Case Study: Stamford JCC
Profile: The Stamford Jewish Community Center (JCC) has served the Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, Bedford and Pound Ridge area for more than 90 years. It offers recreational, educational, cultural and social services. Membership is open to all, regardless of race or religion. Its members are direct beneficiaries of the JCC’s commitment to quality, which is reflected by maintaining excellence in all of its programs and services.
Business Situation: The Stamford JCC was using an outdated RealWorld DOS based system. There was a lack of flexibility in reporting (“Reports were what they were”). Together with the financial inefficiencies that resulted from using this outdated system, the JCC was unable to implement a top-of-the-line community center operating package due to compatibility issues. These two issues proved to be a major hardship from both an operational and financial point of view, and prompted the JCC to seek a new ERP system.
Benefits
The Stamford JCC’s. investment in Microsoft Dynamics™ GP is paying off in many ways:Ease of use
Simplified data entry and inquiry functionality has led to time savings for the managing Director of Finance and the entire accounting department.Quick reporting access
Using Frx® together with the Dynamics GP reports allows quick and easy access to information. The ease in generating reports allows the JCC to spend more time reviewing and analyzing information instead of preparing reports.Inquiries
GP has allowed the Stamford JCC to gather more information by inquiring on the fly, instead of an over reliance on reports.Improved business practices
Great Plains has improved the JCC’s business practices. An industry specific operating system which will be integrated with Great Plains will be implemented that will enhance the services and activities provided by the JCC.
ROI: The Dynamics GP implementation has saved the Managing Director of Finance over 25% of her time as well as that of her employees. Additionally, Dynamics GP will interface with an industry-specific operating system, which was not possible prior to the implementation.
