Public Finance and Accounting

Microsoft Corporation

Agenda

Megatrends and Government Challenges Public Finance and Accounting Case Studies: Public finance and Accounting at Work Summary of Benefits Next Steps

Today governments are facing a number of megatrends and challenges

Improving Staff Productivity

Continuous Cost Reduction

Increasing Operational Efficiency Working Collaboratively and Taking Advantage of Shared Services

More Efficient and Greener IT Infrastructure

Leveraging the Power of Technology

Caring for the Environment

Delivering Social Care Improving Customer (Citizen and Business) Service Delivery

Increased Citizen Interaction

Improving Compliance and Accountability Raising Standards in Education Sustaining the Local Economy

Public Finance and Accounting solutions address a number of these challenges

Improving Staff Productivity

Increase efficiency Transform administrative processes Provide innovative citizen centric services.

Increasing Operational Efficiency Working Collaboratively and Taking Advantage of Shared Services Leveraging the Power of Technology Caring for the Environment Delivering Social Care Improving Customer (Citizen and Business) Service Delivery Improving Compliance and Accountability Raising Standards in Education Sustaining the Local Economy

Offers Governments flexible, integrated solutions for financial management, procurement and customer relationship management. These tools will help improve service to citizens while reducing the cost of their operations.

Ensure accountability and compliance

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Improve budgeting and planning, utilize business intelligence (BI) to its fullest potential, and tighten performance management.

Adopt business management and CRM solutions that support new ways of working and complementary structural and cultural changes.

Customer service solutions can enable governments to establish a citizen-centric approach to service delivery and case management.

Government uses technology to operate in an open, transparent, and accountable manner.

Key Government Challenges and Generic Architecture

Improving Staff Productivity Increasing Operational Efficiency Working Collaboratively and Taking Advantage of Shared Services Leveraging the Power of Technology Caring for the Environment Delivering Social Care Improving Customer (Citizen and Business) Service Delivery

Improving Compliance and Accountability

Raising Standards in Education Sustaining the Local Economy
Integrated Development Environment

Desktop Productivity Software

Desktop Operating System
Collaboration & Content Mgmt Enterprise Res. Planning Customer Rel. Management Application Integration

Mobile Operating System

Mail Security Unified Communication Workflow

Data Warehousing

Systems Management

Identity & Access Mgmt

Server Operating System

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Public Finance and Accounting

Visual Studio

Office

Windows Client
MOSS SQL Server Dynamics ERP Dynamics CRM BizTalk AD/ADFS

Windows Mobile
Exchange Forefront Office Comm. Server .NET Framework

System Ctr.

Windows Server
Solution Component Solution Detail Optional Component

Public Finance and Accounting

Public Finance and Accounting

Visual Studio

Office

Windows Client
MOSS SQL Server Dynamics ERP Dynamics CRM BizTalk AD/ADFS

Windows Mobile
Exchange Forefront Office Comm. Server .NET Framework

System Ctr.

Windows Server
Solution Component Solution Detail Optional Component
Dynamics AX Dynamics GP Dynamics NAV

Public Finance and Accounting

Public Finance and Accounting

Visual Studio

Office

Windows Client
MOSS SQL Server Dynamics ERP Dynamics CRM BizTalk AD/ADFS

Windows Mobile
Exchange Forefront Office Comm. Server .NET Framework

System Ctr.

Windows Server

You already own these products Products needed to complete this solution

Public Finance and Accounting Solution

Primary products:
Microsoft Dynamics products:

Microsoft Dynamics AX Microsoft Dynamics GP Microsoft Dynamics NAV Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Other related software products that comprise the Dynamics suite include:

Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) Microsoft Dynamics SL Microsoft Dynamics Snap

Growing Municipality Increases Efficiency and Improves Regulatory

Customer Profile A rapidly growing municipality with a population of approximately 10,000 residents, the City of Waconia, Minnesota, is an economically vibrant community located just west of Minneapolis.

Customer Challenge

Solution

Customer Results/Benefits

Waconia needed to update its technology resources to meet the demands of growth, including streamlining its accounting system and integrating direct-service departmental functions.

Diamond Municipal Solutions helped the city implement Microsoft Dynamics GP business management software and integrated the citys financial systems with its utility-billing and eGovernment software

Improved accounting accuracy and speed Increased productivity Enhanced constituent service

Partner

Diamond Municipal Solutions

Software and Services

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Compliance Clerks Office Saves $400,000 Within the First Year of Deploying Accounting Solution

Customer Profile The Cook County Clerks Office is responsible for running county elections, keeping records on vital documents, and administering delinquent property taxes.

Customer Challenge

Solution

Customer Results/Benefits

The government organization wanted to integrate a cashiering system with an accounting and document management solution to reduce manual processes and provide easy access to data.

InterDyn-LANAC Technology deployed Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System as a unified account system that integrates financial information with document production.

Automate manual processes Enhance data accountability Increase constituent satisfaction

Partner

InterDynLANAC Technology

Software and Services

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Tribal Government Improves Efficiency and Enhances Federal Reporting Capabilities

Customer Profile The Muscogee Creek Nation tribal government has doubled in size, from 300 employees to more than 600 employees, over the past six years and operates on a U.S.$106 million-dollar budget.

Customer Challenge

Solution

Customer Results/Benefits

The financial reporting system Muscogee Creek Nation had in place, FundWare, struggled with data conversion with every new release and offered limited reporting capabilities.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV was implemented for improved reporting capabilities, and the server was upgraded to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to facilitate enterprise operations as the organization grows.

Enables custom reporting capabilities Exports data to Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel Reduces purchase order processing by 25 to 30 percent Decreases time for data inquiries by 50 percent

Summary: Public Finance and Accounting

Public finance and Accounting Solutions will:

Improve productivity and reduce financial operating costs Improve financial reporting, monitoring and compliance. Improve customer services Enable rapid transformation in a changing environment

To learn more about how Microsoft Dynamics capabilities can help your government organization, visit www.microsoft.com/dynamics/government

Next Steps

Meeting to discus how to best customize the Public Finance and Acconting for your needs Engage Microsoft to perform a Planning and Architecture Design Session (ADS)

Build the business case for the Public finance and accounting Solution

Deploy Solution

Demos

Dynamics in Government Demo

http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/gp/demos/governmentstreamed/index.html

Thank You