Mis 535 Week 4 Business Plan

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The Implementation of VGOV Plan at Montgomery County Purchasing Department Elleanora White Managerial Applications of Information Technology – MIS 535 (ON) DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management September 15, 2014 Proposal Topic The vision of the Montgomery County’s Purchasing Department is to be a governmental leader in progressive and inclusive procurement strategies and in providing opportunities for all businesses, including small, emerging, minority, and women owned businesses to enhance our local economy. Our new Supplier Services site will allow our vendors to update their company profile information to ensure we have the most current and accurate data. This process will…show more content…
The responsibilities for the implementation process will be split amongst the staff in Purchasing and Central Services in conjunction with a special team that has been selected which includes the Financial System Project Team. The implantation will be divided into phases to ensure proper roll out of the new system. The first phase will be to get updated vendor information. Since every vendor has been assigned a vendor number through the previous system, we will ask Duns&Bradstreet to supply us with a current file of our 6100 vendors. This file should include the vendor’s DUNS #, Business Name, phone #, Minority or Women owned indicator, Sources of Minority and Women Owned Certification and the vendor’s email address. General Benefits Again this new system will enable us to expedite various functions needed to conduct productive relationships with vendors. We will be able to receive electronic quotes as well as being able to publish formal bids. Not only will this new system benefit us internally, we will also extend training to limited representatives from each of our various vendors. As we continue to grow and enhance our business, we will continue to network and provide ongoing training to vendors at an economical
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