Challenge:

• Design, plan, implement, and monitor an ERP solution that fulfills the IRS' business requirements
• Replace the existing financial system with an ERP solution that will interface with several legacy systems
• Maintain the agency's credibility within the government and with the public
• Construct a plan to eventually upgrade to SAP- Enterprise
• Implement SAP- Procurement and Asset Management

Solution:

• Evaluated four ERP vendors and selected SAP as the final choice
• Implemented the following modules as part of Phase One: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Controlling, Business Warehouse, Procurement, and Strategic Enterprise Management

Results:

• Fulfilled business requirement to increase compliance with Treasury/JFMIP/FASAB/CFO Act/GAO and other directives
• Increased public trust
• Received less unfavorable publicity
• Decreased transactional error-rates