Published on the 02/11/2016 | Written by Newsdesk
SLS for the cloud designed for Australia’s smaller residential aged care providers…
Designed specifically for residential aged care businesses with under 300 beds, up to three sites and 50 or less users, the Epicor’s SLS cloud solution comprises a selection of best practice modules and a fixed fee implementation program.
“Smaller aged care providers are realising that the Epicor SLS cloud solution can help them compete against larger organisations, providing all of the advantages that an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution provides, coupled with detailed aged care specific functionality at a price point and delivery model that supports them,” said Vince Randall, regional VP ANZ for Epicor Software in a statement.
The vendor said SLS is built on its experience in designing and developing software for the Australian aged care industry. With industry-specific functionality, the system incorporates the common industry and regulatory requirements, allowing aged care providers to improve business management systems, gain efficiencies, ensure more accurate data, improve compliance and governance, allow for increased visibility of data and help run more effectively.
Faced with market opportunity, regulatory change, increased compliance requirements, rising consumer service demands and a strong push towards consolidation, Epicor said some aged care service providers are opting for cloud solutions to tighten operations and remain competitive; this past quarter, several Australian aged care and residential services providers – including St Catherine’s Aged Care Services and the Chinese Australian Services Society – select the company’s new SLS release with cloud deployment.
Besides the benefits of a cloud deployment such as ‘the speed-to-value proposition’, there is also a ‘speed-to-compliance’ factor for aged and residential care providers, added Randall. “Epicor SLS has a great track record in helping our aged care and residential care industry clients to manage compliance in a highly regulated environment, and Epicor SLS can get the smaller organisations there even faster.”
He continued, “Our key differentiators appeal to mid to large-sized organisations as well, who appreciate that Epicor SLS has been designed and developed in Australia, with a true understanding of the local aged care industry and its regulations, requirements and challenges. They value that it is backed by our ERP expertise and functionality, to present a residential care management solution capable of supporting financial requirements and complying with new legislative changes.”
