 250 bank formats.

Alpha Trains purchased B4B through PA business partner, Wave Consulting.

Hiscox Bermuda, the specialist insurer in the international Hiscox Group, is extending its improvement of its accounts payable process. B4B (Banklinks for Business) uses electronic payment processing for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Hiscox Bermuda purchased B4B directly from Professional Advantage UK.

Arcadia Petroleum Ltd, the crude oil trading company, will be extending its accounts payable process. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments to ensure payments by your business are made faster and more accurately, and is available in a wide range of bank formats.

Arcadia Petroleum purchased B4B through PA business partner, Eclipse Computing.

Edinburgh Research and Innovation Ltd, the research and commercialisation office for the University of Edinburgh, has extended its use of SunSystems Collect. Collect helps to improve cash flow for your business, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Through automating the collection process, your staff can concentrate on those cases that need their attention most.

Edinburgh Research and Innovation purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor UK.

One Housing, the housing association in East Stratford, London, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the most important cases.

One Housing purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor UK.

MedicX Pharmacy, the community pharmacy company has improved its access to information through Advanced Inquiry. Advanced Inquiry is the unmatched analysis tool for SunSystems that quickly and easily allows people to answer both simple and complex questions as ad hoc or regular queries.

MedicX Pharmacy purchased Advanced Inquiry through PA business partner, Finansys Solutions.

Eminent Energy, the energy trading company, will be addressing the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

Eminent Energy has also taken the opportunity to improve its ad hoc interrogation of data through Advanced Inquiry. Advanced Inquiry is the flexible analysis tool for SunSystems that allows your people to quickly and easily answer those questions beyond those addressed by regular reports.

Trinity College, the London based arts college, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

CLIC Sargent, the charity to support children with cancer and their families, is extending the improvement of its accounts payable process. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

CLIC Sargent purchased B4B through PA business partner, Finansys.

KN Networks Dublin, the infrastructure and utilities service provider, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

KN Networks Dublin purchased B4B directly through Professional Advantage.

SGS Turkey is the Istanbul based quality control inspection service provider. The business has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

SGS Turkey purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Kerry Warehouse Hong Kong Limited, Asia’s premier logistics service provider, will improve finance department efficiency with B4B (Banklinks for Business), Collect and Advanced Inquiry from Professional Advantage.

Kerry Warehouse Hong Kong Limited will address the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

The business has also chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow by reducing bad debts and support you in managing disputes with your clients. Through its automated collection processes, Collect will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Kerry Warehouse Hong Kong will utilise Advanced Inquiry, the unmatched analysis tool for SunSystems that quickly and easily allows people to answer both simple and complex questions as ad hoc or regular queries.

Intesa Sanpaolo Life, the life insurance company based in Dublin, is addressing the electronic payables needs of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process through integration with your bank. This provides the ideal way to eliminate human and print/post costs as well as the threat of cheque fraud.

Intesa Sanpaolo Life purchased B4B directly through PA business partner, Sysco Belfast.

Valiant Petroleum Plc, the oil and gas exploration and production company, is utilizing B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems to address the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments. By automating the supplier payments process with integration to your bank, B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems eliminates costs associated with manual processing as well as the threat of cheque fraud.

Valiant Petroleum Plc purchased B4B directly through Professional Advantage.

Liberty, the luxury London department store, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Liberty purchased B4B directly through Professional Advantage.

Drax Power Limited , the UK energy company, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

Drax Power Limited purchased B4B through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Financiere Aurenis, the French partwork and publishing group, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Financiere Aurenis purchased B4B through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Alfred Dunhill, the luxury mens brand, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

Alfred Dunhill purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Tullow Group Services, the UK petroleum and natural gas production company, is extending its improvement of its accounts payable process. B4B (Banklinks for Business) gives you the ability to make faster and more accurate payments using electronic payments. B4B is available in a wide range of bank formats.

Tullow Group Services purchased B4B through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

SGS Maroc SA is part of the international SGS group, providing inspection, verification, testing and certification services. SGS Maroc SA has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

SGS Maroc SA purchased additional Collect through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Bankowy Fundusz Lasingowy Spolka Akcyjn is the Polish lease finance company providing funding to business for fixed assets. The business has chosen PA’s Collect solution to improve their debtor management. Collect helps to improve your business’s cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with clients. Using its automated collection processes, you can free up your teams’ time to focus on resolving the worst cases.

Bankowy Fundusz Lasingowy Spolka Akcyjn purchased Collect through PA business partner, Hogart Limited.

Thames Valley Housing Association continue to improve their requisition to payment process with iPOS. iPOS is the user friendly, web based, e-procurement system for SunSystems. It supports complex business rules for spend control, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient for your people, and provides spend visibility and timely reporting for your managers.

Thames Valley Housing Association purchased iPOS directly through Professional Advantage.

Afren Plc, the oil and gas company, is extending the improvement of its accounts payable process in the North American region. B4B (Banklinks for Business) provides faster and more accurate payments using electronic payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Afren purchased B4B through PA business partner, Lake Financial Systems.

Virginia International Terminals, the marine terminal management company, has chosen PA’s Collect solution to improve their debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage any disputes with clients. Collect’s automated collection processes will free your team up to focus on the most important incidences.

Virginia International Terminal purchased additional Collect through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Rhön Park Hotel GmbH & Co, the holiday spa and family holiday park, is addressing the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments, and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements, with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank. In this way you can eliminates human and print/post costs for your business and counter the potential for cheque fraud.

Rhön Park Hotel GmbH & Co purchased B4B through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Brunelcare, the aged care and accommodation organisation, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps you improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and best manage disputes with clients. By automating collection processes, Collect will free up your time to focus on those instances that most require your attention.

Brunelcare purchased additional Collect through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Ritz Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa, of the international hotel group, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process within the Middle East region. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Ritz Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa purchased B4B directly through Professional Advantage UK.

Vehicle Certification Agency, will shortly be improving their requisition to payment process with iPOS. iPOS is the user friendly, web based, eprocurement system for SunSystems. It supports complex business rules for spend control, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient for your people, and provides spend visibility and timely reporting for your managers.

Vehicle Certification Agency purchased iPOS through PA business partner, Sysco Software (NI) Ltd.

Ted Baker, the British clothing retail company, takes control of its cash management through automated bank reconciliation. The business chose PA’s Bank Reconciliation solution to speed up their bank reconciliation processes and eliminate errors.

Ted Baker purchased Bank Reconciliation directly through Professional Advantage UK.

PSE Kinsale Energy, the gas production and storage company based in Ireland, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the process of supplier payments and integrates to your bank. B4B also and costs associated with print & post and manual handling, as well as the threat of cheque fraud.

PSE Kinsale Energy purchased B4B through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Czarnikow Group, the premier provider of world sugar market services, has extended the improvement of its accounts payable process into the UK and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Czarnikow Group purchased B4B directly through Professional Advantage UK.

Tesco Engineering Maintenance Services has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

Tigo, one of the largest telecommunication companies servicing Africa, South America and Asia, is continuing to improve its requisition to payment process with iPOS. iPOS is the user friendly, web based, eprocurement system for SunSystems. It supports complex business rules for spend control, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient for your people, and provides spend visibility and timely reporting for your managers.

Tigo purchased iPOS through PA business partner, Four Business Solutions.

Towergate Insurance is Europe’s largest independently owned insurance intermediary. Towergate Insurance has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Towergate insurance purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

The Scout Association, the UK association of the international youth organisation, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

The Scout Association purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Midas Europe, the international vehicle maintenance business, has extended the improvement of its accounts payable process in the UK and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Midas Europe purchased additional B4B formats through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Euromoney Institutional Investor is one of Europe's largest business and financial magazine publishers. The business has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes print /post costs associated with supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

Euromoney Institutional Investor purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Security Plus is a security services company, providing cash collection services and security guard services. Security Plus has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit emails supplier remittances, saving time and the costs of printing and post.

The business has also chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. By automating your collection processes, Collect will free up your time to focus on the cases that need your attention most.

Line Management Group, the provider of cabling infrastructure managed services, takes control of its cash management through automated bank reconciliation. The business chose PA’s Bank Reconciliation solution to speed up their bank reconciliation processes and eliminate errors.

The business has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Jumeirah Hotel Frankfurt, part of the luxury hotel and resort group, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

Jumeirah Hotel Frankfurt purchased B4B through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Powerplace Insurance is a web-based trading marketplace for insurance brokers. The business has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. By automating your collection processes, Collect will free up your time to focus on the cases that need your attention most.

Powerplace Insurance purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Akkeron Hotels, the hotel group, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes print /post costs associated with supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

West Lothian College, the Scottish further education institution, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect help you to improve cash flow, reduce incidences of bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Collect’s automated processes will free up your time to spend time resolving the worst cases.

West Lothian College purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

World Triathlon Corporation, owner and organizer of Ironman and Ironman 70.3 branded-events, is extending the improvement of its accounts payable process across the North American region. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for quicker and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

World Triathlon Corporation purchased B4B directly through Professional Advantage.

Ritz Carlton Wolfsburgh, of the international hotel group, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process across the European region and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments so your payments are processed faster and more accurately. B4B is available in a wide range of bank formats.

Ritz Carlton Wolfsburgh purchased B4B through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Trinity Hall, the constituent college at the University of Cambridge, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps you improve cash flow, reduce incidents of bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. By automating your collection processes with Collect, you can free up your time to focus on the worst incidents.

Trinity Hall purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

National Union of Teachers, the trade union for school teachers, will shortly be improving controls and eliminating bottlenecks with iPOS. iPOS supports complex business rules while being user-friendly, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient, and provides timely reporting.

National Union of Teachers purchased iPOS through PA business partner, e-cocoon Limited.

Design Council is taking control of its cash management from electronic payables to emailing of remittances and automated bank reconciliation. The organisation chose Cash Desk for SunSystems to eliminate costs and risks from their accounts payable processes.

Design Council purchased Cash Desk through PA business partner, e-cocoon Limited.

Professional Advantage is pleased to award the Professional Advantage Partner of the Year Award for 2011 to Sapphire Systems, for the third consecutive year.

Steve Howcroft, Joint Managing Director at Professional Advantage said “Sapphire Systems continues to impress and each member of the sales team has raised their game on last year, resulting in a 55% increase in product sales. Given the current climate across the entire channel, this is an amazing result for the whole team”. He went on to say “It is also worth noting that Sapphire has the largest iPOS customer base out side of Professional Advantage – a real testament to the team’s procurement expertise.”

David Singh, Sales and Marketing Director at Sapphire added, “As you can imagine, this is great news for us and we are all thrilled that our run as the premier solutions partner for Professional Advantage continues for another year. Our customers find the ability to extend their use of Infor FMS SunSystems with solutions such as Cash Desk [for electronic payment processing] and Collect [for credit control] great for further improving operational efficiency.”

Sapphire Systems is a global Infor partner and number one for Infor FMS SunSystems worldwide. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 650 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA and India. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.  In 2011 Sapphire was listed in The Sunday Times International Track 100.

For more information about Sapphire Systems, visit www.sapphiresystems.com or email victoria.park@sapphiresystems.com

Express SSC (Europe) NV the financial services company, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process across Europe and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Express SSC (Europe) NV purchased B4B through PA business partner, LLP Belgium.

Websense, the web, data and email content security company, has extended the improvement of its accounts payable process. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Websense purchased B4B directly from Professional Advantage.

Kelkoo, the online retailer, has extended its utilisation of PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Kelkoo purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems

Welcome Break, motorway services business, takes control of its cash management through automated bank reconciliation. The business chose PA’s Bank Reconciliation solution to speed up their bank reconciliation processes and eliminate errors.

Liberty Syndicate Management, the specialist insurance and reinsurance business, has improved controls and eliminated bottlenecks with iPOS. iPOS supports complex business rules while being simple for users, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient, and provides timely reporting.

Liberty Syndicate management purchased iPOS through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

MedicX, the builder/developers of medical centres, has improved its access to information through Advanced Inquiry. Advanced Inquiry is the unmatched analysis tool for SunSystems that quickly and easily allows people to answer both simple and complex questions as ad hoc or regular queries.

Daks Simpson Group, the fashion design and retail business, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

Daks Simpson Group purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Professional Advantage and XMPro are pleased to award the inaugural Professional Advantage XMPro Partner of the Year Award for 2011 to Touchstone Limited (“Touchstone”).

The Award recognises the outstanding work that partners of Professional Advantage and XMPro have performed in the areas of sales and XMPro software utilisation, as well as customer satisfaction and support.

Joint Managing Director of Professional Advantage, Steve Howcroft, said today, “Touchstone and in particular Peter Davis, are adding real value by bringing continuous improvement to their customers with the implementation of XMPro business process management.”

Keith Birch, Chief Executive of Touchstone Group, comments, “We are delighted to receive this inaugural award for XMPro.  XMPro is helping us deliver real business benefits to our customers and reinforces why Professional Advantage are a strategic software partner for Touchstone”.

Touchstone is one of the largest and most established suppliers of business software and consultancy services to mid-sized UK organisations. They specialise in delivering world-class software solutions to organisations in a range of sectors including: Wealth Management, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, High Tech, Hospitality & Leisure, Not for Profit, Media & Publishing, and Professional Services.
Professional Advantage is a successful company of 20 years, and is passionate about seeing their customers improve their business performance through the application of technology. XMPro is a specialist provider of business process management software solutions for enterprise and small to medium-sized companies.

Professional Advantage and XMPro work together to offer superior business process management software solutions to model business processes and automate complex workflows as part of their business process optimisation solution.

For more information about Touchstone, visit www.touchstone.co.uk or email moreinfo@touchstone.co.uk

For more information about Professional Advantage and XMPro, visit www.professionaladvantage.co.uk/products/xmpro or email info_uk@professionaladvantage.co.uk

Afren Plc, the oil and gas company, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process in the UK. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilises electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

RBS WR purchased B4B from Professional Advantage’s business partner, Lake Financial Systems.

Royal Bank of Scotland Workplace Representatives (RBS WR), the union organisation, has improved controls and eliminated bottlenecks with iPOS. iPOS supports complex business rules while being simple for users, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient and provides timely reporting.

RBS WR purchased iPOS from Professional Advantage’s business partner, e-cocoon.

Execution Ltd, the full service agency investment broker, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit eliminates the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

Execution Ltd purchased eRemit through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Mandarin Oriental Paris, the luxury hotel, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments and SEPA compliance requirements with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

Mandarin Oriental Paris purchased B4B from Professional Advantage

IQPC Shared Services Ltd, the international business conference organiser, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process in the UK. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilises electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

IQPC Shared Services Ltd purchased B4B from Professional Advantage.

Metropolitan Hotel, the contemporary London hotel, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud. Metropolitan Hotel also purchased eRemit, which removes the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

Metropolitan Hotel purchased B4B and eRemit through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Ithaca Energy, the oil and gas exploration, development and production company, has extended its controls and elimination of bottlenecks with additional seats of iPOS. iPOS supports complex business rules while being simple for users, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient ,and provides timely reporting.

Ithaca Energy purchased iPOS through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Outcome Sciences Inc, the patient registry provider, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the process of supplier payments, and by integrating with your bank, and eliminates human and print/post costs as well as the threat of cheque fraud.

Anglogold Ashanti, a leading global gold producer, has improved controls and eliminated bottlenecks with iPOS. iPOS supports complex business rules while being simple for users, makes purchase order processing faster and more efficient ,and provides timely reporting.

Blackfriars Asset Management, the fund management boutique, is addressing the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates the human and print/post costs as well as the threat of cheque fraud.

Blackfriars Asset Management has also purchased Advanced Inquiry, the unmatched analysis tool for SunSystems that quickly and easily allows people to answer both simple and complex questions as ad hoc or repeatable queries.

Blackfriars Asset Management purchased B4B and Advanced Inquiry through PA business partner, Finansys.

Searchflow, the electronic conveyancing search handling service, has chosen to improve their debtor management with PA’s Collect solution. Collect helps improve cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Through automating the collection process, Collect will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Searchflow purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems

Millennium, the Finance Technology Services Company has signed an agreement with Professional Advantage, the Australian software company, to sell their suite of productivity enhancement products. Philip Keet, Millennium Director says, "Having recruited Finance Systems specialists and provided Finance Systems Professional Services for over 17 years, we are perfectly placed to provide strategic and tactical software solutions to enable clients to benefit more from their Financial Software investments. In 2010 we began offering Bank Reconciliation and e-Remittance automation software for organisations using CODA® Financials and we are now expanding this to include enhancement products for other software applications. We look forward to working with the team at Professional Advantage who have provided innovative software solutions in areas such as procurement and electronic banking for over 20 years.”

Neil Richardson, Global Sales Director at Professional Advantage adds, "We are delighted to be working more closely with the team at Millennium. They have a great reputation and gravitas within the Infor FMS SunSystems marketplace. The breadth of experience the Millennium team and reputation they have for customer care were key to Professional Advantage working with them. We look forward to a long and successful partnership." For more details about Millennium Consulting, www.millenniumconsulting.co.uk

Sala International, the information storage company, has chosen PA’s Collect solution to address debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will reduce time spent on the more straight-forward collection tasks so you can focus on the worst offenders.

Sala International purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems

Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity, has improved its access to information through Advanced Inquiry. Advanced Inquiry is the unmatched analysis tool for SunSystems that quickly and easily allows people to answer both simple and complex questions as ad hoc or regular queries.

Shelter purchased Advanced Inquiry through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

The Professional Advantage team are gearing up for the London Triathlon on 30-31 July. Three teams from PA will be swimming, cycling and running in the Olympic Relay, under the IT corporate class. The team includes Andrew Parsons, Lizzie Masters, David Maher, Jon Ryder, Renier Bezuidenhout, Oliver Mayhew plus Nikki Noble’s husband with Jude Consulting as the last members. We are supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital and aiming to smash the £3000 target we have set ourselves.

A Clarke (Smethwick Ltd), the road haulage company, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes the time and cost of printing and posting remittances by simply emailing them to the supplier.

Property development group, GPT Management Holdings, takes control of its cash management from electronic payables to emailing of remittances and automated bank reconciliation. The business chose Cash Desk for SunSystems to eliminate costs and risks from their accounts payable processes.

GPT Management Holdings purchased Cash Desk through PA business partner, Infor Global Solutions.

Czarnikow Group Ltd, the premier provider of world sugar market services, has extended the improvement of its accounts payable process. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for increased payments accuracy and speed in a wide range of bank formats.

Czarnikow Group Ltd purchased B4B from Professional Advantage.

UK Payments Administrations Ltd, provider of services and expertise to the payments industry, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit removes the time and cost of printing and posting supplier remittances by simply emailing them.

UK Payments Administrations Ltd purchased eRemit from Professional Advantage.

Spafax Airlines Network Ltd, the entertainment content provider, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Spafax Airlines Network Ltd purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

Aster Group, the housing provider, has extended its use of iPOS, having first implemented the solution in March. iPOS brings efficiencies to transactions and transaction approvals as well as eliminating the need for manual data entry and removes bottlenecks.

Aster Group purchased iPOS through PA business partner, Infor UK. iPOS is used by a large and increasing number of Housing Associations across the UK.

Omnicare Clinical Research, the medical research provider, has addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

Omnicare Clinical Research, purchased B4B through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Fibercore Machinery Jena GmbH, the cable and cable network business, extends the improvement of its accounts payable process across Europe and addresses the SEPA compliance requirements. B4B (Banklinks for Business) utilizes electronic payments for faster and more accurate payments in a wide range of bank formats.

Fibercore Machinery Jena GmbH purchased B4B through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Wilhelm Schulz GmbH, the German piping manufacturer, is addressing SEPA compliance requirements and their need for electronic payables for domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process, providing integration to your bank, eliminates human and print/post costs and the threat of cheque fraud.

Wilhelm Schulz GmbH purchased B4B (Banklinks for Business) through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Orthet Limited, the clothing retailer, takes control of its cash management with electronic payables and emailing of remittances. The business chose B4B (Banklinks for Business) and eRemit for SunSystems to eliminate costs and risks from their accounts payable and remittance advice processes.

Orthet Limited purchased B4B (Banklinks for Business) and eRemit through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Professional Advantage exhibited at the recent National Housing Federation Conference in Warwick and it was great to see some of our clients there and meet some more people from Housing Associations. Hot topics of the conference were component accounting and budget constraints.

Professional Advantage has many years of in-depth experience working with a large community of Housing Associations in the UK. Our clients reply on Professional Advantage solutions to address collections, cash management, epayables, eprocurement, and consolidation.

Download our case studies on our work with RCT Homes and Wandle Housing Association from our website.

Professional Advantage has worked with some of the most progressive of individuals, teams and organisations to address key business process issues and deliver innovation solutions to very painful problems. These projects and programmes have delivered:

• Greater process efficiency and reduced process costs

• Improved effectiveness in the form of superior exception handling and better decision making

• An enhanced agility, allowing organisations to respond to change, uncertainty and risk

Professional Advantage knows that technology is fundamental for achieving systemic change. We work with organisations that are determined to improve their business through the utilisation of technology. We customarily see productivity improvements of 25-70% in our clients where agile projects can be delivered within days and weeks rather than months and years. read more

On Friday 8th April Professional Advantage held a Cake Time event to raise money for Shelter. Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity, use a range of Professional Advantage enhancement solutions. We are delighted to be able to support Shelter and look forward to many more fundraising events in the future!

To find out more about Shelter events, or to make a donation, please follow these links:

http://england.shelter.org.uk/donate or

http://england.shelter.org.uk/what_you_can_do/events_and_challenges/cake_time

Broxbourne Housing Association, the Hertfordshire social housing provider, has selected Advanced Inquiry to address their analysis requirements with Infor FMS SunSystems. Advanced Inquiry is the unmatched analysis tool for SunSystems that quickly and easily allows your Finance team to answer both simple and complex questions as ad hoc or regular queries.

Broxbourne Housing Association purchased Advanced Inquiry through PA business partner Infor UK and joins a growing community of UK Housing Associations using Professional Advantage’s solutions.

BP International (Iraq), part of the international energy company, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments in its Middle Eastern operation with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

BP International (Iraq) purchased B4B (Banklinks for Business) through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Gala Kunststoff und Kautschukmashinen GmbH, the German plastics company, is addressing the SEPA compliance requirements and their electronic payables need for domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process, integrates with your bank, eliminates costs associated with print and post as well as threat of cheque fraud.

Gala Kunststoff und Kautschukmashinen GmbH purchased B4B (Banklinks for Business) through PA business partner, Infor UK.

TUI Travel plc, the international travel group, is addressing the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates paying suppliers with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs as well as the risk of cheque fraud.

TUI Travel plc purchased B4B (Banklinks for Business) through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Livability, a UK housing association, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to reduce bad debts, manage disputes with your clients and improve your cash flow. Its automated collection processes will free up your team’s time to focus on other tasks.

Livability purchased Collect through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems. Housing Associations throughout the UK use solutions from Professional Advantage.

Professional Advantage solves complex financial management problems and business process management problems for Housing Associations. Professional Advantage has many years of in-depth experience working with a large community of Housing Associations in the UK.

Popular solutions currently utilised by our existing Social Housing clients include:

• CSB (Contract Service Billing)

• iPOS eProcurement

• Purchase Invoice Management System (Workflow for SunSystems)

• CashDesk comprising electronic payments, bank reconciliation and remittances

There are many more solutions within our portfolio, such as

• Analysis and reporting

• Collections management

• Consolidations

Come and see us at the National Housing Federation Conference at the University of Warwick. You can also read our Housing Association case studies on our website for RCT Homes and Wandle Housing Association.

Coller Capital addresses electronic payables with B4B (Banklinks for Business) from Professional Advantage

Coller Capital, a leading investor in the private equity secondaries market, addresses the electronic payables requirements of domestic and cross border payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) for SunSystems. B4B automates the supplier payments process with integration to your bank and eliminates human and print/post costs along with the threat of cheque fraud.

Coller Capital purchased B4B (Banklinks for Business) through PA business partner, Sapphire Systems.

The wine importer, Liberty Wines, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

Liberty Wines purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Ted Baker takes control of their cash management from electronic payables to emailing of remittances and automated bank reconciliation. Ted Baker, a British clothing retail company, chose Cash Desk for SunSystems to eliminate costs and risks from their accounts payable processes.

Ted Baker purchased Cash Desk from Professional Advantage.

World Triathlon streamlines international payments with B4B (Banklinks for Business) from Professional Advantage

World Triathlon Corporation, owner and organizer of Ironman and Ironman 70.3 branded-events, has chosen B4B (Banklinks for Business) from Professional Advantage as the solution to automating it’s payments throughout all its global offices. World Triathlon is expanding rapidly with new offices at all points of the globe, leading to an increase in events. In order to keep the supplies flowing, it is essential to ensure payments are made promptly. The choice of B4B was an easy one to make, given it’s huge list of domestic and international bank formats; comprising direct debits, faster payments and SEPA.

King Sturge Services Ltd, an international property consultancy, has extended its efficiencies with eRemit. eRemit saves the time and cost of printing and posting remittances by emailing them to suppliers.

King Sturge Services Ltd purchased eRemit through PA business partner, e-Cocoon.

SGS South Africa, the safety standards organisation, has chosen PA’s Collect solution for debtor management. Collect helps to improve your cash flow, reduce bad debts and manage disputes with your clients. Its automated collection processes will free up your time to focus on the worst offenders.

SGS South Africa has purchased Collect through PA business partner, Infor UK.

Raven Housing Trust is the leading registered social landlord in East Surrey, providing affordable housing for local people. Raven has selected iPOS eProcurement for Infor FMS SunSystems through their business partner, Sapphire. The strategic decision to select iPOS was made over and above other possible market solutions due to its peerless integration with SunSystems which was seen as a critical success factor for their business. Also important was the ability for Raven to easily take ownership of the ongoing management of the system.

Professional Advantage has many years of in-depth experience working with Housing Associations in the UK.