
Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) replaced their Terian stores management application with an Oracle based solution. To truly interface with the existing Oracle Financials systems. This notably incorporates a full purchasing cycle working with iProcurement to handle internal and external requisition needs. The programme was designed to continue the rollout of an enterprise wide business infrastructure based around the Oracle r12 eBusiness Suite of modules.
Enabling Change
The iTrain programme incorporated the implementation of Oracle Purchasing and iProcurement within the stores with Oracle Order Management. As well as Inventory to permit the full processing of uniform supplies using the Oracle system. Officers are able to place internal orders for supplies through the iProcurement system. These are then fulfilled using the Order Management modules within the stores. It was also the goal of the programme to facilitate improvements in the business processes. In addition to Oracle system processes within the stores function to make the usage of the applications streamlined and efficient for stores personnel.
The iTrain proposal provided a fully configured Oracle based solution. Notably incorporating specialist consultancy support and knowledge of the Oracle eBusiness Suite. iTrain worked collaboratively with the GMP team to fully support the change management. As well as the technical integration requirements of this business critical programme. The new application was configured to support the strong business rules associated with the ordering and authorization of uniform supplies. The ease of use of the new systems formed a critical component of overall programme success. The iTrain approach worked collaboratively with GMP to fully support the use and deployment of Oracle with a broad technical integration. markedly its change management support programme. Which reduce risk and cost to the project and providing significant long-term efficiency gains for the ongoing support and management of the applications. The application incorporated a range of interfaces to the existing Oracle financial systems. To be sure to handle controls associated with purchasing, payment processing, supplier processing and journals to the ledgers.
Transformation Benefits
- Major business process improvements within the Stores function through the ease of use of the new system incorporating Stores Management, iProcurement and Purchasing and Financials interfaces.
- Integration with Oracle systems allowed the solution to streamline previous requirements associated with processing in 3rd party Terian system.
- Training support provided to the stores team and wider officers and management staff.