4RF Communications

"4RF has sales staff all over the world; we needed a system that's available worldwide 24 hours a day. Enabling is helping with the challenges this brings."

Daniel Bowbyes - IT Manager, 4RF Communications Limited

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About the Customer

Launched in 2003, 4RF Communications aimed to provide wireless communication solutions that would enable end-users to bypass the constraints of existing wired networks by providing high performance wireless microwave radio point-to-point systems. 4RF achieved this - delivering more data in the finite and expensive frequency resources, transporting voice, data, Internet, LAN and multimedia more economically.

Scenario

Launched in 2003, 4RF Communications aimed to provide wireless communication solutions that would enable end-users to bypass the constraints of existing wired networks by providing high performance wireless microwave radio point-to –point systems. 4RF achieved this – delivering more data in the finite and expansive frequency resources, transporting voice, data, internet, LAN and multimedia more economically.

Within two years the company had managed to capture a significant share of their target market and had rapidly expanded their business. Their success however caused several major problems in their day to day operations resulted in a rapid increase in staff from 16 to 48 which put huge pressure on their accounting software infrastructure.

Requirement

Problems initially surfaced when additional staff in new site locations weren’t able to access the core database due to time zone restrictions. 4RF also needed a fully integrated multi-currency system which could be seamlessly expanded to support the business’ growing financial requirements.

Issues such as the co-ordination of manufacturing aspects, the constant turnover of stock on hand, the need to plan for stock requirements, and the ability to schedule work for on-time delivery showed that their accounting systems, which had been adequate at the start-up phase, were not going to cope. 4RF decided that an upgrade was required and actively sought proposals form available accounting software providers.

Solution

The system chosen was the latest version of Sage ERP Accpac which was provided and implemented by Enabling. Sage ERP Accpac had the capability to cover the new demands on the company as well as the ability to adapt to a changing work environment. Modules of new system included General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, Quick Cost as well as providing multi-currency functionality.

The new system gave all required staff access to the core database over an extranet, which made the system available worldwide 24 hours a day. Sage ERP Accpac also had the ability to have additional concurrent users added to the system whenever personnel increased.

Implementation of the new system was very straightforward as the existing software was an earlier version of Accpac general ledger. The database was imported allowing an easy transition for the 4RF accounting team.

Results

4RF can now expand their system to cover new demands as they arise, and are moving to Sage ERP Accpac web interfaces for all staff. This will enable them to access the majority of their core systems over their extranet. 4RF have also achieved their goal of having a fully web-enabled financial system which allows its staff to access it from anywhere in the world. The accounting system is now available to as many users as required and has the ability to expand with the growth of the company.