Action Plan
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The target position represents a major achievement in terms of cost savings, but also a significant shift from the current situation and from existing practices. The Action Plan is therefore based on a number of steps which will lead to this target position, but which will also bring significant benefits to each participating Organization along the way.
The first requirement is to establish and fund ERP functional and technical groups for each of the major ERP solutions. A central UN IS and ICT coordinating body will organize meetings, undertake research on behalf of the groups, and engage external consultants, as required.
The ERP groups will take forward the initiative to achieve two objectives:
- Objective 1. – Capitalize on opportunities to improve, streamline and integrate administrative and operational processes within each ERP solution. There is a need to focus on knowledge sharing and exchanges of best practices in current ERP systems. This will require adequately funded ERP functional groups to be established for each of the major ERP solutions, comprising representatives from finance, human resources, procurement and logistics. Their terms of reference will be to seek commonality and improved efficiency and effectiveness in the processing of administrative and operational processes based on a common “best-UN practice” model. Representatives of the auditor function should also be represented in this group to ensure that recommendations arising from this group for streamlined processes fully comply with audit requirements.
- Objective 2 – identify and action opportunities to share the costs of running ERP applications amongst UN system Organizations. There is a need to focus on opportunities for outsourcing of ERP solutions at both hosting and application service provision levels, including consideration of private sector alternatives and/or increased usage of the International Computer Centre where it can demonstrate advantage. This will require adequately funded ERP technical groups to be established for each of the major ERP solutions, comprising representatives from Information Technology, finance, human resources, legal and procurement. Their terms of reference will be to determine the business case for increased outsourcing of ERP Solutions, and to propose actions to participating Organizations.
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Last modified 2005-11-06 11:02