PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 

City of Chicago

Environment

  • Software - Oracle Government Financials version 11l
    • G/L
    • Purchasing
    • A/P
    • Fixed Assets
    • Accounts Receivable
    • Project Accounting
    • HR/Payroll
    • Budget Preparation
  • Hardware - Sun Solaris, IBM,ES9000
  • UNIX, VSAM
  • Services - Full range of implementation services
    Project Timeframe - 1994 - Ongoing
Financial Management and Purchasing System (FMPS)
Chicago Accounting and Purchasing System (CAPS)

FMPS
SIS, in partnership with Oracle, is currently in the process of implementing the City’s new FMPS. The new system will provide 4 key departments in the City and centralized Purchasing, with an integrated web-enabled financial and procurement system that is interfaced to the City’s central CAPS application. SIS is involved in numerous aspects of the project and has prime responsibility for the design, development and implementation of all interfaces and conversions for the new FMPS.

CAPS
CAPS is the City’s central financial and purchasing system which includes general ledger, budgeting, purchasing, accounts payables, accounts receivable, grants accounting, project accounting, fixed assets management, and inventory. This system is used by each of 50 different departments and offices and serves as the City’s official administrative and financial system. SIS has been involved with all phases of the implementation and support of this system.

SIS assisted the City with numerous CAPS related enhancement projects including: Voucher Audit Subsystem, Enhanced Receivables Subsystem, Extended Purchasing System, and Loan Servicing System.

On each of these projects, SIS has been responsible for full system lifecycle tasks including design, development, testing, implementation, procedures, and department support.

Services Provided

  • Implementation of Financial Management System (FMPS)
  • CAPS Overall technical and operations support
  • CAPS Systems planning and conceptual modeling
  • Design, development and implementation of key financial system improvements for CAPS:

    -Enhanced A/R & Billing
    -Voucher Auditing
    -Financial Reporting
    -Procurement
    -Job/Cost Accounting

  • User training and documentation
     

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