Team work pays off as system goes live

The roll-out of a new accounting system by UPS Worldwide recently set challenging deadlines for the local UPS operation – which immediately galvanised the support of its freight systems provider Compu-Clearing to meet the tight time frames. “It was a race against time,” said Compu- Clearing’s Mario Acosta- Alarcon, “but ultimately we were able to deliver on time with total success,” he told FTW. “When a decision was taken at UPS global headquarters to upgrade its accounting system and replace it with a new version, instructions were sent to the various regions around the world with tight time frames. “UPS South Africa assembled a dedicated team to tackle the enhancement and Compu-Clearing was contacted immediately to help implement a solution. The invoices printed by UPS in South Africa, using the Compu-Clearing system, needed to be sent to their central system the moment they were produced – electronically and with no human intervention,” Acosta-Alarcon explained. Compu-Clearing used the latest .NET technology along with web-interfaces, and many weeks of hard work paid off with the solution going live late last year – without a glitch. “The development was all part of the ongoing partnership between UPS and Compu-Clearing,” he added.