In the business world, company mergers often represent significant challenges. Stéphanie Girard and Viviane Parent from BRASS Mécanique du Bâtiment share their merger experience and how QuickBooks Online Advanced helped them successfully navigate through this transition. They recount their journey and explain how this cloud-based accounting solution played a key role in harmonizing their processes.

The Birth of BRASS Mécanique du Bâtiment

BRASS Mécanique du Bâtiment is the result of a merger between Stéphane Jacques Entrepreneur Plombier and Plomberie BR. Although both companies were operating in the same industry, they had distinct strengths. As Stéphanie explains, "Brian (Plomberie BR) was very strong in the field of condo towers, while Stéphane Jacques Entrepreneur Plombier, our strengths were more in the mechanical room and institutional."

The Challenges of the Merger

Merging two companies is no small feat. Stéphanie and Viviane had to manage many aspects, from moving warehouses to integrating human resources. "We had to move, a warehouse to move as well. Also merging all our human resources together. How do we adjust? How do we adapt? Who do we keep? Who do we have to let go? All the habits were basically changing because we had to improve our processes," Stéphanie points out.

The Need for a New Accounting System

The merger of the two entities created the need to review existing processes and adopt a new accounting system with new possibilities. Viviane adds, "It must be said that the accounting system we were using at the time, it was like we had reached the end of what we could do with it. We were looking for ways to extract information that we couldn't extract." It was at this crucial stage that their accountant recommended QuickBooks Online Advanced as a forward-looking solution for their business, offering a wide range of features to facilitate and optimize their operations.

The Multiple Possibilities of QuickBooks Online Advanced

For BRASS Mécanique du Bâtiment, switching to QuickBooks Online Advanced proved to be a good choice. "The possibilities of QuickBooks Online Advanced are practically endless," Viviane points out and adds, "For a company in the construction sector like us, QuickBooks is the ideal tool. It absolutely adapts to our needs. It fulfills all the functionalities we need in our case."

Application Integration and Custom Report Creation

Several reasons motivated Stéphanie and Viviane's choice to opt for QuickBooks Online Advanced. Viviane mentions one of them: "It allowed us to integrate applications that also communicate with QuickBooks." This capability, offered by the QuickBooks Online Advanced solution, allows BRASS Mécanique du Bâtiment to optimize its processes and reduce inefficiencies. However, the benefits of Intuit's cloud-based solution go far beyond that. Viviane explains, "We currently use project management a lot, but we know that it also allows us to manage our workflows, allows us to communicate with an Excel sheet by synchronizing data, to create custom reports according to our needs."

Faster and More Informed Decision Making

Equipped with QuickBooks Online Advanced, Stéphanie and Viviane can create customized dashboards and reports tailored to their specific needs for financial tracking, project performance, and overall business management. Thanks to QuickBooks Online Advanced, they have a clear vision of the company. "We see clearly. We are able to make decisions much faster," Stéphanie points out. Viviane adds, "The software has so many possibilities that it will just allow us to continue to evolve."

In conclusion, the story of BRASS Mécanique du Bâtiment illustrates how a company merger, although complex, can be crowned with success thanks to adapted technological tools like QuickBooks Online Advanced. Their experience testifies to the power of this cloud-based solution to optimize processes, facilitate informed decision-making, and support business growth.

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