Lawson’s ERP Software Deployed by City of Savannah
Today, Lawson Software, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and service provider, announced that the City of Savannah, Georgia, decided to deploy some of Lawson’s ERP applications. Savannah needed to cut costs and increase financial transparency. The city decided to deploy the Lawson Human Capital Management, Enterprise Financial Management and Supply Chain Management suites, in addition to the Lawson Business Intelligence application.
The City of Savannah is the largest city in Chatham County, Georgia, with over 130,000 residents. Savannah had an outdated system and needed to address the growth of its population with an up to date and modern enterprise-wide system. Savannah’s original IT system was fifteen years old and restricted growth. The city was looking for an experienced company to provide it with the updated ERP software, which is why it chose Lawson.
Joy Wilkinson, the ERP project manager of the City of Savannah, said, “We chose Lawson because of the depth and proven functionality of its software applications, as well as Lawson’s knowledge and expertise in the public sector. In addition, Lawson can provide both the software and implementation services under one roof, which was very important to us.†With Lawson’s ERP applications, Savannah will be able to move forward and handle the growth.
Deploying these applications will help the City of Savannah streamline human resources processes. The city will be able to save a lot of money by automating these processes and increasing financial efficiency. Productivity will be increased as well with the ERP software. Lawson’s Enterprise Financial Management application will help the city efficiently track and manage its budget and finances. Savannah will be able to view reports with the application to track financial performance and transparency across different departments. The Human Capital Management application will save Savannah’s office the time, money, and effort of doing simple administrative tasks. The Supply Chain Management application will improve supply chain visibility, resource allocation and more. Lawson’s Strategic Sourcing application will help the city manage goods, services and contracts. The final application, Lawson Business Intelligence, will provide accurate information helping Savannah to increase effectiveness.
Lawson is very confident in the ERP applications that it has provided for the City of Savannah. Brian Murphy, the General Manager of the Public Sector for Lawson, commented on Savannah’s decision to deploy Lawson applications. He said, “The city of Savannah’s upgrade to a 21st century IT system will help provide increased financial transparency to its citizens, which in turn helps support greater accountability and more accurate reporting. By cutting across all functional business areas, the city’s new enterprise-wide system will help generate operational efficiencies and ultimately help reduce costs.â€
The contract was signed on May 31, 2010. Lawson will gradually implement all of the ERP services and applications.
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