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COINS ON DEMAND

COINS-LITE OD™– COINS Lite but at the tip of your finger, whenever and wherever you want it!

COINS-LITE OD™ is our brand new service that allows government departments to make use of our COINS Lite solution without having to make a major investment to buy any hardware and / or software.

COINS-LITE OD™ is a fully hosted service, delivered over the web, on demand, for which you pay a monthly fee that you can turn off and on at any time you wish.

COINS-LITE OD™ vs Traditional Software Implementation Approach

 

Typical Software Project

COINS-LITE OD™

Availability

Buy software, buy servers, get IT involved. Do Big Project Plan, get consultants in, build system, migrate data, reconcile, UAT

Go to website. Log in. 9 years data reconciled and ready to go in 48 hrs.

Support

Call consultant or vendor. Focused on supporting the product — and getting you off the phone as quickly as possible.

Unlimited, at no additional cost. Faster, more informed response because it’s integrated with the product. Focused on supporting your business, and able to take the time to do it right.

Affordability

Customer is 100% responsible for buying, upgrading, supporting and securing all systems and data.

Information Edge is 100% responsible for servers, bank grade security, power, continuous  backup and maintenance

Upgrades

Released every 1-2 years. Disruptive upgrade cycles. Frequent, manual updates. Go to change control board, get IT involved. Get consultants in again, and watch the clock nervously as you suddenly realize you left the server room key in your other jacket

Enhanced continuously in response to specific customer requirements. Deployed seamlessly at no charge.

Software quality

Multiple versions inside a complex, changing desktop environment compromise software quality.

A single, always-current version in a standard web browser environment makes it easier to produce high quality software.


Switching to COINS- LITE OD™

Using COINS-LITE OD™ is easy and requires a little planning. The good news is that we’ve mapped out the whole process, and we assign every new customer a lead consultant/Account Director to make sure it all goes smoothly.
Setting up COINS-LITE OD™ to support your department is a highly individual process. The typical startup period is two days to two weeks, depending on the state of your data, which provides the opportunity to get everyone in your company on board. With this approach, you can be productive on the day you switch over.
We will determine a date for your transition, based on your dataset with HM Treasury, so there’s no real need to switch at the end of a reporting period.
The typical switching process looks like this:

The week before switching

  • You identify who you want to use COINS-LITE OD™, and the permissions they should have
  • You identify a "cut" over date.

The day before switching

  • You look at the reconciliations provided as a matter of course and sign off
  • You upload any data you are holding back from HM Treasury

The night before switching

  • The COINS-LITE OD™ support team verifies your data import while you sleep

The day of switching

  • You verify your data and provide final sign-off
  • Your department is using COINS-LITE OD™

Benefits:

  • Keep plans in order with a full-featured, easy-to-use double entry journaling system
  • Run all standard reports at Approved, Submitted or Draft Levels
  • Real time access to your Estimates
  • Continuously updated report definitions. Clear Line of Sight? Yours for no charge, as soon as it is deployed.
  • In-year monitoring
  • 1-step reconciliations to your Accounting system.
  • Spend more time analyzing and less time preparing your numbers
Reasons to Run Your Department on COINS-LITE OD™

It really runs your Department

COINS-LITE OD™ is powerful enough to run your whole department, and simple enough that everyone in your department can use it.

It sets you free

You can access your department’s information, and do useful work, from anywhere you have an Internet connection.

It makes your people more productive

Because everyone is operating with the same up-to-date information, and knows exactly what they're supposed to do next, everyone gets more done with less effort.

It works on whatever computer you do

COINS-LITE OD™ runs on a standard PC environment

You don't need an IT expert

You don't have to install or update COINS-LITE OD™ software. We do that for you automatically. There is also no server to manage. We do that for you, too.

It's secure

Your data is far more secure in COINS-LITE OD™ than it is on your own computer, or your shared drive. Your data is housed in our bank-grade hosting facility, and is continually backed up. (Think of it as free disaster recovery insurance.)

We're behind you

You get unlimited support at no extra cost.

Single version of the truth

Just the one.

From Day One

We assign every customer a dedicated lead consultant, to make sure they get started right.

Trained users

HM Treasury run regular training courses, and there is a large and established user base of COINS in central government.

Your data comes with you

You’re up and running with all your data in 48 hrs. 9 years data, reconciled.

It keeps getting better

COINS-LITE OD™is continually enhanced at no additional cost. Can you think of anything else that keeps getting better without costing you more? We can't either.

It's affordable.

COINS-LITE OD™whenever you want it, wherever you want it!



To make things even easier for you we have compiled an extensive FAQ to assist you in assessing whether or not COINS-LITE OD™ is right for you. Have your questions answered here>>