Case Study
DRS implement Sage Business Cloud X3
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Direct Rail Services (DRS) is one of the UK’s leading national rail freight operators. DRS was established in 1995 as a lynch pin supplier of transport and associated services to the nuclear industry and is is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
Challenge
Direct Rail Services (DRS) is one of the UK’s leading national rail freight operators. The company offers a comprehensive package of rail transport and related services, tailor-made to match a wide range of exacting customer requirements. DRS’ award-winning UK-wide operations are delivered from a national network of fully equipped depots and facilities, supported by a 24/7 control centre.
Having used Sage 1000 for many years DRS migrated to Sage X3 with their existing Sage partner.
Once live DRS experienced considerable issues which led to difficulties in achieving the expected business improvements due to system setup, data issues and process design.
“We needed to build user confidence and show that the move to Sage X3 had been the right one for the business.” Said Leanne Beattie, Head of Finance at DRS.
ROLE OF SAGE AND X3 CONSULTING
X3 Consulting worked with DRS to assess and understand the pain points and where Sage X3 wasn’t delivering.
The full audit of the configuration and setup culminated in a structured action plan to tackle the high priority problems, win over the users and reposition Sage X3 as a fully functioning core financial management system.
“We selected X3 Consulting as they impressed us from the outset with their knowledge and experience. They quickly stabilised the main issues allowing us to settle the business and look at optimising for the future.” says Leanne
By taking a phased approach the primary causes of the system issues were resolved in a priority order. By interpreting and understanding the wider business requirements and building clear plan of action to resolve each problem, X3 Consulting remodelled the Sage X3 application to be a closer fit to DRS.
Users were given training to improve their understanding of the system and how to use it effectively and every aspect of the business processes have been
“We often see situations where Sage X3 hasn’t been properly implemented through a general lack of leadership by the partner. We’ve been delighted to help DRS grow into Sage X3 and see them deploy more and more of Sage X3 to improve their business.” Added Nick Tucker
“X3 Consulting have enabled DRS to focus on running our business and defining our new digital future. We enjoy their professionalism, “can do” attitude and excellent all-round Sage X3 skills. We would recommend anyone using Sage X3 or looking to change their core ERP system to consider Sage X3 and X3 Consulting.”
Stated, Leanne Beattie, Head of Finance at DRS.
Result
Business process automation built using the native Sage X3 workflow and notification engine, Sage Electronic Documentation, Customer Service CRM, handheld stock management and Sage Data & Analytics integrated reporting has further improved and streamlined core operations and enabled DRS to expand without a corresponding increase in additional overheads.
The success of the project has led Sage X3 being expanded out to the wider group.
“X3 Consulting have enabled DRS to focus on running our business and defining our new digital future. We enjoy their professionalism, “can do” attitude and excellent all-round Sage X3 skills. We would recommend anyone using Sage X3 or looking to change their core ERP system to consider Sage X3 and X3 Consulting”
About Sage x3
A scalable, global business management system, Sage X3 has been designed to support industry specific processes across finance, purchasing, inventory, manufacturing and customer relationship management. Sage X3 manages all areas of your business in one solution.Modules within the system are parameterised and can be enabled as the demands of the business grow; a solution for the future.
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