New South Wales Trade Investment has embarked on a three-year enterprise resource planning (ERP) consolidation project designed to save the government department up to $12.5 million per annum in IT service costs. The $14.5 million contract, signed with SAP, also means the state government organisation will begin implementing a range of Cloud computing offerings including Business ByDesign and SAP Payroll. NSW Trade and Investment chief information officer, David Kennedy, said that the project will consolidate four existing SAP ERP systems and multiple Aurion ERP systems into one integrated ERP system. “Consolidating onto one platform and one corporate shared services processing centre in Orange, NSW, will also result in reduced payments to other service providers for transactional shared corporate services.” The existing ERP systems are spread across the 16 agencies that make up the organisation. These agencies include the NSW Office of Water, Gaming and Racing, Office of Liquor, Crown Lands, NSW Art Gallery, NSW State Library, Australian Museum and the Powerhouse Museum. Kennedy added that the transition and consolidation project is already underway and will be completed in two parts. “Initial consolidation of the core agencies including the Office of Water, Marine Parks Authority, Crown Lands, Arts NSW, Destination NSW, Food Authority, Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing, Independent Liquor Gaming and Racing Authority onto the [ERP] platform will be complete by the end of 2012,” he said. According to Kennedy, the remaining NSW Trade Investment agencies, including the NSW Art Gallery, NSW State Library, Australian Museum and Powerhouse Museum, will be using the ERP system by June 2013. Follow Hamish Barwick on Twitter: @HamishBarwick Follow CIO Australia on Twitter: @CIO_Australia Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe