ERP Financials and Supply Chain Management System

About the Program

Category: Financial Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The County’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM) was launched on April 1, 2021, after a 30-month implementation project. INFORMS is the name of the ERP system and stands for INtegrated Financial Resources Management System. INFORMS is the internal project name of the technology to modernize outdated budget, procurement, human resources and financial operations as well as continue to evolve with new feature releases and functions. INFORMS replaced numerous and disparate legacy applications which had reached their end of life (30 years in some cases). The implementation of INFORMS, was led by the Office of Management and Budget, in conjunction with central area leads including Internal Services, Strategic Procurement, Finance, and Information Technology departments. The scope and benefit of the new system initiative required collaboration among all County departments and necessitated new and significant partner and internal departmental system integrations.