GOVERNMENT

AMS Advantage^® - Client community

Dedicated to transforming government

The focus group concept allows sites with different requirements and experience levels to share ideas and suggest changes that will enhance the usability of AMS Advantage.

Anne M. Kolp, Manager, Purchasing Department, Procurement and Inventory Systems,
Palm Beach, Florida

When clients join CGI’s AMS Advantage community, they don’t just adopt a solution, they become part of an environment dedicated to the transformation of government. Our clients network with government finance, budget and procurement managers; HR/payroll professionals; system administrators; and IT specialists across the United States. When we partner with a client, we give them a voice. Every community member has an opportunity to network with other clients and collaborate with CGI leadership on the future of AMS Advantage in government. Here is how.

		Online support—eAccess, CGI’s online support site for the AMS Advantage community
			Webcasts—regular interactive sessions for the AMS Advantage community
			Discussion Gateway—user-to-user discussion board and a simple, flexible and effective way to collaborate on best practices and common issues
		CGI Forum—annual networking and educational event for the AMS Advantage user community. Have a look at our 2008 brochure (PDF). Listen to your peers talk about why they return to the Forum year after year.
		User group steering committee—client-led steering committee, which advises CGI on user activities and product strategy
		Software change control board—client and CGI combined group that analyzes and prioritizes changes to future releases of the baseline AMS Advantage solution
		Focus groups—forums where clients discuss creative enhancements to specific areas of functionality
		Beta program—client partnerships that validate new features and releases
		Public Sector ERP Insights: the latest AMS Advantage ERP news, thought leadership, community updates, client successes and experiences
		In their own words: Listen to your peers talk about the value of their CGI partnership and how built-for-government, AMS Advantage ERP software is helping them transform state and local government. In addition:
			David “Judd” Houser, Financial Systems Supervisor (Technical) for the State of Utah, speaks about working as a team with the CGI staff, the ease of accessing data within AMS Advantage and about transitioning the State’s technical team from mainframe to web-based technologies. “They were very much vested in our success.”
			Philip Daigneau, Team Lead CAPS Financial for Orange County, CA, talks about the County’s need to keep up with change to support new technical requirements as well as to support the new generation of County employees. He discusses CGI’s “team” partnership with the County for the last 20 years, and the key to managing change: communication. “Maybe this should be called the GRP system.”
			Mike Mason, Finance Administrator for the City of Tucson, AZ, recommends training, training and more training to anyone about to undertake an ERP implementation. They chose AMS Advantage because it was built specifically for government accounting nuances. Listen to Mike describe the benefits Tucson has received from their implementation, and how easy it is for new users to get started with the system. “CGI understands the government process.”

For more information, contact CGI at amsadvantage@cgi.com or 1-800 321-0267.

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