Good tool

Pros

Great software to store and access all documents.

Cons

Not so easy to integrate with other software, sometimes very slow to access the documents.

Synergize for Accounts Payable

We are beginning to realize some of the efficiency gains by using Synergize, especially in the document look up and determining its status area. Our overall experience has been positive. The staff and support are very helpful and new features/functionality can be easily added. My only advice would be to plan your processes in detail up front to save on implementation and process change costs.

Pros

In my opinion, Synergize offers us integration with our multiple platforms and makes our data easily accessible. In particular, we can access an invoice and find out its current status in our payment process, read any notes we have about it and follow up with the appropriate person if needed. It also increases the speed at which we process invoices as it has the ability to automate a portion of our payment process. Lastly, we can also extract data for our internal reports.

Cons

Although this is a great software, it does require a lot of IT resources up front and some IT ongoing. A lot of this can be alleviated by thoroughly understanding how you want your process to flow during the design phase as the software has many features.

Frustrating Implementation

The overall experience has been poor. We have been in the implementation phase with Synergize for almost 3 years. During this time the implementer has been directly responsible for 3 system outages outside of Synergize. We are nearing the end and hopeful to have a working product soon.

Pros

We like the idea of being able to scan in documents and have them automatically connect to orders with in TMW.

Cons

The setup. Our environment is not a cookie cutter environment. We use published applications through Citrix and this has given the implementer a very hard time.

Very easy to use once configured. Time savings are immense.

Time savings, Peace of Mind and Accuracy

Pros

The thing I like the most about this software is the ease of use for the end user and peace of mind that its done right for management.

Cons

The thing I like the least about this software is that it is somewhat cumbersome to tweak settings or configurations on your own. The staff are really helpful however.

Could be better

When its all working smoothly its great, but services turn off often needing a reset and problems sending invoices again

Pros

Fairly easy to use for customer service viewing documents and indexing.

Cons

The partnership with TruckMate is a struggle, we call for tech support but TM & Synergize don't work together to know each others software so you always have to make a second call. Also there are not enough notes kept on the support files for future reference, we are always having to re-explain how we are set up or what we have it do for us. Frustrating