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Sargent-Disc provides bespoke and scheduled online demonstrations of CrewStart™, and Digital Purchase Order (DPO), the award-winning, cloud based procurement system designed for the entertainment industry that allows you to control and approve expenses in a simple and efficient way.

Book a time that suits you

Alongside our scheduled courses, published below, private sessions can be arranged at a time to suit your busy schedule. Our private courses can be tailored to the exact needs of small groups or individuals. The demos we offer are online so we can provide training for individuals and groups throughout the UK and Europe.

Looking to set up a course?

Sargent-Disc works with a number of training providers and has provided training for and in conjunction with industry bodies such as Skillset, BECTU, The Production Guild and the National Film and Television School, running courses in payroll, accounting and software.

Upcoming training

May 2024
Tue 14th - 00:00

11.30am

The course will teach you to:

  • Write purchase orders, including purchases, rentals, coding and adding attachments
  • Review and find specific purchase orders using the search tools
  • Download POs as a PDF, both on their own and in specified batches
  • Approve purchase orders, including querying, declining and voiding POs
  • Modify POs, including coding and attachments
  • Log deliveries and payments so the accounts team know the status of an order

As administrators you will learn to:

  • Set up the invoice and address details for your DPO book
  • Set up approval levels, including setting departmental restrictions, currency thresholds and special flag criteria
  • Modify already existing and in use approval chains
  • Invite  users and manage their privileges, including visibility, approval and coding of POs
  • Manage your currencies, including setting customised budget rates
  • Manage reporting of POs including accounts office notifications and excel logs

Register for this session

May 2024
Thu 16th - 00:00

2.30pm

The session will take you through the start forms and contracts features of CrewStart™, and show how it simplifies the onboarding process whilst reducing administration and the chance of errors. You will learn how to:

 

  •  Invite crew members to the CrewStart system
  •  Send start paperwork to crew including start forms, contracts and company policies
  •  Check the status of pending paperwork and send reminders, no more searching through email inboxes
  •  Approve, re-send and cancel crew contracts, including batch approval, office use only and checking attachments
  • Send to payroll for electronic import, speeding up the payroll turnaround
  • Download all approved paperwork in one go for your delivery bundle

Register for this session

May 2024
Tue 21st - 00:00

2.30pm

The session will take you through the timesheet and hot costs features of CrewStart™, and show how it simplifies the onboarding process whilst reducing administration and the chance of errors. You will learn how to:

 

  • Use daily time reports to log crew times and view daily hot costs
  • Pact-Bectu Agreement compatible for both film and TV
  • Batch generate crew timesheets each week for distribution and electronic signature
  • Batch approve timesheets on behalf of the production
  • Prepare your weekly SD payroll spreadsheet at the click of a button

Register for this session

May 2024
Thu 23rd - 00:00

11.30am

The course will teach you to:

  • Write purchase orders, including purchases, rentals, coding and adding attachments
  • Review and find specific purchase orders using the search tools
  • Download POs as a PDF, both on their own and in specified batches
  • Approve purchase orders, including querying, declining and voiding POs
  • Modify POs, including coding and attachments
  • Log deliveries and payments so the accounts team know the status of an order

As administrators you will learn to:

  • Set up the invoice and address details for your DPO book
  • Set up approval levels, including setting departmental restrictions, currency thresholds and special flag criteria
  • Modify already existing and in use approval chains
  • Invite  users and manage their privileges, including visibility, approval and coding of POs
  • Manage your currencies, including setting customised budget rates
  • Manage reporting of POs including accounts office notifications and excel logs

Register for this session

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