Datel helps Boston Tea Party Group to implement a scalable
Sage 200 solution to support its growth ambitions
“We will eliminate the manual processes
and spreadsheets that can take you only
so far in a business that is growing
rapidly. We’re looking forward to having
much more automated and more timely
monthly management reports.”
Shelley Wadey
Finance Director
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party Group Limited is a
family owned, award-winning café
group. It first opened its doors in 1996,
aiming to provide a refreshing contrast
to the usual ‘cloned’ high street dining
experience. Each of its 11 cafés is
designed to be a one-off, with close
links to its local community.
Now, Boston Tea Party is about to
embark on the first steps of a migration
to Sage 200 Financials, with the support
of Sage Business Partner Datel. From
the café group’s Bristol head office,
Finance Director Shelley Wadey explains
the reasons for seeking an alternative to
its previous system, Sage 50 Accounts:
“While it had served us well in the early
days, Sage 50 Accounts could no longer
support our business requirements
and was struggling to cope. Looking for
a more powerful solution in the Sage
range was a natural progression for our
business.”
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As a result of discussions with Datel,
Boston Tea Party ordered Sage 200
Financials, and Datel is now about
to hold the first workshop to discuss
exactly how the new solution will align
with business processes and needs.
Other migration services will include
data conversion and training for users
in the finance team. The aim is to go live
in early summer 2012 with a system
that is set to deliver reliable support
for essential financial processes, such
as purchase ledger management and
financial reporting.
Shelley outlines the benefits that Boston
Tea Party expects to experience from
implementing Sage 200: “For a start, it
will align much more closely with our
business model. For example, we needed
a system that can handle the 4–4–5
retail calendar and this is a standard
option within Sage 200.”
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Looking ahead, Shelley agrees that while
business growth is exciting, it needs
careful management: “Our business
strategy is to expand our current 11
cafés to significantly more over time.
As the scale of our business grows,
Sage 200 will be able to handle a
larger number of transactions than our
previous system, providing a scalable
solution that will support us into the
future.”
Management information is also vital
to maintaining control of an expanding
business, and improved reporting is
on the agenda. “Producing reports in
Sage 200 will be much more efficient,”
confirms Shelley. “We will eliminate the
manual processes and spreadsheets that
can take you only so far in a business
that is growing rapidly. We’re looking
forward to having much more automated
and more timely monthly management
reports.”
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For Datel, Jo Fulton, Sales and
Marketing Director, comments, “We are
delighted that Boston Tea Party has
chosen Datel to implement Sage 200
as a system that will accommodate and
support its ambitious plans for growth.
Over the years, Boston Tea Party
has successfully differentiated
itself in a highly competitive market
through the quality of its products
and personalised service. This is an
approach to doing business that
reflects Datel’s own and, as the
preparations for migration now get
under way, we are looking forward to
building a long-term partnership with
Boston Tea Party.”
About Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party takes a pride in serving outstanding coffee and tea, and
creating delicious, affordable, feel-good food with products sourced from ethical
and local suppliers.
Sixteen years since it was established, the same founding principles are at
the core of the business: to operate fairly, to offer high quality local products
at affordable prices and to employ an informed, intelligent and committed
workforce.
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