See Arch present SAP e-forms at SAPPHIRE NOW

08 May, 2012 – Join us at SAPPHIRE NOW to see the latest developments in Arch software. We’ve been working very closely with SAP on e-Forms, and have some fantastic mobile FLM demonstrations to share. We will also be sharing some success stories around Aquiller, our new correspondence management software. Early adopters are already seeing its potential and you can try it for yourself. There are lots of ways to find out about e-forms at SAPPHIRE NOW, click here to find out more!

Buckinghamshire County Council go live with FLM Finance forms

25 April, 2012 – Local government FLM customer Buckinghamshire County Council have expanded their use of FLM to include a number of Finance forms processes. Over the last 4 years, the Council has been using FLM to successfully automate an increasing number of HR processes and has now gone live with a series of Finance forms to manage the capture, approval and processing of requests for accounting entries.

“The Finance e-forms developed by Arch replace a number of cumbersome excel based processes for the capture and upload of journal entries, including year-end accruals and prepayments. This has removed the requirement for significant manual intervention in reviewing, correcting and uploading adjustments, as well as providing a tool to manage and report the completeness of year end submissions across Council departments and schools. ” said David Firth, SAP Service Manager at Buckinghamshire County Council. “Moving forward, we plan to extend our use of FLM even further in our drive to automate processes and reduce costs.”

Arch make donation to the Woodland Trust from Aquiller sales

30 January, 2012 – “We are delighted that Arch has chosen the Woodland Trust for their first Aquiller donation.” said Clare Allen [Head of Corporate Partnerships] of the Woodland Trust. “2012 will be a very busy year for the Woodland Trust as we celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with our Jubilee Woods project which will see us plant 6 million trees with help from millions of people across the UK. It is important for us that companies like Arch see the importance of our work.”

Gloucestershire County Council go-live with more FLM-powered processes

10 November, 2011 – Gloucestershire County Council have extended their use of Forms Lifecycle Manager, introducing 2 new HR form processes. One of the new forms was developed by Arch and the other was developed in-house. “We are delighted with the new forms and anticipate the same process efficiency savings we have realised with FLM in the past.” said Cheryl Chambers of GCC. “We are working closely with Arch to define the next set of e-forms to introduce in early 2012.”

EDF Energy goes live with FLM for Nuclear Generation business

10 November, 2011 – A phased rollout of FLM has been undertaken as part of a wider project to migrate EDF Energy’s Nuclear Generation business to SAP Business Suite from an Oracle platform. Arch has been working with EDF Energy to define how SAP interactive forms can best complement standard SAP ESS functionality. “The new e-forms have been introduced really efficiently and have been adopted quickly by our users with few issues.” said Chris Dale of EDF Energy, “We are planning to use FLM in many other business areas in the future.”

Northern Gas Networks launch Forms Lifecycle Manager initiative

24 October, 2011 – Northern Gas Networks has implemented a range of HR forms ahead of an SAP Business Suite roll-out. The FLM forms will assist the migration from an old legacy system to SAP Business Suite. “The e-forms developed by Arch replace a custom-built system that has now been decommissioned. The forms have been designed to replicate the old user interface and are a great way to collect data ready for updating SAP.” said Northern Gas Networks Head of IS Tom Bell. “Moving forward, we are looking forward to extend our use of FLM.”

Arch named as Gartner Cool Vendor 2011

15 April, 2011 – Arch has been named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for 2011 for its work in building systems that enhance the user experience for SAP customers. Henry Blythe, CEO of Arch commented: “This a fantastic accolade for Arch and I’m absolutely delighted that Gartner has recognised that FLM can deliver even more value from SAP customers’ investment in what is the world’s most powerful ERP system. We are really excited about turning the potential Gartner identified into many more great projects globally, as we continue to grow our business.”

Arch announces support for HTML forms in FLM

15 November, 2010 – Arch has announced that it will support the creation of HTML forms in FLM from release 295 SP3, due to ship in autumn 2011. This means that FLM now supports PDF, Flex and HTML forms in a single workflow. Andy Gardner, Head of Technology, commented: “With this capability FLM will be able to capture data from a much wider range of platforms, including Apple iPad, Blackberry and other handheld devices.” Arch will work closely with SAP to exploit SAP Mobile as it rolls out in 2011, with FLM’s HTML forms being fully integrated with SAP.

New Partner for Arch in DACH

30 September, 2010 – Arch has appointed German company J&S-Soft as its partner in the DACH region. Henry Blythe, Arch CEO said “The DACH market represents a tremendous opportunity for both Arch and J&S-Soft to bring the power of Adobe and SAP to organisations via Arch software. J&S-Soft is an outstanding SAP consultancy and I look forward to working with them and their customers in the coming years.” Dirk Jennerjahn, J&S-Soft MD, commented “J&S-Soft is absolutely delighted to be working with Arch and to be their partner in the DACH area.”