‘The fact that Star ticked so many boxes for Practice Management and could also provide an overall accounting solution in the shape of Microsoft Dynamics Nav (formerly Navision) means we only have to work with one supplier for a complete solution.’
Abacus Isle of Man, Operations Director, Paul Watterson.
‘The CGI system had very good processes and was working well but the feeling was that Navision would take us to the next level.’
Dinesh Sanghvi, Finance Director, CGI Group (Europe) Ltd.
‘A particular attraction was that it combined the benefits of an off-the-shelf package with a custom-built solution.’
Miran Khesro, Financial Controller, Prime Light Electrical
‘The outcome was so striking that the board of directors in Munich gave approval for Navision to be rolled out internationally, – Europe-wide and into the US office’
Meint Dijkstra, Head of Technical Services, Unipalm UK
‘With Star’s help, we successfully implemented Navision on time and within budget. This was a remarkable achievement.’
Dinesh Sanghvi, Finance Director, CGI Group (Europe) Ltd.
‘The beauty of Navision is that although this was a very big project, its flexibility as a product coupled with its speed of development, meant we are able to deliver comparatively quickly.’
Meint Dijkstra, Head of Technical Services, Unipalm UK
‘The end result is that in Navision, CGI Europe & Asia Pacific has a common, fully functional, financial accounting and reporting platform that has scaled successfully from supporting a business of 300 people to more than 1200.’
Dinesh Sanghvi, Finance Director, CGI Group (Europe) Ltd.
‘Star is a Microsoft Gold Partner and I find it very useful to be able to phone in to discuss topics, such as recruitment issues, what is happening in the market and so on.’
Meint Dijkstra, Head of Technical Services, Unipalm UK
‘Star support staff are very knowledgeable and experienced and more importantly they are very responsive.’
Gwen Thomas, Finance Manager, De Rigo UK.
‘Before Navision we didn't have accurate visibility through the computer of what we had in the warehouse. Now we have it at our fingertips and I think we are selling a lot more because of that.’
Sarah Schofield, Sales Office Manager, Simon Elvin Limited
‘With data extracted from Navision, we can instantly view up-to-date customer information, looking at turnover, buying history, year-to-date sales by customer or by item, and so on.’
Miran Khesro, Financial Controller, Prime Light Electrical
‘Star Computers continues to provide first-class support through its helpdesk and online diagnosis service whilst Star consultants are always happy to visit the company to discuss further fine tuning.’
David Orr, Operations Director, Simon Elvin Limited
‘Star is a reliable and responsive external resource for us.’
Miran Khesro, Financial Controller, Prime Light Electrical
‘The system is clever enough to know the history of the projects, who is working on what job within which project.’
Stephen Cole, Financial Controller for Maxwell Stamp
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CGI Group (Europe) LTD
Re-aligning IT systems following an acquisition or merger can be a complex process – especially if the combined organisation is to gain maximum business benefit. There is a danger, however, that the senior party to the deal will be biased towards its incumbent systems, and so miss an opportunity to evaluate and rationalise its IT needs.
But that was not the case when CGI – which with 25,000 professionals and revenues of US $3 billion is one of the largest independent IT and business process services in the world – embarked on a number of significant acquisitions as part of its continuing expansion into Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
Simon Elvin Limited
When Sir Henry Cole, the chief organiser of the Great Exhibition, pioneer of the penny post and founder of the V&A museum invented the commercial Christmas card back in 1846, he unwittingly sparked off the UK greetings card industry that market researchers estimate had rocketed in worth to over £1.44 billion in 2007.
When it comes to sending cards, the UK leads the world, with greetings cards stocked in more types of outlet than any other product – one in six retailers – and seemingly endless opportunities to mark an event with a card, quite literally from the cradle to the grave.
Prime Light Electrical Ltd
Prime Light Electrical Ltd has built a solid business over the last 10 years. Specialising in the sale and distribution of electrical components to the lighting and related industries, the company acts in many cases as sole and exclusive representatives for manufacturers around the world – and now supplies virtually every lighting manufacturer in the UK, as well as distributors and wholesalers.
Prime Light Electrical’s success has been built on its reputation for customer service and its breadth of product range. From the smallest components such as grommets, cable clamps and terminal blocks through lamp holders, plug and socket systems, to transformers, control gear, fluorescent lighting, switches, interior and exterior lighting – Prime Light is the supplier of choice for hundreds of customers.
Unipalm
When it comes to the fast-moving world of Internet technology solutions, few organisations can match Unipalm (Computerlinks UK) for breadth of experience and pedigree. It is fair to say that when Unipalm was founded in 1986, it pioneered the UK commercialisation of IP (Internet Protocol), becoming the first supplier of the essential building blocks on which so many of today’s networked and online business operations rely.
Now, Unipalm is recognised as the UK and Ireland’s foremost specialist distributor of Internet technology solutions – providing a single point of expertise and assistance for channel partners implementing intelligent network environments and integrated, scaleable security systems.
Maxwell Stamp PLC
Maxwell Stamp PLC quite rightly describes itself as one of the world’s leading international economics consultancies having worked in over 165 countries and territories, from Albania to Zambia, since it was set up back in 1959.
Headquartered in London, the company also has a permanent office in Bangladesh and project offices around the world from where it serves a wide range of clients including national and regional governments, NGOs and public and private sector companies.