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Tilespace upgrades from K8.07 to Babbage

By Kerridge
Johannesburg, 30 Nov 2016
Tilespace.
Tilespace.

Tilespace has been a customer of KCS since 2010. It has two branches. Tilespace offers an unrivalled selection of exclusive, imported brands specialising in tiles, sanitary ware, taps and fittings. It recently upgraded from K8.07 to Babbage.

With an executive board counting on 75 years of collective industry experience and bolstered by dedicated and experienced management and staff, the collaboration has been dynamic, earning Tilespace a highly respected reputation in the marketplace. Management's daily hands-on approach to the business has resulted in a culture of agility, intimacy and virtuosity breeding trust among key suppliers and long-standing clients.

Fact sheet
Solution: K8 Babbage
Industry: Bathroom, kitchen tiles
Provider: Kerridge
User: Tilespace

"Due to all our testing, the great team I had at Tilespace as well as KCS, we had a very smooth go-live, with almost zero issues," said Bronwen Fritz, Financial Manager, Tilespace.

"We can't stress enough the importance of testing and having a good team of individuals doing this process from a client perspective, as well as a KCS one," said Paulo Rodrigues, Operations Manager, Tilespace.

Benefits of upgrading to Babbage

Additional financial functionality, the GL postings and being able to export these into Excel was a great advantage.

* The cashbook functionality added benefits.
* Real-time posting of transactions allowed for up-to-date account figures.
* The new look and feel for the Babbage accounting module was a welcome change.
* A Web-based application enables users to login to the system and do credit limit overrides on the go.
* Data warehouse provides more in-depth analysis of data.

Tilespace.
Tilespace.

Tiaan Grobbelaar, KCS Sales Manager, commented: "K8 Babbage is our flagship product, and once upgraded, our clients can benefit from many new features and modules like data warehouse, improved KPIs and BI, improved delivery management, Web client as well role-based permissions. We are confident that K8 Babbage will support all of Tilespace's current and future business strategies; we welcome them to the group of 30 local clients who upgraded to Babbage."

History of Tilespace

In 2006, the "original" executive team responsible for the 1999 rebranding of Ferreiras Decor World ended their tenure at the company. The same team subsequently joined forces again, and with their distinctive understanding of the industry, established a modern and successful brand - Tilespace - with impressive showrooms in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

What makes Tilespace unique?

* It has exquisite, contemporary showrooms regularly updated.
* It provides a differentiated product offering with competitive pricing for quality products.
* It is highly skilled in procurement, it sources the very best.
* It offers a substantial stock holding of premium products.
* It has a proven track record - ask its long-standing clients and key supply partners.
* The team is passionate about its products and loves what they do.

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