PROJECT DESCRIPTION

St. Paul Public Schools

Environment

  • Software-Oracle Government Financials version 11 NCA
  • G/L
  • Purchasing
  • A/P
  • Fixed Assets
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Project Accounting
  • Grants
  • Financial Analyzer & Express
  • Discoverer/2000
  • Custom Developed State Reporting Application
  • Hardware-DEC Alpha Servers running UNIX, Windows 95 clients
SIS has provided a full range of implementation services to St. Paul Public Schools for the implementation of Oracle's Government Financials (OGF) software. St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) is the second largest school district in the state of Minnesota with approximately 45,000 students, over 70 schools, and operating budget of approximately $500,000,000, and extensions administrative and support operations.

SIS was the prime contractor in the implementation of Oracle's General Ledger, Purchasing, accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable/Cash Receipts, and Fixed Assets modules. The District has also obtained Oracle's Public Sector Budgeting, Grants Management and Inventory modules for implementation during a subsequent phase. As part of the comprehensive system implementation, SIS worked closely with SPPS to:
* Revise and streamline their chart of accounts.
* Review the existing business practices and develop and implement strategies to streamline business practices.
* Configure the system according to SPPS defined business and accounting requirements
* Implement revised workflows and approval herarchies
* Develop reports and reporting tools to report to the State of Minnesota in accordance to the State's reporting requirements.
* Design and develop interfaces to non-Oracle payroll and human resources systems.
* Provide extensive training to District trainers and support them in the training of end user staff
* Support user staff during the initial cutover of the system

Services Provided

  • Project management of client and SIS personnel
  • Hardware planning and sizing
  • COA planning and development
  • Existing systems analysis and new process workflow documentation
  • Systems prototype development
  • Design and development of systems interface and conversion
  • User training
  • Implementation support

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