‘Setting up Infor 2.0 to meet the changing
needs of Government’
Presented By:
Mark Chin, Manager Financial Systems
Colin Huggett, Technical Support Consultant
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
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Session Outline
Background to NT Government Accounting System (GAS)
• History, Set up, Applications, Mandate, Infrastructure
Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS)
• History, Drivers
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
• Support
• Technical Environment
• Common Services - Enterprise Structure, Agency Parameters
• Common Vendor / Customer File
• Standard Processing – GAS Wizards
• Chart of Accounts
• Data Warehouse – Reporting
Agent for Change
Future Plans
• Invoice Portal, Purchase Request System
Questions ?
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Background to GAS
• Based on Masterpiece / FM 2.0 since the mid 1980’s.
• Used by all Government Agencies throughout the NT.
• Centralised Support provided by Financial Systems Unit.
• GAS Modules include PO, AP, GL, AR, FA, JC.
• Use of AP and GL is Mandated.
• GAS runs on Centralised IT infrastructure.
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Background to Shared Services
DCIS was established in 1998/99 to provide Shared Services to the NT
Public Service.
Drivers were:
• Reduction in back office expenses
• Agencies competing for the same resources
• NTPS already had centralised IT infrastructure and HR and Finance systems
• Additional $$ for Nurses, Teachers and Police
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Support - Provided Centrally by Financial Systems Unit
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Support GAS, PO, AP, AR, FA, GL, JC
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GAS Wizards for Streamlined Data Entry
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Reporting Data Repositories
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Currently 15 staff and 4 contractors
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Other systems - OBIPS, ECMS, TRIPS, EIMS
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Key interfaces - NAB, PIPS, Treasury
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Technical Environment
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IBM Z Series mainframe – Z/OS operating system
CA Datacom release 11 (release 12 in test environment)
Single AP (310) & Common Services (390) data bases
5 x GL, AR, PO, JC, FA data bases – multiple org’s per data base, load
sharing, optimise back-ups, etc…
Multiple CICS regions – web interface, wizards, green screens, data query
Midrange Servers – web server, data base host, application server
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Automated Batch Schedule
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Control/M Automated Batch Schedule
Cobol programs automatically create all the necessary NGT records and
other batch parameters, including the AP payment run, at the start of the
batch schedule
No (or very little) manual scheduling of overnight masterpiece batch
processing
Batch schedule kicks off at 8pm each night (mon-fri)
100’s of batch jobs running in multiple streams (per data base)
Normal end time is approx 11:30 pm
Triggers nightly data warehouse extracts
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
AP Run Parms
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
AP Run Parms
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Common Services – Enterprise Structure, Agency Parameters
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1 Enterprise Structure
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3 Tiers - NTGOVT, Dummy Level, Agency Business Orgs
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Vendor and Customer Clusters held at NTGOVT Level
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Application Parameters controlled centrally
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Standard Tax Codes, Bank Codes and Agency Numbers
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Mastersecurity controlled centrally
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Common Vendor / Customer File
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AP Vendors – Payments made at Agency level
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AR Customers – Invoices issued at Agency level
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Standard Processing – GAS Wizards - Overview
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Customised user front end for Masterpiece application
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Windows Forms applications (Windows standard use)
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Built on the Microsoft .net framework (common programming language)
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Use Infor’s Masterpiece SDK (plug in’s, sample applications)
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Deployed on a web server (“no touch”/auto deployment)
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Do not directly process transactions (use standard Masterpiece programs)
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Allow integration with non-Masterpiece data (i.e. GAS data warehouse)
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Standard Processing – GAS Wizards - Applications
Accounts Payable
• Vendor Enquiry
• Voucher Enquiry
• AP/PO Payment Processing
• Vendor Creation and Maintenance
Purchase Order
• PO Maintenance
Accounts Receivable
• Invoice Requisitioning
• Receipts Processing System
Fixed Assets
• Maintenance, Costing & Retirement
LTF and APeS
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Standard Processing – GAS Wizards - Benefits
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User friendly and easy to learn for new users
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Single entry screen replaces multiple screens
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Integrated user guide and help system
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Additional functionality such as:
- Tax Compliancy check for invoices
- Calculation of payment due date to meet 30 day NTG Payment Policy
- Ability to search for Vendors by ABN, Full Name or BSB and Bank
Account No
- Ability to attach electronic supporting documentation
- Use of Workflow and system generated reminder emails
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Infor FM 2.0 Set Up
Chart of Accounts
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Central Ledger Maintenance Unit
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Use of APT’s and Chartgen
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Mandated use of Agency Number and Standard Classification
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Data Warehouse
Data Warehouse - Reporting
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Central Corporate Reporting Unit
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Use of Crystal Reporting and Business Objects Enterprise
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Mandated use of Treasury Source/Destination Codes
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Reporting to Treasury provided centrally at transaction level
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Data Warehouse Infrastructure
Windows Server
IBM Mainframe
SSA FM 2.0
MSSQL 2008
Datacom AD 11
SQL Server DTS
ENF
BO Enterprise xi
Crystal Reports
Datacom Server
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Populating the Data Warehouse
OLTP
STAGING AREA
Mainframe
DATA MARTS
REPORTING TOOLS
SQL Server
SQL Server
MSSQL/DTS
END USER
DECISION BASE
GL
GL
AP
AP
BAS
CRYSTAL
VOUCHER DETAILS
XL
AR
FA
ETL Tool
FA
ETL Tool
AR
PAYMENT STATS
OTHERS
GL DATA
AGENCY INTERFACES
SDC
PO
PO
CS
CS
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
THS
THS GL DATA
Agent for Change
Our Set Up has assisted with the Implementation of:
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Y2K, GST, Accrual Accounting
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Procurement Policy changes
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Purchase methods (CCC)
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ICT Infrastructure changes
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Range of Reporting to Government
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Agent for Change
Machinery of Government Changes made Easier:
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Central Ledger creation – copied existing ledgers
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No new Vendors / Customers for new Orgs
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Efficient replicating of system parameters for new Orgs
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Business system interfaces centrally coordinated
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Central Mastersecurity updates
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Central creation of new reports
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Future Plans
Invoice Portal
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Vendor tracking of invoices submitted
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Template for entry/submission of invoices by Vendors
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Vendor self service for Vendor File changes
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Future Plans
Purchase Request System
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Online Requisition system for Tier 1 purchases
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Workflow for Approval
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Payment by Credit Card or Interface to GAS PO
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Questions
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DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND INFORMATION SERVICES