AvantGard Solutions
The intrinsic value of a corporation is based upon its ability to drive free cash flow in a predictable fashion. Corporations today are challenged by manual processes, disparate systems and lack of workflow automation.
AvantGard helps address these requirements by offering holistic applications designed to drive stringent treatment of trade receivables, sophisticated treasury and cash management, and coordinated execution of payment processing. With the ability to manage and track cash flows, capital allocation, capital at risk and intraday liquidity – our customers can optimize, predict and protect their liquidity and thus help maximize the intrinsic value of their corporation.
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Receivables, Credit & Collections
Corporations increasingly view the management of trade receivable, as an important measure of a company’s financial health. However, often these operations are highly inefficient and labor intensive. AvantGard helps companies lower DSO & decrease bad debt expense. |
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Treasury & Risk Management
Today, treasurers are experiencing expanded responsibility beyond monitoring cash flow, managing cash and investments, tracking risk and ensuring compliance. AvantGard offers both middle-market and enterprise treasury solutions to meet a range of requirements. |
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Payments Workflow & Execution
Many corporations are challenged by lack of infrastructure or integration of electronic payments and check printing capabilities. The AvantGard suite of payments solutions streamline the processing of payments, regardless of
format, by delivering routing, connectivity, integration, processing and execution support. |
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EcoSystem Connectivity
Working across the EcoSystem corporations need to connect the dots between a labyrinth of suppliers, buyers,
banks and other trading partners. AvantGard offers market neutral / vendor neutral connectivity to help companies
connect systems, people and processes. |
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TOTAL PRODUCTION SUPPORT
AvantGard offers a holistic approach to solution delivery including application delivery, infrastructure and domain expertise. Customers can opt to deploy the AvantGard applications in-house, as a license-based model, via ASP delivery or in a hosted environment. Additional services include system integration and application management.
Video Presentations
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SunGard's C.J. Wimley looks at the finance and technology challenges facing corporates, and discusses how to improve efficiency in the financial supply chain.
[Total time 4:14]
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Brent Akeson, national credit manager, Adidas Canada, speaks to SunGard about the need for Transparency, Efficiency and Networks.
[Total time 1:40]
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Jim Mangano, svp receivables, SunGard's AvantGard discusses the challenges in credit and collections today and SunGard AvantGard's initiatives to help companies improve transparency and cash flow.
[Total time 3:18]
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Mike Kresse, svp payment services, SunGard's AvantGard discusses the payments landscape; the disadvantages of paper checks; and what best-in-class companies are doing to leave the paper check behind.
[Total time 3:37]
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Andrew Owens, managing director, Global Payments, SunGard's AvantGard discusses the benefits of SWIFT connectivity, standardization and centralization as well as payment factories and corporate transaction banking.
[Total time 1:49]
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Paul Bramwell, svp treasury solutions, SunGard's AvantGard discusses how AvantGard helps treasurers manage cash and risk.
[Total time 4:17]
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Kurt Vandebroek, vice president, product management, SunGard AvantGard, discusses the importance of connecting corporate ecosystem participants to each other and the benefits of Echos, an electronic communication platform for financial messaging.
[Total time 5:09]