Solomon Telekom is the telecommunications company responsible for servicing the Solomon Islands, the South Pacific’s third largest archipelago with a population of 400,000 throughout the 347 populated islands. With their headquarters in Honiara, the centre of government, commerce and tourism, Solomon Telekom has a large customer base serviced by outstations on the six main islands of the Solomon Islands. The company provides, develops and maintains the national and international telecommunications services of the Solomon Islands.

“Overcoming the business challenges presented to Solomon Telekom in terms of remoteness and logistics was critical to underpin the future growth of the company. Solomon Telekom needed to implement a powerful financial reporting solution to provide clear financial reports to a widespread management base.
     After running Greentree’s CBA Financial system since 1988, Solomon Telekom carried out a full review of their systems over a period of six months before selecting Greentree. Our management team had previous experience of Greentree and understood the Windows-based and advanced capabilities the system would deliver, however, ensuring we had support we could rely on throughout the implementation was a critical factor,” said CEO Martyn Robinson.

“We selected Moore Stephens Technology Australia (MSTA) as they had previous experience with businesses such as ours who were located in remote regions of the Asia-Pacific. MSTA carried out a full review of our systems with us over a six month period. Their proven experience and developed systems and tools have ensured that not only our implementation has run smoothly but we have ongoing remote access for support and training. MSTA has also successfully managed the installation and training for Solomon Telekom’s staff.
     Live access provides our team with on-going assistance. Greentree is an excellent product and we are impressed with the standard of support we receive. The on-line support is great for remote places like us and we have a good relationship with the MSTA team. We are 100% happy with the product and the service”, comments John Bodkin, Financial Controller.

Milton Aqorau, Finance Manager, believes “Greentree has enabled Solomon Telekom to speed up its internal processes and provided a more proactive and positive role within the Solomon Islands’ economy. Greentree is a vast improvement with comprehensive functionality and quick access to data allowing customised reporting. The financial reporting in Greentree is pivotal, with a direct connection to Excel giving complete control over formatting data and presenting reports. As a result our management has up to date and accurate reports. We are excited by Greentree as it saves us vast amounts of time. The range of tools within the General Ledger allows us to do so much more.”

“We really appreciate the online assistance and support MSTA has provided Solomon Telekom up to now. They have improved our business performance by empowering us with the ability to provide daily information and timely reporting to management.
     Their online assistance has also provided ‘just in time’ solutions. At one time I was experiencing problems with the Greentree link to Excel spreadsheet and MSTA came back to me immediately with step by step procedures on how to solve it. The report was sent on time”, said Milton.