mSCOA eThekwini Case Study - National Treasury

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mSCOA – eThekwini Case Study

Background

Understanding requirements

Technical Solution

Proof of Concept

What we Achieved

Oracle commitment

Agenda

Engagement with eThekwini

o Scope of upgrade project

o mSCOA impact on Project

o Governance & Controls

o Planning impact

Team approach between Oracle, eThekwini & EOH

in solution design

Background

Business requirement, was to understand:

o Difference between SCOA and Standard Chart of

Accounts

o Followed by a detailed understanding of mSCOA and

National Treasury requirements

o The mSCOA terminology

• Long code

• Short code

• GUID code

o The 7 Segments-

• Function / Municipal classification, Item, Fund, Project,

Costing, Region,

– And the meaning and how to apply them

Understanding mSCOA

Collectively the team:

o Understood

• the mSCOA Business requirement

• this was NOT a mapping exercise

o The Key understanding being…

Details must be held at TRANSACTIONAL level in

the General Ledger

Key Objectives were to ensure that….

o The changes made were not intrusive

o The upgrade path was not to be compromised

o We were to use the JD Edwards development tools to

develop the solution

o System integrity would to be maintained

o To comply with standard JDE, ensuring the use of

• JDEdwards reports

• JDEdwards enquiries

• JDEdwards integrity processes

o An easily configurable approach to application

o Design that allowed for further enhancements &

changes

Technical Solution

• Where this all took us……………

Technical Solution

SCOA Information Stored

Business Procurement Finance

Capture

Requisition

Authorise

Requisition

Convert to

Order

Send to

Supplier

Record

Delivery

Pay

Voucher

Match

Voucher

Example: Procurement Process

Business Procurement Finance

Capture

Requisition

Authorise

Requisition

Convert to

Order

Send to

Supplier

Record

Delivery

Pay

Voucher

Match

Voucher

Example: Procurement Process

Example: Procurement Process

Proof of Concept

Presented our solution to:

o eThekwini mSCOA project team

o eThekwini Steering Committee

o National Treasury

o ……we received a sign off from all parties

What we Achieved?

Maintained standard system integrity

Developed a Concept that would minimise changes to

standard functionality

Plug n Play solution ~ developed as an extension

System processes remain standard

o Inquiries

o Integrities

o Reporting

Oracle have stated that ……

This solution will …

o Be part of future localization for JD Edwards mSCOA

o Oracle is fully Supporting the solution

o Fully Upgradable

o Oracle is validating the solution

General

Questions

Thank You

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