Leicester Tigers look for visibility of information with Access Dimensions & FocalPoint

Colchester, UK - 4 January 2012 - Leicester Tigers, England's most successful rugby union club, has invested in a new financial and professional services solution from Access. The Aviva Premiership side has replaced its existing Sage 50 system with Access Dimensions & FocalPoint, as it looks to improve core information including reporting on contract profitability, and better management of sponsorship funds.

Currently staff use fax, telephone calls, numerous spreadsheets and hard copies of information to monitor operations, so bringing all the information together proves labour intensive and time consuming. The new system brings increased reporting capability, self service for department managers and occasional users through the easy-to-use web portal in FocalPoint, which will lead to a reduction in manual processes and the rekeying of information.

Leicester Tigers chose Access as the procure-to-pay functionality exactly met its requirements and, thanks to the increased visibility and reporting functionality, divisional heads will be able to view and monitor projects against budget.

"Out of all the solutions we saw Access was the one that really met all our requirements," said Ian Walker, financial controller at Leicester Tigers. "The new system will empower all our customers with the ability to do it themselves, as well as reducing lead times on reporting and improving accountability of budget holders by bringing project information into real-time."

Access Dimensions & FocalPoint will integrate with Leicester Tigers ticketing, corporate CRM, and conference and events software, bringing improved visibility to the organisation. "It's now going to be so much easier to meet report deadlines, and due to the automation of manual process there will be a substantial time saving for the finance team," concluded Ian.