Major police authority Cuts Accrual Time with Centralised Financial and Purchasing Management

As a major police force in the east of England, the force provides local policing services to the people of the region. The Force’s mission is to deliver effective policing to the region’s residents while making best use of public funds.

Challenges
Meet the challenging cost savings and productivity targets set by the Home Office.

Build a financial and purchasing platform that can meet specific police force requirements at lowest cost of ownership
Create a flexible suite of best-practice processes.

Underpin decision-making with pervasive, timely reporting.

Solution
Commissioned Oracle Certified Advantage Partner Patech Solutions to implement Oracle Financials and Purchasing.

Chose Patech from a short list of four for its successful track record in implementing Oracle solutions in the Public Sector.

Selected Patech over competitors for its ability to deliver better value at lower cost and for its strong technical expertise.

Centralised force-wide financial and procurement using out-of-the-box Oracle Financials and Purchasing to gain integrated, automated processes with real-time visibility and control.

Created police-specific financial and purchasing solution with minimal customisations and low ownership and upgrade costs.

Reduced year-end accrual time and effort by 50%, paid supplier invoices faster, and increased productivity of financial teams.

Cut costs by replacing specialist system for tracking thousands of line items of police uniform and documenting each officer’s uniform history with Oracle Inventory Management.

Rationalised supplier base, negotiated force-wide contracts, and enforced raising of purchase orders using Oracle Purchasing.

Rolled out Oracle iProcurement to 150 users in all departments.

Leveraged police-specific financial and purchasing excellence to help meet cost cutting targets of the internal strategic review while creating a scalable shared service template for wider roll out.

Signed 10-year contract for Patech’s Managed Services to benefit from ongoing consulting, DBA, and technical support.