Customer Success Stories Successful ERP Implementation - Caystone Solutions
Business Services Company Saves approx. 80% of Projected Deployment Costs with Acumatica
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Acumatica Cloud ERP solution for Caystone Solutions
Headquarters
Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas
Industry
Services
Apps Replaced
New to Cloud ERP

Caystone Solutions

  • Saved approximately 80 percent of projected ERP deployment costs
  • Flexibility to defer customization to be implemented later based on needs and budget
  • Saving 6-8 hours per client per quarter by giving clients web-based access to their accounting data
  • Reduced potential for errors and the need for manual entries, compared to working with Microsoft Excel
  • Add new users without additional licensing costs
  • The ability to easily obtain updated, detailed client reporting
Desaree Romer
"Acumatica was part of our business almost from day one. We knew it was the best system to build our business then, and it would be the right choice to grow our business later."
Desaree Romer, Manager of Client and Corporate Accounting
Caystone Solutions
Challenges
ERP Solution
Outcome
Challenges

Challenges

Caystone Solutions needed:

  • System that would support business requirements for both Caystone and clients
  • Ability to easily customize system
  • Support for multiple currencies and unlimited users
  • Anytime, anywhere access to system for both Caystone and clients
  • To store client data locally
  • Minimal implementation costs
ERP Solution

ERP Solution

When looking for a software platform to handle internal accounting, client investment tracking, and more, Caystone considered solutions from such vendors as Oracle, Peachtree Software, and Advent Software in addition to Acumatica. Desaree Romer, Caystone’s manager of client and corporate accounting, created an Excel spreadsheet that provided a side-by-side comparison of every considered platform’s features and costs. Acumatica quickly emerged the clear winner for the following reasons:

  • Acumatica’s Currency Management Module supports multiple currencies, which was essential to Caystone’s goal of growing its international clientele.
  • Acumatica’s ease of use let Caystone staff test and learn system mostly on own, reducing implementation costs.
  • Ability to add on other application suites later and also more users without additional costs.
  • Customization options allow Caystone to easily tailor reports to fit specific client and partner needs.
Outcome

Outcome

Because Acumatica is easy to use, and Caystone needed to minimize deployment costs, Caystone took a hands-on role in the software’s deployment. Caystone employees handled the system testing and primarily trained themselves on Acumatica by reading the user manual. Acumatica’s user-friendly interface and browser-based access is another important feature for Caystone, as it gives its clients immediate, easy access to their own data and reporting.

This benefits clients who want the reassurance of seeing their data themselves. And it benefits Caystone staff by reducing time-consuming client meetings and inquiries. Offering clients web-based access will play an even more important role going forward, as Caystone expands its investment portfolio management business.

Caystone staff also set up sub-accounts in Acumatica to generate detailed reporting. For example, Caystone can create a report that pulls data from Acumatica’s General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable modules. A report can use data from subaccounts to show a client which regions of their country generate the most revenues, which in turn helps the client know where to focus efforts. Acumatica’s ability to deliver detailed reporting to Caystone clients is a big differentiator for the company.

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