EKLEKTI Finland Improves Project Management with Internet-Based PSA Solution

Press release January 28, 2009 - EKLEKTI Finland Oy is a typical marketing and communications specialist with various projects going through its creative and operational processes. EKLEKTI operates in a fast expanding, networking business environment which requires effective management and tracking.

Our aim is to tame the fragmented project environment we work in!

“We are in the business of providing tangible advantages to our clients, quickly and efficiently. At the same time we need to maintain our standards of quality and added value for the end-customer. This needs to be done profitably and within timetables”, sums up EKLEKTI Finland’s Managing Director Berit Virtanen-Thewlis. New tools were needed in order to move forward.

“We have tested other systems but we quickly came to the conclusion that the PlanMill internet-based PSA solution would suit us best. Its features allow us to glance quickly over entire operations from finance to project management, and that is truly wonderful,” says Virtanen-Thewlis.

EKLEKTI Finland aims to improve its processes involving customer relations management as well as billing. With the real-time SaaS system EKLEKTI will clarify and speed up its business planning and project leadership.
“We are replacing our old system as well as some Excel tools with the PlanMill system, and will focus on concentrating our operations fully into one system.”

Berit Virtanen-Thewlis expects the new PSA solution to have a positive effect.

“We had hoped to find a system that is easy and quick for our teams to use,” she says. “I can already see other future advantages in the form of improved working conditions. Nothing is more consuming and tiring than moving from one intensive project to another during the same day. With the PlanMill system we can free more time for project planning – as well as creative time, which is crucial in our business.”

Benefits for the End-Customers

Business in marketing communications and media companies is typically fast paced, involving a number of complex projects running concurrently. EKLEKTI Finland sees the new PSA solution as being of key importance in maintaining and ensuring quality and flexibility.

“An effective operations management system provides us with a real-time information environment, within which we can safely plan our future and lead our projects. We can already see how the benefits brought by the PSA system can be transferred to our clients in quality and in price,” explains Virtanen-Thewlis.

Additional information:
CEO Thomas Hood, PlanMill Ltd
+358 (0)40-558 5138 or thomas.hood@planmill.com

Managing Director Berit Virtanen-Thewlis, EKLEKTI Finland Oy
+358 (0)40-511 4460 or berit.virtanen@eklektifinland.fi

PlanMill in Brief
PlanMill Ltd develops and delivers real-time, web-based Professional Services Automation (PSA) solutions for service and project businesses, both as SaaS (Software as a Service) and On-Premise deployment options. Web-based CRM, Project and PSA solutions by PlanMill help to improve the control of customer relationships, projects and business processes, which in turn improves the customer companies' productivity and profitability. Additional information: www.planmill.com

EKLEKTI Finland in Brief
With a strong group of visionary marketing and communication professionals, EKLEKTI Finland Oy offers a range of services combining the traditional fields of communications and advertising. What truly sets us apart are our in-house consulting and training services, which allow us to assist our clients deeper and further in their needs. More information at www.eklektifinland.fi

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