Prosper in a Downturn – OpenAccounts Roadshows

09:30 Registration and coffee

10:00 Introduction – Prospering in a Downturn
COA Solutions recently hosted a major event at the ICAEW. This was attended by over 150 Finance Directors and guest speakers included Jon Moulton Managing Partner at Alchemy Partners LLP and Gary Simon Managing Editor of FSN. Hear some of their reasons for investing in applications to drive increased efficiencies in your business, along with a selection of Jon’s more controversial comments on the current crisis facing the banking industry. This session will include a brief update on the continuing progress made by COA Solutions over the last 12 months.

10:30 Product Roadmap
Hear about the superb developments on the COA Solutions Roadmap.

10:45 The COA Solutions “Smart Business Suite” – Overview of Some of the Latest developments to include:

• Patch 3 – A special preview of the new functionality in the latest OpenAccounts patch release 
• Human Resources – An introduction to HRPro from our latest acquisition, ASR.  A highly flexible and functional HR only product, which can integrate with your existing payroll application. 
• Document Management – Improve the efficiency of the Accounts Payable function by using the latest in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology
• Cashflow Forecasting – Understand how the Cash Flow Forecasting tool can help monitor your cash position more efficiently

11:30 Break

11:45 Continuing The “Smart Business Suite” To include:

• Collaborative Planning update – Help the budget and forecasting process by devolving its preparation to the budget holders using our web based Collaborative Planning application.
• Business Intelligence and Analytics – An opportunity to see the latest dashboard and see how the delivery of timely and accurate information can help make more informed business decisions 
• Disaster Recovery – With your data being vital to the continued operation of your organisation, learn what options are available for protecting it, both in house and by letting COA taking the strain with our hosting option.

12:30 Update on Support & Services
Learn more about the enhanced services and support packages now available from COA Solutions and hear some case studies on customers who have benefited from taking them on.

12:45 Lunch

13:30 Customer awards presentation
Roll out the red carpet for the awards of the year recognising customers’ contribution to their internal finance function.

13:45 Product presentations
Procure to Pay including eBIS workflow and OCR  - Using the OpenAccounts workflow tool see how the Procure to Pay business process can become more streamlined and automated.  We will also hear from a customer who has made significant savings using such a solution.
Information Delivery - An overview of the reporting and analytics products developed by COA Solutions to operate across our suite of back office applications to deliver accurate information to your business.

15:00 Break

15:15 Guest speaker
Finish the day with an inspirational presentation from Steve Cunningham who has triumphed in the face of adversity.

16:00 Summary of the day