By Kirsten Wade
Brisbane City Council has approved a $353 million project that will consolidate its 62 existing systems into a single SAP system over the next three years.
Accenture will implement the roll-out, having won the tender process in 2010 before the Queensland floods forced the project to be put on hold.
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said doing nothing was not an option for the council.
“[Brisbane] Council’s current systems are outdated and need to be brought into the 21st century, if we want to cement Brisbane’s reputation as an economic powerhouse in the Asia-Pacific region.”
The roll-out will enable the use of mobile devices in the field, create a single staff database, eliminate manual payroll timesheets, create a single council assets register and introduce a system capable of prioritising certain jobs over others.
“This new system will allow us to create one council that is seamless to deal with for residents and businesses,” Quirk said.
The cost of the upgrade will be spread over the next 10 years, with the majority of expenditure expected to occur in the first three years of implementation.
