Budgeting in the PeopleSoft General Ledger

The Local Government Act 2002 requires local councils to produce and regularly update a Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP), which sets out a planning process for 20 years ahead to deliver clear goals that have been agreed between the Council and the Community. Historically Manukau City Council (MCC) has used a combination of applications such as Camelot, Essbase, Excel and Word for this budgeting and planning purpose with mixed results. In this financial year, we have embarked a project to further enhance existing budgeting functionality within the PeopleSoft General Ledger. This customisation will provide enhanced capability and flexibility to meet changing business needs, improved financial planning and reduce the risk and the amount of manual intervention in the existing business.