The challenge for city officials in Douglas shire Wis.

The challenge for city officials in Douglas shire Wis., was to better manage the ever-increasing financial reporting requirements. Their search l them to implement an automation proces that streamlined Douglas as well as neighboring shire systems into an evolving information management environment with a technical staff supporting centurys of users.

In 1988 administration personnel mov from a mainframe using in-house software to a more sophisticated combination of parts to form a whole using integrated financial applications. After consulting with the technical staff at JD Edwards, Denver Colo the Douglas shire staff moved to the AS/400, which handles more than 200 users working directly not upon the system.

The administration staff, which had been doing greatest in number procedures manually, now processes customized reports. In the past, alone two employees handled order voucher processing for all 35 shire departments, resulting in a peremptory backlog and a low turnover rate.

The accounting staff wanted a more efficient ...