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Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning

Score7.1 out of 10

12 Reviews and Ratings

What is Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning?

Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (formerly Business World, and before that Aggresso) is an ERP accounting software designed to deliver visibility and control over finances, projects, procurement, reporting, forecasting and payroll.

Top Performing Features

  • Pay calculation

    Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.

    Category average: 7

  • Benefit plan administration

    Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.

    Category average: 7.2

  • Direct deposit files

    Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

    Category average: 7.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Period Close

    Sustain fast close with integrated subledgers, intuitive dashboards, embedded collaboration

    Category average: 8.2

  • Order Orchestration

    Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.

    Category average: 8

  • API for custom integration

    An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.

    Category average: 7.6

Unit4 is a single platform to manage your organization

Pros

  • Its very easy to install and easy to use software.
  • Great reporting and analytic capability.
  • Very well organized and connected modules.
  • I would suggest it for small or mid level org.

Cons

  • Not supported across devices. Only work well on web
  • Their error messages are very technical and hard to understand the actual issue for a non-technical person.
  • Issues with their updates and then have to again customize the software as per our requirements.

Return on Investment

  • HR department and their activities becomes easy and smooth.
  • Very useful for our account department to process salaries and other financial process.
  • Able to improve our management and finance use it reporting tool.

Alternatives Considered

SAP Access Control and SAP Core HR and Payroll

Other Software Used

HRMantra Software, SAP Access Control

Usability

Get your business processes in order FIRST!

Pros

  • Since the software is built with your needs in mind, it can be tailored to your specific needs.
  • System security is also created with your specific needs in mind and can be extremely detailed for various roles within the organization.
  • The various modules integrate well, if thought through system processes when building.

Cons

  • Consistent consultants has been an issue - trying to get someone that can help alleviate a problem when creating a new workflow was most challenging.
  • The "smart client" and "web client" versions have items that cannot be done in both (not due to security setup) and causes users to work in both clients to perform their work.

Return on Investment

  • Our business processes were in flux when the initial build of our system was taking place - this made lives very difficult. Make sure processes are set!
  • Time - beyond what could have been imagined - this is a huge project, that needs proper resources assigned to it within a company when planning to install.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Office 365, Citrix NetScaler Access Gateway, Laserfiche

U4 - Good for 75% of things

Pros

  • It has a great reporting function
  • It connects many different tables and data points together
  • It is great for international accounting

Cons

  • Their layout and limited web capabilities are a turn-off
  • They lack basic functionality in their web [version]
  • The implementation phase is bumpy since their guides and process documents are not step by step and are usually confusing

Return on Investment

  • We are not sure yet! We just implemented it.

Alternatives Considered

FundEZ and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions