Tree Center, Inc. is a business that provides wholesale nursery and landscaping products and services to the central Maryland region. With upwards of $5 million in annual sales, Tree Center is a recognized leader in the greater mid-Atlantic green industry. With an average monthly A/P load of over 100 vendors and a traditional, manual approach to A/P processing and management, Tree Center struggled to maintain an effective and efficient A/P function. In fact, due in large part to the complexity and scope of their A/P needs, Tree Center maintained a staff of 5 office managers at a total cost of $110,000 annually. Within weeks of implementing Macro Solutions as their A/P processing and management solution, Tree Center was able to reduce their office management staff to 2 employees, effectively cutting their staffing costs by over 50%, down to $50,000 annually. With total annual Macro Solutions service fees ranging in the $4,000 range, the overall cost savings to Tree Center exceeded $55,000!

"I have no idea why any business would not use the Macro Solutions accounts payable platform. It has saved our company more than $50,000 per year in human resource and materials costs while increasing our internal efficiency and accuracy in document storage and archival-- no more missing documents!"

-Steve Cissel, President
Tree Center, Inc.

Transition Overview
The deployment of Macro Solutions’s A/P platform will immediately enhance our client’s corporate operations. Our transition and implementation teams provide the support needed to complete client conversions as quickly as possible.

Our service center, centrally located in the Mid-Atlantic region, services businesses located across the country. Our experience in administrating the implementation of our platform at these companies have provided Macro Solutions with a well-tested and thorough methodology, making this process as seamless as possible.

We break down our implementation into two parts. The first, Phase 1, is composed of information gathering and implementation. The second, Phase 2, is the ongoing management and maintenance of the Macro Solutions client.

PHASE 1
In order to provide a smooth and efficient transition, Macro Solutions gathers the following information from the client at the origination of the contract. These items include:

• Vendor Histories
• Account Payable Data
• Chart Of Accounts
• Accounting Operations Structure
• Accounting Package/IT Information

The data above will allow for a quick installation on Macro Solutions’s part and an easy client cutover. Macro Solutions places very little demand on the client during this implementation period. Our transition teams communicate with your vendor base to change addresses and update account information. We administrate the Phase 1 process, so you don’t have to. Phase 1 usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks, while the re-routing of client invoices is confirmed.

PHASE 2
Phase 2 begins when your company has been successfully installed on Macro Solutions’s A/P platform. However, we realize there may be adjustments and changes to the way you would like your company’s A/P processed and managed. Our helpful staff and user-friendly website will accommodate your requests leaving you in complete control of the process. Items in this phase include:

• Work Flow Mapping
• Vendor Payment Profiles
• Reporting of Service Level
• New Vendor Set-ups

Given the need, our clients can always contact our service center directly and talk with our dedicated team of A/P professionals.