One Of The Better Solutions Available
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use NS in our organization to do everything from booking journal entries, creating reports, publishing financials, maintaining fixed assets, issuing debt and recognizing revenue and lease liabilities/assets.In my opinion, NS is the most intuative and logical erp system versus PeopleSoft, SAP and even Microsoft Dynamics. I have had the opportunity to use the system as an admin, reviewer and preparer for all finance and accounting functions.
Pros
- Tracks fixed assets and debt activity for month end rollforwards.
- Creates a solid audit trail and supporting documentation path for anyone to follow, internally or externally (auditor).
- Maintains reporting structure and workflow processes for better implementation as training or process improvement/overhaul.
Cons
- Pages feel visually dated and layout at times lacks modern spacing, grouping and design logic.
- Navigation is sometimes cumbersome and takes a while to understand and navigate through. Menus are overly nested and inconsistent across certain modules.
- The dashboard experience is clunky and feels limited with the flexibility and modern interactivity.
- You have to click through a ton of screens to get your forms customized to your liking which is overly time consuming and can be frustrating.
- Search UX is functional but in my opinion, not very intelligent.
Return on Investment
- Drivers we saw included 65% reduction in monthly close, 20% savings in finance ops and about a 10% faster billing cycle over time.
- Implementation costs around $115,000 were very heavy initially and still haven't been recouped but are slowly eroding. Third party tools for reporting also adds costs on top of the up front implementation.
- Expected ROI best for multi-entity SaaS, High audit/compliance businesses.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
SAP CPQ, DealHub.io and Oracle PeopleSoft ERP
Other Software Used
QuickBooks Online, Salesforce CMS, Microsoft 365, Google Analytics, Oracle PeopleSoft ERP










