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Law Firm Business Case Study

 

Leading Nordic law firm powers critical business processes with Deltek Maconomy

Plesner is well-known for its competencies in strategic legal advisory services, large-scale transactions and complex dispute resolution. As the firm grew, the volume and complexity of matters handled across clients and geographies was steadily increasing, which prompted a review of its Practice Management System.

The company selected Deltek Maconomy as it provides the depth of functionality and project centricity to manage its business needs. With Deltek, Plesner now has improved transparency and control across the firm, greater accessibility to critical business information for its employees, and enhanced the financial management of all matter stages and transactions.

 

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Case Study: Eppstein Uhen Architects

Leading Architecture Firm takes Business to the next level by moving to Deltek Vision

With more than 140 employees and $24 million in 2007 total revenue, Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA) is a thriving architecture firm serving corporate, healthcare, public, retail and senior living markets.

When the company’s growth clearly warranted the implementation of a client relationship management (CRM) system, they attempted using a homegrown solution through Outlook. But to make it work they had to manually transfer project and client data into an accounting system to pursue opportunities and even track basic client information.

Eppstein Uhen once again looked to Deltek for a solution. They learned that Deltek Vision, a fully integrated solution that combines a complete project accounting system with an integrated project management and CRM solution, provided all of the functionality that Eppstein Uhen had been seeking.

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Architecture Design firm leverages Deltek PIM to centralise project data and improve workflows

Scott Carver is an Architect design studio based in Sydney offering strategic insights through urban design, architecture, landscape architecture and interior architecture services. The management team has a broad range of experience designing and delivering projects across many markets including civic, commercial, hospitality, public domain, residential, retail, sports, and tourism.

The culture is collective, ambitious and one where innovation and change is embraced in the pursuit of excellence in outstanding architecture and design. The company was keen to implement an integrated system that would provide a platform for all of Scott Carver’s activities and selected Deltek Project Information Management (PIM). Since implementing Deltek PIM, Scott Carver has been able to gain access to one version of the “truth”, centralise project data, improve worflows and audits, and enhance relationship management.

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RS&H Architecture – Client Success Story

Challenge: RS&H had been using BST for more than 30 years and as time passed, the system’s inadequacies became more apparent. Updates required costly customizations and time-consuming implementations. Also wanted a CRM system that was integrated.

Solution: RS&H was immediately impressed with how easy and flexible Vision was. Vision was exactly what they needed and provided an integrated CRM module to streamline financial processes and automate client management.

One integrated solution without the need for costly customizations or complex coding.

“Deltek is the leader in the industry. With Deltek, all the reports we needed came out of the box and did not require any customizations.” – Ken Jacobson, EVP, CFO and General Counsel of RS&H

Industry: Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Environmental, Construction Services

Size: 850+ employees in 37 offices throughout US and China

 

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Govind Development, Ranked the Fastest Growing Engineering Firm in America, Selects Deltek to Manage its Business

HERNDON, VA – July 9th, 2014 –  Deltek, the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors, announced that Govind Development, LLC (Govind) – recently named the fastest growing engineering firm in the country in the 2013 Inc. 500 rankings – has selected Deltek Vision to manage its business. The engineering firm will rely on Deltek as the financial, HR, and project management foundation to help power its continued growth.

 

After doubling the size of its workforce, Govind knew it could no longer run multiple, disparate systems for timesheets, reporting, employee data, and payroll – with no single view of the firm’s performance. It began a search for an integrated ERP solution to streamline its financial/HR management processes and provide easy access to the data needed to run its business efficiently. It also required project and resource management capabilities to ensure the right people are on the right projects, at the right time. After a thorough review of other systems including SAP, Govind ultimately selected Deltek Vision, designed specifically for architecture and engineering firms.

 

“Deltek Vision was an easy choice for Govind – it has all the capabilities we needed to work smarter as an organization so we could focus our efforts on delivering for our customers,” said Natesh Kumar, CFO at Govind. “Deltek inherently understands our business better than any other ERP provider that we evaluated. Vision is a scalable solution that delivers live reporting on employee utilization and the necessary tools we need for project profitability. We are excited to take advantage of the benefits of this solution and will rely on Deltek to build the financial and HR management foundation that will help drive our growth.”

 

“Govind was recently named the fastest-growing engineering firm in the United States by the Inc. 500 which is a huge accomplishment for a five year old firm, and we are thrilled that Govind selected Deltek to support its long-term business strategy,” said Claus Thorsgaard, Executive VP and General Manager of Professional Services at Deltek. “Deltek Vision was specifically designed to support the complete project lifecycle of A&E firms like Govind and offers a full range of capabilities from pipeline building and client management all the way to financial management and project execution. Vision is used by over 4,500 leading A&E firms, and we are pleased to add such a high profile customer to our global network of architecture and engineering firms.”

 

About Govind Development
Govind Development, LLC – Engineering Division (GDL) is a full-service, multi-discipline firm with extensive refinery, petrochemical and terminals capabilities.  Our staff of highly trained engineers and designers has the ability to generate packages for maintenance, turnaround, re-design or grass-roots project scopes.

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Riscura selects Deltek Vision

South African financial services firm Riscura selected Deltek Vision to optimise business processes, improve management reporting and financial budgeting, enhance client relationship management and enable better measurement of KPIs and profitability.  [Johannesburg, 20 February 2014]

Deltek, the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms, today announced that RisCura, a financial services firm in South Africa, has selected Deltek Vision as its fully-integrated ERP solution. RisCura will use Deltek Vision to integrate its unique CRM activities into projects and accounting processes and increase profitability.

Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, with more than 100 employees in offices in several African countries and in the UK, RisCura offers independent advice, analysis and reporting for asset owners, investment managers, hedge funds, private equity firms and brokers. As a highly client-centric firm, RisCura was looking for an integrated ERP and CRM solution to improve performance through more efficient processes, to deliver insight and enhanced reporting into key metrics, and to ensure tight financial integration.

After an in-depth evaluation process, it soon became clear Deltek and its local partner Silversoft could meet or exceed RisCura’s requirements, including RisCura’s unique CRM needs. Deltek will enable RisCura to move away from working in disparate systems and will support the entire project flow from CRM and project control, to financial management in a single integrated ERP solution. RisCura will also use Deltek Vision’s highly configurable platform to create and manage its own user-designed forms and fields which will support industry-specific information collection and management requirements.

“After a thorough selection process that included other major business ERP software brands, it was not hard for us to choose Deltek as they stood out as true experts in the professional services field with people who displayed an impressive knowledge of what it takes to run a project- and people-based business. In addition, Deltek Vision completely caters to our unique business processes, delivering timely management information directly from the system, and ensuring we can fully integrate our CRM with project planning and accounting. This will give us better visibility and ultimately grow our profitability,” said Malcolm Fair, COO, RisCura.

“Deltek Vision is purpose-built for professional services firms like RisCura, delivering the capabilities it requires to manage the complete project and client lifecycle. We see a trend in the industry where financial services firms are moving towards project-focused business processes as fee-based work is increasing relative to commission-based work. This trend makes Deltek Vision a very compelling solution for financial services firms like RisCura because it supports the company’s complex CRM and financial management processes and delivers easy access to critical information,” said Claus Thorsgaard, Deltek’s Executive VP and General Manager – Professional Services.

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BVI Selects Deltek Vision

Fast growing consulting engineering firm chooses Deltek Vision to run its business on one, project-based system that delivers best practice business processes; BVi will use Deltek to improve project management and control throughout its business

Johannesburg, South Africa – December 5, 2013 – Deltek, the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms, today announced that South African consulting engineering firm BVi Consulting Engineers has chosen Deltek Vision to increase project profitability and drive greater visibility throughout its offices nation-wide. BVi will use Deltek Vision to consolidate its organization under a single, integrated ERP system and to manage its projects and resources across the various regions and disciplines in which it operates.
BVi offers services within the areas of civil, structural, electrical, mechanical engineering and project and environmental management. BVi has become an active participant in large scale Mining Infrastructure projects over the past 10 years, which has allowed it to expand its capacity to include EPCM services. Headquartered in Pretoria, Gauteng, BVi employs 300 people and has offices throughout South Africa and is expanding internationally. With this growth, BVi realized it needed to consolidate its business operations into a single best-of-breed platform, allowing for full transparency and day-to-day management of project and firm performance.

BVi was looking for a project-based ERP solution to centralize data and manage key processes including CRM, project management, time tracking and real-time reporting. BVi chose Deltek because of Deltek’s deep industry experience and marquee list of over 4,000 A&E firms that use Deltek Vision around the world. Built on industry best practices, Deltek Vision will provide BVi with deep visibility across its business, practice areas and projects. The fast-growing engineering firm will implement Deltek Vision 7.2 which includes a mobile suite for project management, time entry and CRM, and will also utilize the solution’s advanced reporting capabilities to monitor its Key Performance Indicators.

“In order to ensure that our business remains competitive and a market leader in our practice areas, we invest in the best technologies. After thorough evaluation process, we concluded that Deltek offers the software and support that we need in order to achieve our company’s goals and objectives. We need visibility into all KPIs from a single place and through one system to manage our business better. As we evaluated numerous software vendors, Deltek showed us that they can deliver a solution that perfectly fits our financial and project performance needs. Equally important is the fact that our solution is being implemented and continuously supported by Deltek’s local partner in South Africa, Silversoft. We are looking forward to beginning our implementation and joining the thousands of Deltek customers around the world that are using Deltek Vision to drive game-changing benefits,” said BVi CEO, Johann Grobler.

“With the many investments in South Africa both in infrastructure and from foreign investors, we are seeing increased demand for integrated, project-based ERP solutions in the engineering sector in the country, and BVi is a great example of this. We are proud that BVi has selected Deltek as its ERP solutions provider to help expand its business,” said Claus Thorsgaard, EVP & General Manager, Professional Services at Deltek. “We look forward to delivering streamlined back office processes and real-time visibility across BVI as it goes live on Deltek Vision in the coming months.”

 

About BVi
BVi Consulting Engineers’ (BVi Group) growth since its foundation in 1967 has been a remarkable one. The company was established as a multi-disciplinary engineering firm offering ‘conventional’ consulting engineering services in the fields of civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering. Today, the Level 2 BBBEE Company has a 47% black ownership status and has also positioned itself with great success on large scale industrial and mining infrastructure EPCM projects. With a national footprint of 15 offices across South Africa, BVi has maintained a strong presence in the local market. BVi has long been involved with projects across Africa, and has 4 international offices strategically positioned enabling streamlined project delivery. Further expansion into Africa is eminent as part of BVi’s growth path in the next few years. www.bvigroup.co.za

 

About Deltek
Deltek is the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors. For decades, we have delivered actionable insight that empowers our customers to unlock their business potential. 16,000 organizations and 2 million users in over 80 countries around the world rely on Deltek to research and identify opportunities, win new business, optimize resources, streamline operations, and deliver more profitable projects. Deltek – Know more. Do more.® www.deltek.com

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Maconomy Wins BDO Audit Deal in Hong Kong

Maconomy has signed a deal with the audit firm BDO Ltd. Hong Kong, member of BDO International, a worldwide network of public accounting firms.

September 30, 2009 12:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time

 

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Danish ERP provider Maconomy already has a strong foothold in the US and Northern Europe thanks to its specially designed ERP solutions for project-focused companies. As Maconomy’s clients expand their base internationally, however, Maconomy continues to broaden its geographical base as the preferred ERP vendor for these clients.

Maconomy recently inked a similar deal with the BDO member firm in South Africa. After a careful selection process, BDO Ltd. Hong Kong decided to follow suit by signing a contract with Maconomy’s business partner MSA in September. The ERP solution includes the Maconomy Audit & Tax Solution for 550 users with advanced Business Intelligence capabilities.

BDO in South Africa selected Maconomy’s specially designed Audit & Tax solution to ensure cleaner workflows throughout the company. BDO Ltd. Hong Kong realized they could achieve similar benefits with an out-of-the-box solution.

“Maconomy has a keen understanding of the audit profession and this expertise is fully integrated in the ERP solution we have selected. This allows us to handle job management, CRM, advanced business intelligence and all back-office processes using the same system. Maconomy offered us an all-inclusive solution to support our long-term strategy. For us it makes perfect sense to invest in an ERP system specifically designed for our type of business,” says Mary Joyce Leung, Director of BDO Ltd. Hong Kong.

BDO Ltd. Hong Kong has also purchased Maconomy Analytix, an easy-to-use business intelligence tool that gives BDO an instant overview of their key figures. Analytix is fully integrated with the ERP solution, enabling users to go in-depth with any audit job to analyze its performance based on live data.

“We are very pleased with landing our second BDO deal in the span of a few months. BDO has already seen the value we bring to their business, so it’s only natural that we keep building closer ties with them. And with that comes even greater value because we can align our solutions with the way they run their business. We specifically develop our ERP solutions to help them address their challenges and run a more efficient business. The two BDO deals confirm that we have a strong business case in the accounting sector and it definitely benefits the Accounting and Audit and Tax clients in the US as well, as it clearly shows that Maconomy is a global company with a focus on this industry,” says Steen Andersen, President Maconomy US.

Please note that this release does not affect Maconomy’s financial expectations for 2009.

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