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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AEmburse Spend is a Spend Management platform for small and growing businesses that monitors and controls card purchases, employee reimbursements, receipts, approvals, and expense policies. It connects to supported existing corporate and business card programs, so finance teams can add spend controls without replacing their current cards. Emburse Spend replaces the former Emburse Abacus. Abacus was acquired by Emburse in 2020. That application's capabilities are now completely superseded by…

    $9

    per active user/per month

    TribeHR (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ATribeHR was acquired by Netsuite in 2013. It has since been discontinued.N/A

    UKG Ready

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity. For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR functions by centralizing…N/A
    Pricing
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)TribeHR (discontinued)UKG Ready
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $9
    per active user/per month
    Professional
    Custom Pricing
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)TribeHR (discontinued)UKG Ready
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)TribeHR (discontinued)UKG Ready
    Considered Multiple Products
    Emburse
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    UKG
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Would buy again
    161 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    136 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    171 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    62%
    Implementation went as expected
    90 Answers
    Features
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)TribeHR (discontinued)UKG Ready
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    22% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.7
    264 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings7.01 Ratings8.8235 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings6.02 Ratings8.1226 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings8.1230 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings6.01 Ratings7.5213 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings5.02 Ratings5.7175 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings7.7201 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.02 Ratings8.3172 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    20% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.3
    256 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings9.0236 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.01 Ratings6.9143 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings6.01 Ratings8.1129 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.02 Ratings8.1190 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.02 Ratings9.0199 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.2179 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.0
    231 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings8.02 Ratings8.1213 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings6.02 Ratings7.5221 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.02 Ratings8.4190 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    16% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.1
    244 Ratings
    2% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings6.02 Ratings8.4225 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.02 Ratings8.4232 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings7.9192 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.02 Ratings7.88 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings5.02 Ratings7.9199 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.4
    93 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.01 Ratings8.493 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    245 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.01 Ratings8.0240 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.9240 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.01 Ratings7.512 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.5
    173 Ratings
    7% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings9.01 Ratings7.8172 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.2144 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    UKG Ready
    8.0
    109 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.02 Ratings7.2101 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.69 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.2107 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    135 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.02 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.01 Ratings7.6111 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.0120 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.01 Ratings8.0126 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.01 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.7
    56 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings7.448 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.629 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings7.01 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) and TribeHR (discontinued) and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)
    -
    Ratings
    TribeHR (discontinued)
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.9
    139 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.0120 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.5115 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings10.01 Ratings7.988 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.01 Ratings6.790 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.3120 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.8128 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)TribeHR (discontinued)UKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (17 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (292 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (175 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    5.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (75 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (136 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)TribeHR (discontinued)UKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Emburse
    Emburse Abacus is well suited for mid-market organizations that are open to - or embrace - the concept of real-time processing of expense transactions. Emburse Abacus takes a radically different approach from other platforms that rely on modeling paper-based monthly (or periodic) expense reports containing multiple expenses submitted simultaneously. Emburse Abacus allows each transaction to be very rapidly processed individually so that approving managers and accounting professionals are able to perform review tasks and identify potential problems throughout the entire month, relieving the massive monthly influx of large numbers of expense reports simultaneously.
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    I think it's great for small companies to manage their basic HR functions if they do not have a dedicated department. I'm unsure of the capabilities it holds for a large company with multiple teams to organize and how the calendaring functions across departments. But, for our team of roughly 20 folks it is simple and straightforward.
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    UKG
    UKG is great for storing personal information and is easy to use for clocking in and out. And you can easily find the next payday at the bottom, your calendar with requested time off, and the available hrs. UKG is less user-friendly and more difficult when editing your personal information, like your phone number, and requesting time off is a little confusing to me.
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    Pros
    Emburse
    • User-Friendly Interface: Reviews from our employees (ages ranging from 20s-70s) are all positive in regards to the ease of submitting an expense and getting reimbursement on Abacus
    • Timely Reimbursement: After final approval, money hits user accounts within 2 days
    • Approval routing: ability to set up multi-tier complex approval routes
    • Syncs with Sage Intacct: pushes entries on a day to day basis in to Intacct and it hits our GL accordingly
    • Abacus is competitively priced compared to the competition
    • Abacus utilizes "by expense" management. Getting rid of expense reports and batch reports (they do have an option where you can batch if need be)
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    Discontinued Products
    • Ad publication
    • process streamlining
    • scalability
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    UKG
    • The mobile app experience is terrific. Once the employees figured out the navigation, they now prefer the app over the web version. The app mirrors the web version, although the navigation is somewhat compressed due to the mobile view. Other than that, the tools in the app work exactly as the web.
    • Reporting - there hasn't been a time when I couldn't run a report on the information I needed. And the reports dashboard is very robust - my most important reports were already built in the system. I saved so much time because I didn't have to cobble together the data from multiple reports or contact support to build the report for me.
    • Community page - I log into UKG's Community page daily. I learn so much from experienced UKG users and the UKG moderators are quick to provide answers and best practices. When I have a question about how to use a feature in UKG Ready, my first stop is the Community - I almost always find what I need without the need to submit a ticket/case or call Support. When I can't find what I need using Community, I can trust that Support will be responsive and helpful. For example, I needed help learning how our onboarding process was configured and submitted a case for assistance. The representative scheduled multiple meetings with me to help me not only navigate the onboarding setup but also to teach me how to revise the associated workflows and test the changes. I was also able to ensure our onboarding was set up correctly as well as modify it as needed.
    • Employee Self-Service - Once employees were trained to find their HR Actions tool, they quickly adapted to submitting their requests through UKG Ready rather than asking for help from an admin. Now, they readily submit change requests to update their direct deposit, address, and withholding. Sure, they still need a little help from time to time, but employees are initiating these changes without the need for payroll or HR to chase down signatures or paperwork.
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    Cons
    Emburse
    • When you upload a receipt to abacus it would be great to port in the information from the receipt to the text fields.
    • It would be good to have a more automated way for Abacus to integrate in with other payroll systems.
    • It would be nice to have more levels of permissions, e.g. manager level, administer level and employee level.
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    • I would like even more capabilities, but I think that has to do with how we are using the site.
    • I would like to receive email notifications once a week with a summary of activity in TribeHR, including time-off scheduled by my team and any new documents or information that has been added.
    • I'd like reminders if I am going to go over my time off that is allotted to carry over into the new year and other pertinent vacation, floating holiday, sick time notifications.
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    UKG
    • Custom reporting is not intuitive
    • Learning and training is poor and has not provided our team with a way to approach our problems in a cost-effective and meaningful way
    • Consistent glitches in some areas result in errors that persist through multiple payrolls despite a thorough review of all settings
    • Reports don't live in the same place, multiple types of reports exist in multiple places with little explanation of the difference. We often build custom reports only to have them disappear or have to spend a long time trying to find them.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    UKG
    We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Emburse
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    Discontinued Products
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    UKG
    We have been very happy with the product. Occasionally, there are things we run into that do not seem so clear, yet the customer service provided by UKG community and service cases is unparalleled. Their specialists have been great to take the time to walk us through how to properly set up open enrollment and we appreciate the written follow up from the service cases so we can save the instructions.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    UKG
    The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.
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    Performance
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    UKG
    We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.
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    Support Rating
    Emburse
    I have never had to contact Abacus support and have not heard stories from any of my colleagues having to do so either. Our accounting department stresses the ease of Abacus and has not voiced any concerns with the software or the product support team or the product support process.
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    UKG
    If I was only rating support itself that would be a 10. Every support case I have entered has been addressed efficiently and with the desired result. On the implementation and transition to support there were multiple issues that those doing the implementation or transition could not answer or workflows and various settings left undone only to be discovered later. We implemented 3 different modules and the expertise we got for each one varied widely.
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    In-Person Training
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    UKG
    Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.
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    Online Training
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    UKG
    Pretty good online training, you have many how to options and can watch them several times. It can be hard at times to dig through the amount of data online but can usually find what you are looking for. Also you can download documentation for setting up the profiles and policies.
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    Implementation Rating
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    UKG
    Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Emburse
    I chose Abacus because of its ease of use and flexible billing. The billing is based on the number of submissions rather than users in the system. Because we reimburse committee members, we have a lot of users in the system, but the activity can vary widely from month to month.
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    Discontinued Products
    We evaluated Greenhouse but went with net suite because we were already using some of the other NetSuite. Greenhouse seemed a bit easier to use. The others were a bit too small, didn't have the stretch to scale.
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    UKG
    UKG is much easier to use and customize for our business needs. I enjoy that the time piece is directly connected with the payroll function. This is something that we didn't see when working with Paylocity. There was a manual time data upload that we needed to process into the Payroll function to process payroll. UKG has this setup and it's just a click of a button, so simple!
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    Scalability
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    UKG
    Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.
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    Return on Investment
    Emburse
    • It is giving reliable services.
    • I am happy with its user-friendly services. Since I have issued the virtual and physical cards, I am getting real-time, and end-to-end control over my employee expenses. They can now easily go to visits and this has built their trust too. Further through receipts and expense details, I can easily control the pre-set budgets and easily configure rules to control spending.
    • I will also like to praise their customer care team they are very helpful and always ready to assist.
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    Discontinued Products
    • As I stated it has alleviated numerous back and forth emails with our CFO (who is only available PT) and CEO (who is often too busy to spend time on HR functions) - this has allowed for easy answers to basic HR questions.
    • It has allowed us to track all employee time-off in one place, saving us time from checking each individual Outlook calendar for scheduling purposes.
    • It has allowed us to direct all employees to one place for core HR documents and information, ensuring that folks are always getting the same answers to their inquiries.
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    UKG
    • The system has allowed us to understand what goes into background vendors and helped us transition in a troubled time.
    • The system has allows us to move forms to custom forms vs using Docusign.
    • The system has helped us cut back on paper usage and storing folders.
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