Case Studies
6 ‘must ask’ questions when buying a mid-tier ERP solution
As more ERP vendors focus their offerings at mid-tier organisations, the ERP choices available in this sector can be bewildering. David McNickel asks Greentree’s Peter Dickinson (pictured right) what questions should be top-of-mind for managers when making this critical ERP partner selection decision... READ MORE >
Agriculture: Greentree bears fruit for local grower
Sustainable growth is the main driver for one of the largest privately owned fresh produce growers in New Zealand. Their choice of ERP was a critical component... READ MORE >
Chemicals: Greentree delivers the right chemistry for testing lab
When testing laboratory RJ Hill wanted to upgrade its accounts system, the Greentree suite of financial management and reporting software proved flexible enough to meet its needs... READ MORE >
Construction: Road surfacing company covers more ground using Greentree Job Costing
The lack of a coherent job costing process in a 12-year-old DOS-based system drove contracting firm Roadways to seek out a new business management suite. It chose Greentree’s fully integrated modular solution... READ MORE >
Construction: Universal Homes builds a stable financial foundation with Greentree
When Universal Homes went looking for a new financial management system, Greentree's ease of integration laid the right foundation... READ MORE >
Distribution: Greentree improves climate at air-conditioning company
Gold Coast-based electrical and air conditioning company JGP used to spend almost a week getting its end-of-month accounts out. Now the company is using Greentree, regular financial statements are produced in an automated and painless process… READ MORE >
Distribution: Information flows at water company
Better stock control and instant customer and supplier balances were among the many benefits realised by a water and plumbing distributor Hydroflow when it upgraded to Greentree ERP… READ MORE >
Distribution: Fuelling distribution with Greentree
Faced with changing business requirements in its fuel distribution operation, the H W Richardson Group felt a new generation product was needed. That's where Greentree came in... READ MORE >
Distribution: Importer / distributor relies on Greentree
Local importer and distributor of heating and refrigeration products, Eurotec, manages a supply chain of 500 New Zealand customers on one side and foreign suppliers of 5000 stock items on the other. Here’s why they chose Greentree to manage it all... READ MORE >
Energy: Gas and pipe company Armflame torches labour costing admin
Prior to Greentree, a lack of integration meant labour cost calculations were a time-consuming headache... READ MORE >
Entertainment: Lights, camera... Greentree goes live at TV production company
When Touchdown Productions required financial software with a powerful reporting capacity, they turned to Greentree (who were recently recognised as one of 25 global rising stars by MIS magazine)... READ MORE >
Fishing: Oz fishermen weigh-in new ERP
When two of Australia's larger fishing companies decided to work more closely together they went fishing for an ERP system. Greentree (who were recently recognised as one of 25 global rising stars by MIS magazine) facilitated their integration and flexibility needs without blowing the quota... READ MORE >
Healthcare: ‘Dashboard’ tool highlights Greentree’s business intelligence
Greentree’s Inventory Management module proved to be well up to the task of keeping track of every item at dentistry supplier Ivoclar Vivadent. When paired with QlikView this added up to an extremely powerful sales data analysis and reporting solution... READ MORE >
Healthcare: Medical Council updates for efficiency
Case Study: As a national regulatory body, The Medical Council of New Zealand is tasked protecting the health and safety of New Zealanders - a new ERP system means they have the right tools in place to achieve this goal... READ MORE >
Healthcare: Healthy integration - Ryman and Greentree
Using Greentree (who were recently recognised as one of 25 global rising stars by MIS magazine) has enabled Ryman Healthcare to reduced the development time of their retirement complexes from 12 to nine months... READ MORE >
ITC: Strengthening communication channels in tropics
If you've ever wanted to get away from it all, try the Solomon Islands - a scattered chain of 992 islands covering 1.35 million sq km. Solomon Telekom overcame remoteness and logistical challenges thanks to the robust architecture and flexibility of mid-market ERP Greentree... READ MORE >
ITC: Greentree builds epic site - breaks into US market
When they went looking for a new business solution, Epic Systems decided to look beyond the US. Greentree was there... READ MORE >
Manufacturing: Marine manufacturer propelled by Greentree
When Pacific Marine Batteries decided the time had come to ditch an outdated accounting system, Greentree provided an integrated solution that would power the company forward... READ MORE >
Marketing: Global brand management company SellAgence gains a world of efficiency with Greentree
The Auckland-based FMCG brand services business found switching to Greentree reduced cost of ownership and improved its responsiveness to customers’ needs... READ MORE >
Mining: Gympie Eldorado goes for gold
How the Greentree business management suite is helping a mining company to breathe new life into an old goldfield… READ MORE >
Mining: Gilbert Group hits pay dirt with Greentree deployment
A major supplier to the engineering and mining industries has found the move to a fully integrated system was worth its weight in gold... READ MORE >
Motor Vehicle: Motorcorp revs up retail and wholesale synergies with Greentree
When an Auckland distributor of luxury cars needed a better way to integrate its separate retail and wholesale divisions, it turned to Greentree... READ MORE >
Motor Vehicle: Greentree meets Toyota Design Centre deadline
Not surprisingly, the ability to automate was a key priority when Toyota’s Asia Pacific Technical Design Centre went shopping for a business system. Greentree and SAP were shortlisted from the ten originally proposed… READ MORE >
Motor Vehicle: Greentree launched at MG Rover New Zealand
A new entrant into the New Zealand auto market needed business software that could grow along with them... READ MORE >
Motor Vehicle: Greentree speeds up Mazda accounting engine
To stay at the forefront of technology, Mazda required a modern, flexible and fully integrated financial system to keep pace with the changing motor industry... READ MORE >
Not For Profit: Rocky Bay smoothes the way for better financial reporting
The non-profit organisation has used Greentree to boost staff productivity and enhance reporting to its stakeholders... READ MORE >
Pharmaceutical: Chemical reaction with Greentree
Managing growth, controlling costs and running production were the business requirements for Auckland based manufacturer Tergo Industries Ltd, when reviewing its financial systems... READ MORE >
Professional Services: Greentree a perfect fit for Acumen
Greentree (who were recently recognised as one of 25 global rising stars by MIS magazine) has helped enhance the financial management of one of New Zealand's largest public relations companies... READ MORE >
Services: Argus fires up service levels with Greentree
Fire protection equipment vendor and servicer, Argus Group conducted a detailed review of products to find a new business system that could enhance the organisation’s commitment to customer service. Greentree’s functionality clinched it... READ MORE >
Tourism: Tour company takes Greentree on board
Replacing a DOS-based accounting system with Greentree (who were recently recognised as one of 25 global rising stars by MIS magazine) has delivered many benefits to coach operator Scenic Tourism Group. Customer quotes now go out via email rather than on hand-typed envelopes and reports can be prepared at the click of a button… READ MORE >
Transport: Pacifica Shipping streamlines multi-mode transport solutions
The Christchurch-based logistics company needed to upgrade its 20th Century technology with little, if any, disruption to business continuity. It turned to Greentree... READ MORE >
Transport: Greentree integration helps navigate ship builder to calmer waters
It’s been plain sailing for ferry and tour boat builder Incat Tasmania since the company swapped a 16-year-old DOS-based ERP system for a new Greentree solution... READ MORE >
Wholesale: Greentree 'makes life easier' for appliance company
They say a happy customer is the best salesperson. After European appliance importer and distributor Technika installed Greentree earlier this year, financial controller Trevor Porter is an enthusiastic proponent of Greentree... READ MORE >
Leap makes the jump into Australia with Greentree
When this New Zealand water systems supply company decided to jump into the Australian market it needed a business management solution to match its expansion plans... READ MORE >
Financial: Greentree underwrites merged insurance broker
When two national insurance broking companies merged, Greentree (who were recently recognised as one of 25 global rising stars by MIS magazine) ERP software was flexible enough to meet the needs of the combined operation... READ MORE >
Education: Carmel College passes accounting test with flying colours
Accounting demands can be an ongoing test of patience for New Zealand schools. For North Shore's Carmel College - and many others - Greentree holds the answers... READ MORE >
Agriculture: Kiwifruit heavyweight Seeka does some smart IT picking
The business responsible for more than a quarter of this country’s kiwifruit production turned to Greentree when it needed to improve some vital business systems... READ MORE >
Transport: Smith and Davies powers through the paper roadblock
Greentree has helped rescue this transport company from the office paper war, enabling management to focus on process improvement, profitability and connecting the office with the vehicle fleet using GPS... READ MORE >
Transport: Greentree sets rail operator on the right track
Global rail operator Veolia Transport has implemented Greentree ERP to help transform Auckland’s rail system into a modern, efficient and integrated public transport service... READ MORE >
Food & Beverage: Qlikview serves up global sales insights for EasiYo
The make-it-yourself yogurt exporter now has a deeper understanding of its international markets thanks to its new business intelligence solution... READ MORE >
Not For Profit: BiGA gleans valuable strategic insights using Greentrees tree analysis
One of Australia’s largest construction and allied industries apprentice training and education organisations turned to Greentree for a ‘best fit’ accounting system... READ MORE >
Maskell Productions finds Greentree’s manufacturing modules are work-ready
Unwilling to pay a hefty price to have software developed from scratch, this engineering and fabrication business found Greentree’s ‘out-of-the-box’ modules met its needs... READ MORE >
Agriculture: Stahmann Farms goes nuts on quality with Greentree
If a business has a manufacturing, processing or growing component to it, then the significance of Quality Control can never be underestimated. The cost consequences of a product recall and the associated loss of reputation in your market could be potentially disastrous... READ MORE >
Agriculture: Amalgamated Pest Control stamps out manual processes with Greentree GST and reporting capabilities
Greentree is supporting business growth at Australia’s largest locally-owned pest control company... READ MORE >
Print & Packaging: Greentree’s Workflow is a cool tool for hiPP.com.au
For packaging and social stationery company hiPP, Greentree’s dynamic desktop tool has provided users and managers with exactly the information they require, instantly... READ MORE >
Gerrard Murphy Plumbing fixes workflow inefficiencies
After Murphy Plumbing integrated maintenance scheduling with CRM and financials, staff can now focus on stemming the flow of water rather than worrying about drowning in a sea of paper... READ MORE >
Manufacturing: Greentree drives financial process improvements at Hydrosteer
Greentree was the best fit when this specialist steering and technical service company needed to upgrade its financial systems... READ MORE >
Manufacturing: The Davey Group automates up to 60% of manual processes using Greentree
Queensland's vibrant mining, transport and agricultural sectors continue to drive growth and change in companies like The Davey Group where the incumbent business system could be ‘patched’ no longer... READ MORE >
Construction: Greentree simplifies distributor's workflow
Greentree's solutions have given this importer and distributor high data visibility and valuable insights across its business... READ MORE >
Marine: Nothing escapes Colbeck and Gunton’s job cost process
Greentree’s modular approach to the integration of systems ensures that every transaction at the marine and industrial insulation company is recorded only once and can be accessed, shared, analysed, reported and viewed by authorised users anywhere at any time... READ MORE >
Construction: Greentree delivers loads of flexibility to this Aggregate Company’s invoicing process
With its trucks making up to 10 deliveries a day to the same customer, the resulting admin and paperwork meant raising an invoice for each delivery simply wasn’t an option for this aggregate company. Greentree provided a solution... READ MORE >
Keratec’s does its research on financial solutions, then picks Greentree
As the South Island-based world leader in keratin-based products expanded into new global markets, it needed a financial package that could keep up with its growth... READ MORE >
Greentree measures-up for Crosby Tiles
The ceramic tile company had a significant need for flexible unit-of-measure calculation within inventory management. The only offering that had all the angles covered was Greentree... READ MORE >
Palfinger lifts their game with Greentree automation
The giant crane company has lifted its game Down Under by automating accounting for its huge parts distribution business for the first time... READ MORE >
Greentree underpins Valley Longwall’s growth-by-acquisition strategy
As this Australian mining company taps into the potential of China, Greentree continues to support its forward momentum... READ MORE >
Greentree empowers installation company to compete for more lucrative tender opportunities
Since implementing Greentree almost 18 months ago, management at Armflame Pty Ltd, a gas & pipe installation company, has consolidated several quick returns on investment. With much greater data accessibility, the company now competes for more sophisticated and thus more lucrative, tender opportunities... READ MORE >
Fire protection company sparks with Greentree’s help
Fire Fighting Pacific’s finance and job-costing interface was a fragile thing. Greentree strengthened it and topped it off with an integrated ‘wish-list’ CRM hub… READ MORE >
Greentree drives online efficiencies for No.1 Australian wholesaler
With several hundred stock items being updated each month, this entirely online
business turned to Greentree’s WebStore and inventory management capability to
streamline the web sales process. In less than 12 months, the company has achieved
some significant efficiency gains... READ MORE >
Greentree continues growth of on-ground environmental restoration in Northern NSW
If ever the expression ‘can’t see the forest for the trees’ was more apt, it’s in this case. When the efficient management of environmental projects got bogged-down in 3,500 general ledger codes, Greentree showed the way... READ MORE >
Greentree steers UK Highways towards improved accounting and office efficiencies
Traffic flows on two of the UK’s busiest arterial roadways was arguably,
more manageable than office workflows until Greentree got behind
the wheel... READ MORE >
One of the UK’s top best-selling magazines still growing into Greentree
It was almost a done deal until a showstopper phone call from the local Greentree Business Partner changed everything... READ MORE >
Bidwells takes account of modern system from across the world
The UK accounting bureau had lots of customers but managing them was becoming a huge headache until an antipodean system, Greentree, showed the company a quick and easy Windows route to successful client management… READ MORE >
From manual to electronic with ease, courtesy of Greentree
The UK Publishers Association was bogged down in time-consuming old-fashioned processes. Greentree promises electronic efficiencies that will cut data task time from days to hours… READ MORE >
Tour company takes Greentree on-board
Replacing a DOS-based accounting system with Greentree has delivered many benefits to coach operator Scenic Tourism Group… READ MORE >
Greentree sparks sales growth at electrical manufacturing and supply company
Unleashed from the constraints the previous system was putting on growth potential, this manufacturer has improved its sales performance by adding Workflow and QlikView to Greentree... READ MORE >
Qlikview for Greentree enables NZ yogurt company to predict more than cultural trends in ‘live’ data
Whilst the ‘live’ cultures in yogurt go in to battle for healthy inner-space, Qlikview for Greentree analyses ‘live’ data for smarter mind-space... READ MORE >
Greentree is the catalyst for growth for Centacare
Centacare, a large non-profit community care organisation in South Australia, has selected Greentree as its new financial system to support the organisation and its 220 staff... READ MORE >
Achieving maximum control of their lives
An interdependent community where all people can participate to their potential and achieve maximum control of their lives is the vision of Community Based Support South Inc (CBS), which provides in-home and community based personal support and respite care for frail older people, people with a disability and their carers in Southern Tasmania... READ MORE >
A first for First Nonprofit
Based in Chicago, First Nonprofit has been dedicated to serving nonprofit organisations through innovative insurance and financial services for more than 25 years. First Nonprofit entered into the unemployment insurance field in 1995 to develop a product to help their nonprofit policyholders reduce the rising costs of
unemployment insurance... READ MORE >
School settled with Greentree® for good
Organisational needs often change over five years. Software packages often can’t handle an organisation’s changing needs. But five years after Lutheran Education Queensland (LEQ) installed Greentree, accountant Julie Rogers is still a proponent of the accounting package... READ MORE >
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