BROOMFIELD, CO - November 12, 2009. The City of Iowa City, Iowa has contracted with Innoprise Software, Inc. for new ERP software that will replace the City’s current system that had been in place since 1982. The City purchased Innoprise CIS, Community Development, Financial Management including Payroll and Human Resources software, along with implementation and training services. Iowa City is the county seat for Johnson County and supports a population of approximately 62,380 citizens.
The City wanted a financial system that permits remote entry of requisitions for purchase, purchase orders, picks lists for work orders, and remote scanning of invoices with electronic approvals and built-in work flow to manage all of the approval processes and correct approving people. Iowa City’s current legacy Utility Billing had several limitations. The ITS group had skillfully stretched the system to accommodate end-users as much as possible by adding some web enabled functionalities. Yet, at the same time there is no payment history screen and an end-user is unable to view incoming payments. Plus, Iowa City wanted an integrated, real time system.
“The staff that developed our software is retiring this year and next year, so we recognized that we needed to change this year,” said Kevin O'Malley, Director of Finance for the City. Iowa City issued a RFP in June 2009 for a new Finance/HR-PR/Water & Sewer Utility CIS Systems. “We have been looking for 11 years to find software that met our expectations both performance and price,” added O'Malley.
The selection process involved further evaluations which included on-site demonstrations at Iowa City, client reference site visits, corporate headquarters visits and a pre-fit analysis at which time Innoprise sent staff to the City to go through the our screens, reports and system functionality. “The Iowa City selection team was most impressed with Innoprise’s open architecture and the inherent web interface,” said O'Malley. “The final element to purchase Innoprise ERP applications was made after visiting with other Innoprise cities for their comments and learning the responsiveness of Innoprise to service calls,” added O'Malley.
About Innoprise Software
Innoprise Software, Inc. provides enterprise software for the specific business challenges of utilities and local government agencies. Innoprise provides next generation software for CIS, financial management, community development, tax and work management. The new software is based on 30 years of industry experience, Java™ and Internet technologies that enable Innoprise customers to reduce their cost of service, streamline operations and improve productivity. For additional information, visit www.innoprise.com.
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