We’ve announced a new 3 year price lock for all POcontrol.com enterprise subscriptions!
Rolling out any system with more than 100 users isn’t something you want to do on a regular basis, in fact as a former IT manager it’s the kind of thing I used to avoid where ever possible. The re-training costs on a new system alone can be more than a third of the cost of the purchase, so when you buy a new IT system it needs to be in place for at least 3 years to make the most from your investment. Many of our customers have bought POcontrol.com with this in mind so as a thank you for your long term business we’re locking down the prices for the duration of the contracts.
This price scheme is available for all current enterprise customers, talk to your account manager today for more details. From a purchasing point of view I’m sure you’ll also be able to negotiate a discount on the extended contract!
December 15, 2009 – 3:27 pm
We’ve had some users following the Sage Integration progress with interest as its going to be one of the major time saving requests we’ve introduced. We’ve now got another one that’s just as good…
The next major release will give you the ability to upload documents and attach them to either invoices or purchase orders! With this optional extra you’ll be able to attach up to 5 files per purchase order or invoice and have 1 gigs worth of storage per year.
This is going to be a major help for any finance department looking to find out more about how remote locations are managing the purchasing process. By attaching pro-forma invoices or quotes to requisitions before authorisation takes place, you can effectively use the system for tendering management. Even better when the end of year audit comes around all the documents relating to the purchasing are located in one place. That’s going to save on auditors fee’s…
If you’re interested in this call us for more information. The cost is only £99 per year for this feature.
November 17, 2009 – 5:18 pm
One of the most common questions over the past 6 months has been “when can we import invoices from POcontrol.com to sage”? Well the answer is Now! Kind of 
We’ve partnered with WebXel to provide sage compatibility and are currently looking for beta testers to help decide on what data you want to pull from POcontrol.com. All you need is a POcontrol.com subscription and an up to date copy of sage line 50 (version 10 or above).
If you’re interested drop me an E mail to support@pocontrol.com, or call us for more details.
More details on WebXel can be found here: http://www.sageorderimporter.co.uk/
October 14, 2009 – 3:41 pm
Find out what POcontrol.com CTO Neill Austin has to say about start-ups, reaching into the American market and presenting a lunch time radio show on Phantom 105.2 – Dublins Indie Rock.
http://startuplucky.com/2009/10/14/irish-start-up-pocontrol-com-delivering-web-based-purchasing-tools/
Please don’t forget to vote on our video!
September 23, 2009 – 4:52 pm
Currently we’re offering anyone who’s interested in the POcontrol.com a free 30 day demo version of the system. There’s no functionality restriction, no hidden costs and you still have access to technical support throughout your trial of the system.
As people who use software everyday as well as designing it, we understand how much work goes into evaluating a new system before its purchased. With a 30 day trial it makes the evaluation process quicker, as you can get the system configured to your liking straight away.
Call us for your free trial on +44 208 123 77 44.
August 20, 2009 – 2:22 pm
To date this year over 90 million Euros worth of Purchase Orders were put through POcontrol.com, this is considerable increase over 67 million last year. Even if we only helped to save 1% of the total purchasing costs for all our customers, that still amounts to a gross saving of €900 000 in total for all our customers. Enough to cover a smallish company pay role for the year.
Not a bad thought really, especially when we like to think you should save a minimum of 5% in your first year of using the system.
August 12, 2009 – 9:28 am
This month we’ve announced a new licence scheme for small businesses to buy POcontrol.com.
Originally we asked that new clients buy 10 or more POcontrol.com licences to get the best results from their roll out of our Purchase Management System. As the system is designed for the control of multiple people involved with purchasing and goods inwards, without this number of users it’s difficult to report on who’s buying what and who’s responsible for what order. To save money in the past people have used generic logons between many people such as purchaser1@mycompany.com and then found out that it’s impossible to track who really ordered what, leading to a break down in efficiency. For this reason we always held back on selling individual licences because in the long term it doesn’t save a company money or time.
Recently though we noticed a growing number of requests from smaller business who wanted access to what we’d consider the secondary functions of POcontrol.com, and were happy to use a simpler system set up. There may be only one person in the company of ten doing the purchasing and goods inwards, and what they needed was a system to keep track of everything purchased and if the goods had been received. As the only person purchasing they didn’t need the full approval system but still would like to organise their spending in terms of cost centres and department.
This is why we’ve launched the 199 scheme. You get a fully functioning version of POPcontrol.com, you can add users as you need as your organisation grows and you have access to all of the POcontrol.com functions that are critical to small businesses and big businesses alike. Functions such as:
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Professional looking purchase orders
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Spend limits for department
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Ability to assign expenditure to Cost Centres as well as departments.
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Full reporting on everything purchased
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The ability to export data straight into excel
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Goods inwards reconciliation
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Invoice reconciliation
With the more users you have though, the greater the system can help control your purchasing. With a single licence you can’t set up the approval process, limit particular buyers to approved suppliers or control who can see the invoices or receive goods which is why a single licence won’t help a large distributed company with a large workforce. However, If you’re a small company in charge of marine repairs such as our latest client Tyne Slipway & Engineering, just being able to easily keep track of everything bought makes life easier. No more items being purchased and not charged back to the client, or invoices that you can’t find a reference for.
Los Angeles planning to move to Google Inc.’s Internet-based services for government e-mail and police records.
City Councilman Tony Cardenas, who heads a committee that will discuss the proposed contract next week, said in a statement. “We can’t say we are a first-class city and keep the same antiquated communication systems.”
If approved, Los Angeles would be the second major city after Washington, D.C., to use Google’s Internet-based services, known as Google Apps. The company has been promoting the package to other government agencies, too, as a way to cut costs and ensure access to Google-developed technical innovations.
Google said in a statement that more than 1.75 million businesses already use the technology.
Matt Szabo, a spokesman for the mayor, said the privacy and security of sensitive information “will be of paramount concern as the city moves forward to upgrade its inefficient, 20th-century network. Upgrading our system will save money and allow for more rapid and efficient service to L.A. residents.
Big Changes for Version 6.0
1. Browser support for Firefox, Safari and Google chrome.
2. Integration with Twinfield
3. Integration with a number of on line accounts packages.
SAAS or “Software as a Service” is fast becoming the preferred software delivery method because of its high return on investment, low implementation costs and reduced carbon usage. Version 6 of POcontrol.com, with its new and improved functionality focuses on compatibility with more programs.
For example, Firefox is now used by approximately 47% of people searching the internet and we are delighted to announce that POcontrol.com has been upgraded to work with the latest version.
The biggest change to the system though is one that’s going to make many people who work in finance extremely happy, and that’s integration with accounts packages. After a selection of our clients asked for this ability we can now offer a full integration with on line accounts package Twinfield at no extra cost! From the import of suppliers to the posting of individual GL codes at invoice level, it’s all there. We’ve also started this process for on line accounts package Xero with support for Sage line 50 to be released in late September. If there’s an accounts package that you use and think we should look at integrating with, you only need to drop me a line.
