Legal and Tax Firm Benefits from Tryton's Extensibility
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Introduction
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Some fields have gained more from the ERP revolution than others. Law firms have
generally been slow to benefit, due to their unpredictable workflows from
project-to-project. But, given the right match between a specialized, boutique
firm, and oustanding, bespoke software, it can be possible for the law to enter
the 21st Century.
Background
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Advocate Consulting Legal Group, PLLC, is a US law and tax firm that
limits it practice to servicing the general aviation industry. Tryton has
allowed it to make the jump from relying on multiple, ad-hoc systems (e.g.,
Excel spreadsheets) and manual procedures, to an integrated, specialized
software suite that handles both data collection from customers and internal
task tracking to ensure that work is performed in a timely and accurate manner.
Scope
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Advocate's implementation includes a Nereid-based, web-facing client portal,
which helps Advocate's customers meet regulatory recordkeeping requirements, as
well as seamlessly providing Advocate access to the information needed to prepare
these customer's compliance computations. The installation's other major
component is a task-management system based upon Tryton's standard Project
module.
Tryton's extensibilty has been the key to meeting this company's idosyncratic
needs. Whatever the requirement, it is never a matter of, "Tryton can't do
that." If it doesn't exist, just write it. At every stage where a standard module's
pre-made solution has not fit the company's needs, a modification path has been
available.
Result
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Advocate adopted Tryton in late 2012, and the software improves with each
passing year. Tryton's Open Source nature puts the company in the driver's seat.
No lock-in to a proprietary framework.
Advocate is a 30-employee firm based in Florida, and routinely services over a
thousand clients. Tryton has helped make its work more accurate, reliable and
robust.