Akken, which describes itself as an "All-in-One on-demand staffing software and recruiting software provider," has released an upgraded invoice design editor.

Billing it as "one of the most automated, flexible invoicing tools available on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS (News - Alert )) platform," the upgrade is included for all Akken Staffing users at no additional charge.

With the upgraded version "staffing and recruiting companies can accommodate a client’s specific billing requirements and create customized, professional invoices with just a few clicks of the mouse."

"This upgrade makes it simple for Akken Staffing users to create invoice templates to exact requirements," says Akken’s vice president of engineering, Prakash Akkineni. "The biggest impact is the time our users save in the invoicing process, reducing the amount of time to generate invoices from hours to seconds."

Akken’s invoice design editor lets Akken Staffing users design a template once, as it "pulls the information from the system to create hundreds of invoices simultaneously with one click," company officials say. Users are able to make changes to these invoice templates in real time. For companies using multi-million dollar systems, a change of this type would take days, if not weeks, to implement.

Akken’s flagship offering, Akken Staffing, combines e-mail, applicant tracking, CRM, job management, accounting, human resource management, and reporting.

Last September, Akken announced an upgraded release of its Software-as-a-Service system, "designed to simplify the virtual desk of sales and recruiting personnel by bringing best of breed desktop functionality to the Web."

The upgrade announced last September to Akken Staffing included Summary Screens, allowing staffing and recruiting personnel to take any action with contacts, candidates, companies, and job orders from a single view.