26 November 2007 Andrew Coburn, Acquisitions & Cataloguing Manager Financial systems issues Financial Systems issues Which side are you on?
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues Why do they keep banging on about this? Pay the right people Pay them on time Pay them at the right time Save paper Save people
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues FDI = Financial data interchange Yes but still - Why bother? –Speed of payment –Eliminate errors at rekeying –Eliminate recharge costs
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues FDI - What can you pay with it? Everything!? –Including Things you never ordered on your LMS/ ILS –Except Petty cash Foreign currency Purchase card Disputed invoices
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues How to get there Finance } Audit} Probably all want it I.T.} - in theory Library staff/ management} –And the System suppliers …?
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues Getting there 1 Finance –Their requirement –Their specification Audit –The Armalite and the Ballot box
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues Getting there 2 I.T. –Well actually it’s our specification –testing, testing –Partners – who’d have ’em? Library staff/management –It doesn’t seem like less work –Just do it!
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues Getting there 3 System suppliers –The technical specification –Consortia/ different authorities –New finance systems –Changed finance requirements
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues Getting there 4 Stock Suppliers –EDI –Consolidated invoices –Numbers and Dates on invoices –Payment address v order address
26 November 2007Essex County Council Financial systems issues Was it worth it? Should we do it? In a word yes