London Boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham and Havering have agreed to work collaboratively to create a Joint Service via a joint committee arrangement for procurement and finance transactional processing services delivered using Oracle Financials and in addition for Lambeth and Havering in relation to HR and Payroll that would:
- Develop joint back office through a shared processing centre for accounting, finance and procurement transactional processing services that are more efficient and generate savings with an overall reduction in operating costs through economies of scale and elimination of duplicate activities
- Work in coordination with Programme Athena and as a realisation of the aims of the programme to standardise, consolidate and share services
- Create a common instance of an ERP system in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 with integrated modules and processes by widening the recent implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite at Havering.
- Establish combined system hosting arrangements
- Create new ICT solutions including reporting, planning and forecasting functionality
- Standardise processes, practices, definitions and policies coordinated with best practice to improve the quality and consistency of service provided
- Go live with core Oracle Financials functionality by autumn 2013
- Be open to the inclusion of other London Authorities as partners
- Avoid duplication of costs in the re-implementation to Oracle Release 12
The collaboration will make savings for all councils by creating a shared service for processing financial and procurement transactions using one IT system, and HR Payroll for Lambeth and Havering. The joint service is expected to go live by autumn 2013 with detailed design and build of the new service starting in spring 2011. The savings will be used to support front-line services.
The joint service will be established via a joint committee arrangement allowing the authorities to work in partnership, involving elected members representing respective communities and staff remaining with their current employer.
The joint service develops the investment in a software asset as all authorities have licenses in perpetuity for the Oracle E-Business Suite in common with a number of London Authorities.
Project ID: CA516
Status: Active
Contact: Allan Abingham-French by telephone: 020 7926 6243 or by email
