B.I.C. complete financial automation project for RMC

B.I.C. Systems, a leading technology solutions provider in Ireland and the UK, has completed a major technology based project for RMC, one of the largest building materials suppliers in the UK.

The project was aimed at supporting the automation of the financial trading processes of RMC UK, to ensure an improved and enhanced communication of financial documents, such as invoices and credit notes, between the internal businesses of RMC and trading partners and service providers.

Denis Sharp, information technology director, RMC, said: “As we continue to expand across all of our business sectors, it has become critically important for us to integrate and streamline our IT-based financial management systems.

“B.I.C. Systems were the ideal partner for us, insofar as they have a detailed historical knowledge of our business and our IT systems from working with us on previous projects, and they have a high level of competence in the technologies that we needed to deploy in the course of this project.”

Having implemented SAP, RMC needed to employ electronic trading to further reduce costs and improve customer service. Based on Microsoft technology using BizTalk server and the Microsoft .NET framework, B.I.C. Systems have deployed a solution which significantly enhanced RMC’s ability to e-trade with multiple partners.

The solution also involves ongoing, round the clock technical support from B.I.C. Systems and is required to handle large invoicing outputs - of more than 30,000 documents - once per week.

The cornerstone of the solution implemented by B.I.C. Systems is Microsoft BizTalk Server, a product designed to help customers to more effectively integrate applications and systems from a variety of sources, along with employees and trading partners, with a view to increasing productivity and efficiency.

Paul Milling, Services Director, B.I.C. Systems, said: “We already enjoy a strong working relationship with RMC, having worked with the company on a range of initiatives in recent years. We are delighted to be working with RMC again on a project which will significantly enhance the company’s financial management systems”.

The key technologies deployed as part of the solution included Microsoft Biztalk Server 2002, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the Microsoft .NET framework, and Microsoft Message Queuing.

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