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PRESENTATION ON THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEM SELECTION PROJECT
Staff Contact and Presenter: Vicki Rios, Director, Budget and Finance
Staff Presenter: Tom Duensing, Assistant City Manager
Staff Presenter: Lisette Camacho, Assistant Director, Budget and Finance
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Purpose and Policy Guidance
Recommendation
The purpose of this workshop presentation is to provide the City Council with additional information on the Enterprise Resource Planning System Selection Project.
Background
Since 1995, the city has been using PeopleSoft's Human Capital Management (HCM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Financials ERP solutions. In the HCM system, the city has implemented the Core Human Resources, Payroll for North America and Time and Labor modules. In the PeopleSoft SCM/Financials, the city has implemented Purchasing, Accounts Payable and General Ledger. The city is considering replacing PeopleSoft with a software solution that is mid-range in terms of complexity (Tier 2), less demanding to implement and maintain, and smaller in size but robust and agile enough to fit the city's needs.
On January 2016, the city issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a consultant to provide services related to the procurement of a new ERP system and, optionally, to manage the implementation of the resulting ERP application. BerryDunn was selected as the top vendor for these services. BerryDunn is a consulting and certified public accounting firm with extensive experience in assisting municipal clients throughout the project lifecycle of an ERP system selection and implementation. BerryDunn and the city began the ERP System Selection Project in July 2016.
The focus of the ERP System Selection Project is to identify, define, evaluate and plan for the replacement of the existing system software and for any other relevant applications that support related business processes. The city assessed the current environment and conducted a comprehensive ev...
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