The Situation Before Oracle Cloud ERP

The City of Roanoke, VA was using CGI Advantage Financials for Accounts Payable, General Accounting, and Procurement. The City sought to replace its legacy system with a contemporary, cloud-hosted, municipal financial system leveraging technology advancements, best practices, and generally accepted accounting principles. The city wanted a single system that could support the needs of all departments, including their Berglund Center’s unique requirements.

As part of the financial system implementation, the city was determined to streamline and improve processes to support timely, accurate, and easy-to-access information. The city selected Oracle Cloud ERP to replace CGI Advantage.

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Solution & Benefits of Oracle Cloud ERP for City Government

AST successfully collaborated with the City to implement Oracle Cloud ERP, replacing the outdated CGI Advantage system. The implementation included comprehensive support for Accounts Payable, General Accounting, Procurement, and the unique operations of the Berglund Center, which previously used the SAGE financial system.

The city realized the following benefits with its Oracle Cloud ERP Implementation:

  • Standardized and strengthened financial controls across the city using invoice approval workflows instead of manual approval processes
  • Automated the verification of budget funds during the procurement process and prevented over-spending using Budgetary Control features
  • Increased AP automation to support 80% of invoice submission via iSupplier/scanning to auto-generate AP invoices
  • Automated the calculation of AR invoice late fees
  • Standardized and shortened the monthly close processes across the city
  • Replaced manual process and Excel spreadsheets for project/grants activity tracking
Industry: State & Local

Solution Components:

  • Oracle Cloud ERP
    • Cloud Financials
    • Cloud Procurement
    • Cloud Project Management
    • Cloud Enterprise Planning
    • Cloud Grants Management
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AST’s expertise in implementing this Oracle Cloud ERP for City Governments has positioned the City of Roanoke for long-term success, with a solution that meets its current needs and is scalable for future growth.