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The core of this setup was having a system to capture all the agreements that took place in the organisation, from which the organisation could then share with suppliers in accessible formats. ",[17,34,35],{},"The ability to track invoicing was also identified as a key requirement of the system, so that Unitas would have visibility over all financial activity taking place throughout agreements. With this data, reporting would be centralised and accessible to all necessary stakeholders.",[17,37,38],{},"Unitas sought to find a software development company that could develop a modern income tracking system as part of a complex digitisation of all business processes.",[17,40,41],{},"The organisation manages agreements between suppliers and members, however each agreement behaves slightly differently to one another with different criteria. 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UNIT also provides comparisons to last year, which allows Unitas to track performance with granular detail. Reports also give Unitas the granularity to configure agreement data according to which members are excluded from which agreements.",[17,77,78],{},[79,80],"img",{"alt":81,"src":82,"title":83},"UNIT device screens","\u002Fimg\u002Fscreens\u002Funitas_devices_screen.png","UNIT device screens ",[12,85,87],{"id":86},"results","Results ",[89,90],"project-results",{":results":86},[17,92,93],{},"The system meets the requirements of Unitas and has facilitated the overall digitisation of the organisation’s processes. ",[17,95,96],{},"Processed through UNIT, an agreement is a single source of truth, with all the relevant documents being securely stored within this agreement. 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