Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City’s goal is to take advantage of a modern ERP system that is designed around best practices, allowing Nevada City to streamline and improve processes that result in timely, accurate, and easy-to-access information. The new ERP system should meet the following objectives: ➢ Consolidates information, links, processes, and functions, eliminating separate departmental systems spreadsheets in favor of a single system that connects the City’s financial and nonfinancial applications through a common database; ➢ Eliminates the need for redundant data entry; ➢ Eliminates the need for manual input when preparing the biennial budget and financial statements; ➢ Provides a user-friendly and intuitive user interface to promote system use and productivity; ➢ Provides embedded processes designed to tie functions together seamlessly; ➢ Streamlines business processes to take advantage of best practices through automation, integration, and workflows; ➢ Provides interface capabilities with third-party systems; ➢ Improves and provides necessary reports and access to data through inquiry or drill down capabilities, including a user-friendly self-service ad-hoc reporting tool; and ➢ Phases implementation of all financial and utility billing modules within 9 months from contract signature.
