{"id":9378,"date":"2014-01-15T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=9378"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:29:28","slug":"out-of-this-world-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/out-of-this-world-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of this World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial property manager Arcadia Management Group Inc. has saved money and enhanced tenant services by expanding its Yardi Voyager<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> property management and accounting system with p<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/10\/yardi1.png\" alt=\"Yardi logo\" width=\"230\" height=\"185\" \/>roducts from the <a title=\"Yardi Commercial Suite\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/product\/YardiCommercialSuite.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi Commercial Suite<\/a>\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>Arcadia adopted Yardi Procure to Pay\u2122, an end-to-end, paperless procure to pay system that includes purchase order and invoice processing and customized approval workflows.\u00a0 The solution has produced \u201cout of this world\u201d results, according to Gary Shaw, president of Arcadia.\u00a0 \u201cCompleting approvals and vendor payments electronically has saved time, money and the environment,\u201d Shaw said.\u00a0 \u201cOur per-invoice cost has dropped 60% with Procure to Pay.\u00a0 We process about 5,000 invoices per month, so that translates to thousands of dollars and a lot of paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cProcure to Pay also speeds up our common area maintenance reconciliations.\u00a0 With the invoices captured in Yardi Voyager, we no longer have to photocopy paper invoices and send them to vendors with the reconciliations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To increase the level of service to its tenants, Arcadia adopted another Yardi Commercial Suite product, Yardi <a title=\"COMMERCIALCafe\" href=\"http:\/\/commercialcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COMMERCIAL<i>Caf\u00e9<\/i><\/a>\u2122, which gives Arcadia\u2019s tenants a portal for submitting maintenance requests online or from a mobile device.\u00a0 Allowing tenants to submit requests through the portal enables Arcadia to respond to and fulfill work orders much more quickly, driving higher productivity and increasing tenant satisfaction. \u00a0\u201cA key advantage of COMMERCIAL<i>Caf\u00e9<\/i> is that our work order system is now integrated with Voyager, eliminating duplicate data entry.\u00a0 Our previous work order system was separate from our property management platform, and recording actions in two databases was inefficient,\u201d Shaw said.\u00a0 Yardi COMMERCIAL<i>Caf\u00e9<\/i> also allows tenants to pay rent online, review accounts and update profile information.<\/p>\n<p>Also integrating with Yardi Voyager and providing online and mobile access is <a title=\"Yardi Inspection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/product\/YardiInspection.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi Inspection<\/a>\u2122, which Arcadia uses to set up, schedule and perform unit and property inspections.\u00a0 \u201cYardi Inspection lets us standardize our inspection procedures across our company.\u00a0 It\u2019s also easier for our technicians to record their actions with smartphones in the field instead of using pen and paper back in the office,\u201d Shaw said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial property manager Arcadia Management Group Inc. has saved money and enhanced tenant services by expanding its Yardi Voyager\u00ae property management and accounting system with products from the Yardi Commercial Suite\u2122. 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