Tag: SAP

Defence scuppers critical $3.5b ERP switchover at 11th hour

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence has postponed the cutover to its multi-billion dollar new enterprise resources planning system, further dragging out the mammoth SAP build amid the department’s latest push to eradicate legacy...

Consultants’ PEMS review follows project in blowing out

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
EY’s contract to review Parliament’s expenses reporting system has followed the troubled software project in blowing out in cost and time, netting the consulting giant more than $400,000 and...

SAP’s $151m whole-of-govt deal gets a squeeze

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
SAP’s new whole-of-government contract is valued at around a third of what was being paid under the previous arrangement, an agreement that was also several years longer, fuelling speculation...

$74 million PEMS project to drag on for another two years

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Parliament’s expense software upgrade will need another two years to deliver core functionalities and enhancements, as outside auditors encounter the project’s complexities that have resulted in cost blowouts and...

SAP bribery scandal draws DTA scrutiny

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government’s digital agency sought assurances from the local arm of German software giant SAP after it settled a bribery investigation involving foreign government officials earlier this year....

$345m GovERP salvage mission underway

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A salvage mission is underway into the government’s $345 million attempt to consolidate government enterprise resource planning systems, as the Finance department prepares agencies for a move to cheaper...

Finance finds the limits of SAP

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Capital costs for parliament’s expense management software have more than doubled from initial budget to $60 million, with officials on Wednesday acknowledging a gross underestimation of just how complex...