Data Integration + Accounting Automation Unlocks New Efficiency for Self-Storage Business
- Who it's for: Self-storage businesses with proprietary customer booking systems lacking accounting connectivity
- Problem it solved: Manual invoicing, payment collection, and transaction recording became time-consuming and error-prone at scale
- What it does: Custom web tool ingests data, generates management reports, automates GL posting, and streamlines invoicing/payment/refund processing
Background
A fast-growing self-storage business developed their own proprietary system to manage available properties and enable self-service customer bookings through their website. While the customer-facing frontend of the system functions very well, it was becoming increasingly time consuming, complex, and therefore error-prone to invoice + collect payments from customers and to manually record the accounting transactions on the back end to recognize revenues, fees, and other expenses.
SPRCHRGR developed a custom web tool to ingest, process, and display customized management reports of the client's unique dataset. Additionally, we built a direct integration to automatically post corresponding accounting transactions into the company’s general ledger, eliminating manual labor costs and associated human errors in the process.
Features & Benefits
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Ingest data from source system via CSV file upload (direct API data sync will be implemented in phase 2)
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Validate, transform, and aggregate data for management reporting
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Bulk data transfer and entry into the accounting general ledger
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Automatically generate invoices on a by-customer basis
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Streamline customer payment processing
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Increase efficiency of customer refund processing