Stephen Boyd United Fisheries Limited Accounting and Administration Manager

WHAT DOES UNITED FISHERIES DO? –Catching –Harvesting –Processing –Export –Import –Auction

ANNUAL PROCESSING VOLUMES – 45,000 Sales Invoices – 11,000 Purchase Invoices – 800 Containers Exported – 75 Containers Imported –750,000 General Ledger Entries – 160 People are employed

FINANCIAL SYSTEMS HISTORY –1996 Implemented Olympick (Unix based system from Sandersons) –2001 Researched alternative systems Able Solutions Greentrees Navision –1 st Oct 2001 Navision went LIVE

WHY WE CHOSE NAVISION –Drill down –Easy to use –Windows based environment –Ease of data extraction –Customisation –44,000 Live systems can’t be wrong! –Discount offered

OTHER SYSTEMS –Quota Management –Prodoc –PayGlobal –Winforecast

CURRENT COMPUTER NETWORK –30 users –Thin client, 2 Citrix servers –File & Print server –Exchange server in DMZ –Windows 2003 –Office 2003

NAVISION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS –Navision the “Master System” –Auction system –Prodoc integration –SQL back-end –Upgrade –Costing table –Factory Report –National freight calculation –Sales Information table

EFFICIENCIES GAINED FROM NAVISION –Less administration staff –National sales doubled –Paper storage –Accuracy / Presentation –Timeliness of Information

LESSONS LEARNED –Choose your IT partners carefully –If your system is not giving you what you want, don’t accept second best –Get your in-house Admin/IT support in order –Go with the masses –Make sure the system you choose has a long shelf life

FUTURE PROJECTS –Cashflow forecast –Reporting direct from SQL –Refinement of product tracking –Costings (Bill of Materials) –Questions and Answers