eBusiness Implementation

Irene Griffith / Kevin Palmer

Speakers

• Irene Griffith– Senior Consultant, Asparona

• Kevin Palmer– Financial Controller,

TrustPower

Modules Implemented

• General Ledger• Accounts Payable• Fixed Assets• Cash Management

Key Requirements

• NZ & Australia• Multiple Companies in

both countries• Consolidated financial

reporting in NZD• Multiple GST reporting

requirements

The Good ……

• TrustPower people• Experience with Modules• Sub Ledger Accounting• FA Reports• E-Business Tax• Minimal Modifications• Location

…. and the Not so Good

• E-Business Tax• AP Trial Balance• Supplier Interface

Key Setup Differences – 11i / R12

• General Ledger• Tax• Sub Ledger Accounting• Suppliers• Bank Accounts and Payments• User Management

Key User Differences – 11i / R12

• Suppliers• AP Invoice entry• GST• Payment processing• Report Layouts• Financial Reporting (Web ADI)• Look & Feel

Challenges

• Difference between TrustPower systems & Oracle

• Translating Oracle processes to non-Oracle people

• Understanding external systems enough to build good interfaces

eBusiness Implementation

TrustPower PerspectiveKevin Palmer

Financial Controller

Timeline

January February March April May

Initiation

Configuration

Testing Bedding Down

Go L

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Project Success factors

• Pragmatic and commercial Functional Architect

• Pragmatic and commercial TrustPower team• Implemented by owners• Very good knowledge of existing systems• Efficient decision making• Project management• Established implementation methodology• Prototyping• Short time frame – focussed effort• Go live at balance date• Vanilla implementation

Next Time We Would…

• Have a longer implementation period

• Be finished two months before go live

• Do more testing• Implement Discoverer on go live

Ebusiness – What we like

• Multi currency• Multi company• Structure Fixed Asset Register• Drill down enquiry from reports• Web Based• Better reporting• Supported and upgradable

Ebusiness – What could improve

• On screen enquiry • Reporting• Overall look and feel

Would we do it Again?

YES - Definitely