financial systems issues
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Which side are you on?. Financial Systems issues. Why do they keep banging on about this?. Pay the right people Pay them on time Pay them at the right time Save paper Save people. FDI = Financial data interchange. Yes but still - Why bother? Speed of payment Eliminate errors at rekeying - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
26 November 2007
Andrew Coburn, Acquisitions & Cataloguing Manager
Financial systems issues
Financial Systems issues
Which side are you on?
26 November 2007 Essex County Council
Financial systems issues
Why do they keep banging on about this?
• Pay the right people
• Pay them on time
• Pay them at the right time
• Save paper
• Save people
26 November 2007 Essex County Council
Financial systems issues
FDI = Financial data interchange
• Yes but still - Why bother?
– Speed of payment
– Eliminate errors at rekeying
– Eliminate recharge costs
26 November 2007 Essex County Council
Financial systems issues
FDI - What can you pay with it?
• Everything!?– Including
• Things you never ordered on your LMS/ ILS
– Except
• Petty cash
• Foreign currency
• Purchase card
• Disputed invoices
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Financial systems issues
How to get there
• Finance }
• Audit } Probably all want it
• I.T. } - in theory
• Library staff/ management }
– And the System suppliers …?
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Financial systems issues
Getting there 1
• Finance
– Their requirement
– Their specification
• Audit
– The Armalite and the Ballot box
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Financial systems issues
Getting there 2
• I.T.– Well actually it’s our specification
– testing, testing
– Partners – who’d have ’em?
• Library staff/management– It doesn’t seem like less work
– Just do it!
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Getting there 3
• System suppliers
– The technical specification
– Consortia/ different authorities
– New finance systems
– Changed finance requirements
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Getting there 4
• Stock Suppliers
– EDI
– Consolidated invoices
– Numbers and Dates on invoices
– Payment address v order address
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Financial systems issues
Was it worth it? Should we do it?
• In a word yes