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Follow on Google News | United Biscuits selects Sunrise SoftwareIT Service Management and Self-Service boost IT efficiency and save UK’s leading biscuit manufacturer £25,000 a year
By: PR Artistry After reviewing several vendors in the marketplace, UB selected Sunrise primarily for its high degree of flexibility and cost-effectiveness. According to Gary Devaney, IT Service Manager at United Biscuits, “The time had come to create a more dynamic Service Desk environment that could deliver faster, more efficient IT services to help staff tackle the challenges of our expanding international business activities head on. Sunrise was streets ahead of the competition. It met all our requirements for simplicity and flexibility all within a cost-effective package.” United Biscuits went live in just four months with both Sostenuto ITSM and Iguana Self-Service solutions. UB’s 40+ strong IT team is using Sostenuto ITSM to develop robust and consistent processes for Incident, Change and Problem Management across the organisation. Using Sostenuto ITSM, UB’s IT department can create new fields, develop the right security framework, handle all their own trouble-shooting and then report back on the performance of the Service Desk themselves without accruing additional costs from external consultancy or add-ons. Sostenuto ITSM now captures 100% of IT incidents ensuring all receive prompt attention. Staff are able to log their own issues via the Iguana web-based Self-Service portal. In addition to saving time and reducing the number of calls coming into the Service Desk, the introduction of Self-Service has given users complete visibility, of how their incidents are being handled and the ability to track progress from beginning to end. Using Sostenuto ITSM, United Biscuits has significantly improved the company’s Change Management process. Requested IT changes are now sent automatically by email to managers with sign-off authority who simply accept or reject them at the click of a mouse. The speed and simplicity of the process means that far greater numbers of changes are approved and subsequently administered than ever before. In the short time since deploying Sunrise Software, United Biscuits has reaped considerable benefits. The simplicity and flexibility of the system alone have delivered significant time savings through customisation and self-service. Most striking, however are the tangible cost benefits of Sunrise Software made possible by a single, consolidated platform that is easy to maintain, in a totally virtualised environment without the need for new or additional hardware. Add to this a cost-effective software licensing model and UB’s initial investment in Sunrise technology is expected to yield impressive savings of around £25,000 a year, every year. Geoff Rees, Sales Director of Sunrise Software, concluded: “Above all, United Biscuits values the simplicity and flexibility of Sostenuto. As a forward-looking organisation, it is continually looking for creative solutions to the challenges of working in a fast-paced, international business environment whilst minimising capital and operational costs. Sostenuto ITSM has transformed UB’s Service Desk environment enabling them to deliver an efficient, transparent service to users today with the power to do more with less, continually innovate and successfully support their business in the future.” For more information on Sunrise Software, its products, services and customers, please visit www.sunrisesoftware.co.uk -ends- NOTES TO EDITORS About United Biscuits United Biscuits (UB) is one of the world’s pre-eminent branded snacks businesses. It produces some of the best known and loved sweet and savoury snacks, with products ranging from biscuits and crackers to cakes and savoury snacks. The company’s unrivalled portfolio of brands has been meeting consumer needs for well over 100 years and includes such favourites as McVitie’s, Jacob’s, Carr’s, Jaffa Cakes, Mini Cheddars, go ahead!, Verkade, Sultana, BN, and Delacre. UB holds leading or strong number two positions in its core markets of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland. Moreover, the company’s brands and products have global appeal. It has a rapidly growing international business unit serving consumers from North America to the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. For more information, please visit www.unitedbiscuits.com About Sunrise Software Established in 1994, Sunrise provides applications which underpin business processes across its customers’ organisations. A privately held, UK based company, Sunrise has a highly successful track record in IT service management, customer service management and business process management with fully configured applications designed around best practice guidelines. Available as either on-premise or Software as a Service (SaaS) Sostenuto, Sunrise’s flagship product is totally web-based which harnesses modern technology with inbuilt resilience. Sostenuto is a comprehensive software tool which offers a high degree of flexibility, allowing organisations to change or introduce new processes through simple configuration. There are three different variants to address different business requirements: Sostenuto ITSM available as ITSM2 and ITSM3 (ITIL2 or ITIL3 versions) Sostenuto CSM, a non-ITIL tool for customer service departments. Sostenuto BPM, which allows organisations to create their own applications Sostenuto HR Case Management, for HR support Many organisations use Sostenuto across the UK, with high profile users including Anglian Water, the NHS, Rugby Football Union, University of Greenwich, Muller Dairy and many more. For more information please visit: www.sunrisesoftware.co.uk Editors Contacts Geoff Rees Sales Director 020 8391 9000 grees@sunrisesoftware.co.uk Andreina West PR Artistry 01491 639500 Andreina@pra- End
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