Henry Davis York is the first law firm in Australia to eliminate paper-based time sheets and to replace them with an intuitive electronic solution by DTE Axiom. The firm estimates this solution will save around 40,000 hours of time per annum for its 300 professional staff.
Henry Davis York has awarded Phoenix Business Solutions a contract to supply and implement DTE Axiom time recording and capture product for its Australian professional staff.
The product enables the firm's lawyers to capture and intuitively record time at their desktops in real time, and with the use of mobile devices such as Blackberrys and iPhones, it also improves the productivity of users when they are not in the office.
The product has been tested across all of Henry Davis York's practice groups and the firm is now ready to implement it to all professional staff.
Commenting on the success of the project, David Willimott, CFO said: "DTE offered a robust solution with a quick return on our investment. It is an intuitive product which has improved our professional staff's approach to time recording and capture. This has revolutionised the way we record time and billable hours."
Mr Willimott also said the benefits of DTE Axiom extended beyond the recording of time.
"We've noticed significant behavioural changes in the firm with some staff who previously used manual timesheets now choosing to use DTE and they are seeing immediate benefits."
The first part of the pilot has involved linking Outlook calendars, time spent on documents in Word and Excel and phone calls made and received from hand-held devices to specific client matter numbers. The next phase will be to expand the capability to time record from File Site documents and calls made from desktop phones.
"We are looking forward to the next stage of this project and are excited about the prospects of adding further functionality in time capture across a variety of our business processes," Mr Willimott added.
To find out why the top firms such as Olswang, Eversheds, Ashurst, Lawrence Graham, Ince & Co and others are all choosing DTE Axiom as best practice, please contact stewart.rasmussen@phoenixbs.com
About Henry Davis York
With 54 partners and 380 staff, Henry Davis York is a leading Australian full service corporate law firm which practises nationally from its base in Sydney. The firm specialises in financial services and the public sector and has an office in Brisbane dedicated to providing on-the-ground advice on restructuring, insolvency, banking disputes and recoveries to the Queensland market.
Henry Davis York is known as a firm that delivers excellence and value across all of its specialist areas of Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Insolvency, Property & Construction, Environment & Planning, Dispute Resolution, Financial Services, Corporate & Commercial and Workplace Relations & Safety. The firm is proud to be internationally recognised for having a leading banking and financial services practice and for its pre-eminence as an adviser to the public sector.
http://www.hdy.com.au/
About Phoenix
Phoenix is a leading global provider of software solutions and IT/Business consultancy for professional services firms. Phoenix delivers leading software solutions such as Document and Email Management, Knowledge Management, Enterprise Search, Risk Management, Compliance, Time Management and Practice Support. Phoenix understands the evolving needs of organisations and has tailored solutions that meet critical business objectives. Utilising expertise from the UK and US, Phoenix provides 24hour support to all global clients. The team at Phoenix pride themselves on delivering projects within the time scale and budget as well as meeting the agreed business objective.
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