ERP/Finance Systems

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Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

Please could you provide the following information regarding your ERP / Finance system:

1.What ERP (Enterprise Resource Management) or Finance system is currently used at the council?

2.When does your contract expire?

3.Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?

4.Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?

5.How many users / licenses of the system do you have at the council?

6.Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible.

Kind regards,

Katie Green.

Date 06/07/15

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Ms Green

 

Freedom of Information Request – 1-714044526

 

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 7 July 2015, in
which you asked the following questions. The response from Sandwell
Council is in blue print below:

 

Please could you provide the following information regarding your ERP /
Finance system:

 

1. What ERP (Enterprise Resource Management) or Finance system is
currently used at the council?

 

Sandwell MBC currently uses the Oracle Applications System.

 

2. When does your contract expire?

 

The annual licence expires on the 31^st March 2016.

 

3. Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?

 

There are no current plans for major upgrades of the system (normal
updates and patches are applied as required). The last major upgrade was
made in April 2014 with the move to Release 12.

 

4. Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system?
If so, when?

 

The Council currently has no plans to go to market for a different system

 

5. How many users / licenses of the system do you have at the council?

 

12,000 staff on the system.

 

6. Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please
provide full name, title and contact information if possible.

 

The contact details are:

 

Mark Morgan

Principal Accountant – Systems

Phone: 0121 569 3549

E-mail:  [1][email address]

 

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
request, and should be addressed to:

 

Information Management Unit

Sandwell Council House

Freeth Street

Oldbury

West Midlands

B69 3DE

 

Email – [2][Sandwell Council request email] 

 

Please note that any additional questions to your original request will
not be answered at internal review stage and should be presented in a
separate, new Freedom of Information request.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

 

Kerry Robbins

Business Support Officer

Strategic Finance

 

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Sandwell Council

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