Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Event Booking, Back Office Systems Seamlessly Connect for Tulsa Arts Center
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Acumatica Cloud ERP solution for Tulsa Performing Arts Center

Company Highlights

Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Industry
Non-Profit
System Replaced
New to Cloud ERP
Country
USA
Number of Employees
25-50
Revenue
$10M-$50M
Product Used
Acumatica General Business Edition
Applications Used
Financials, Multiple Currencies, Project Accounting, Consolidation
Sub-Industry
Nonprofit, Performing Arts

7 weeks

to launch financial system, met deadline

3 weeks

cut from event settlement process

30 days

for VenueOps integration to go live

Challenges

In a move to give the Tulsa Performing Arts Center (PAC) more financial stability, the City of Tulsa turned the PAC over to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust to run day-to-day. The spinoff didn’t come with a financial system, and used an Access database to track everything. The PAC has six performance spaces and is the venue for 12 different arts organizations. The City did the accounting previously.

“The former director built a database to record sales and settlements. It was not in any way an accounting system but a spreadsheet that stored a list of data.”

Jennifer Alden, Chief Financial Officer

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

ERP Solution

Tulsa Performing Arts Center chose Acumatica for its adaptable open API architecture, and easy-to-use interface. The open architecture would allow it to connect to VenueOps, which they used for event management, and other non-profit specialized applications. An easy-to-learn, flexible system was imperative to help them meet a strict 7-week deadline to split from the city.

“For me, the number one requirement was for a system to integrate with VenueOps.”

Jennifer Alden, Chief Financial Officer

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

Outcome

With Acumatica, Tulsa Performing Arts Center streamlined operations, saved hours, and automated event settlements, reducing the process by over three weeks. Acumatica provided real-time financial visibility into thousands of events it holds annually. Its user-friendly interface helped it avoid additional headcount. Most importantly, the Acumatica platform was in place before the opening of Hamilton, the Broadway hit and PAC’s largest show, bringing in just over $6 million.

“Now with Acumatica, I have the cash balances and the proper accounting instantly instead of three weeks later trying to figure out the accounting. It’s a great tool and it works smoothly.”

Jennifer Alden, Chief Financial Officer

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

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