Way of Life at the County Before ERP Cloud

Stanislaus County is located in the San Joaquin Valley of California and has a population of more than 500,000. The County’s industrious history includes agriculture, rail, banking, and industrial business. Stanislaus County serves nine incorporated Cities. The County seat is the City of Modesto. Stanislaus County hosts many types of businesses, recreational activities, and community engagement programs.

Based on the growing needs, the County sought to improve efficiency/ capture efficiency of its existing Oracle EBS system by moving to the updated capabilities and security of Oracle Cloud. This allowed the County to take advantage of the upgraded features and functions and optimize their Financial Management process and systems even further. Given the variety of upgrades, Stanislaus County sought to implement a modern cloud solution for ERP and Budget Planning.

The County’s objectives for its modernization included:

  • Increased automation leveraging modern cloud-based technology
  • Elimination of shadow systems
  • Reduction of manual, paper-based transactions
  • Improved business processes and efficiencies
  • Greater transparency of financial information
  • Integrated and controlled budget development for operations & projects

Stanislaus County's implementation of Oracle Cloud best practices achieved the goal of technology modernization, financial transparency of accounting information, improved business processes and budgetary accountability. Professionalism and a collaborative partnership with AST contributed to the success of our on-time and on-schedule implementation."

Kashmir Gill CPA, Auditor-Controller, Stanislaus County
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Stanislaus County's implementation of Oracle Cloud best practices achieved the goal of technology modernization, financial transparency of accounting information, improved business processes and budgetary accountability. Professionalism and a collaborative partnership with AST contributed to the success of our on-time and on-schedule implementation."

Kashmir Gill CPA, Auditor-Controller, Stanislaus County

Solution & Benefits of Cloud ERP for County Government

AST’s depth of expertise in implementing modern Cloud ERP solutions for Government made it the ideal partner for this transformation at Stanislaus County. AST provided a robust, integrated Cloud ERP solution across the back office. The level of communication, accountability and expertise by the AST team kept the project on track and reinforced the County’s decision to meet their needs with Oracle ERP.

Training Tools and resources with Change management helped eliminate redundant reports from the development queue; provided new banking interfaces for cash management and successfully migrated Peoplesoft integrations to Oracle Financials cloud in support of HR/payroll.

  • Financial interfaces to support payroll
  • Automated Project Accounting, including AR and GL
  • Automated creation and control of budgets county-wide
  • Automated expense reporting and approvals, eliminating manual expense reports
  • Consolidated check printing and eliminated a 3rd party system to save more time and money streamlining the process
  • Ability to capture opportunity in future with “Punchout” and when ready, key vendors will support the County to eliminate manual procurement and payment activities as well
  • New Tax Regimes calculate and account for Sales Tax
Industry: State & Local Government

Solution Components:

  • Oracle ERP Cloud
  • Oracle Procurement Cloud
  • Oracle SCM Cloud
  • Oracle Project Portfolio Management
  • Oracle Planning & Budgeting Cloud
  • Oracle Integration Cloud
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By replacing an aging financial system with integrated Cloud ERP Applications, the County is now better equipped with intuitive automation, greater financial visibility, and advanced reporting features.