New Hampshire has 1,275,000 residents and employs 12,000 full-time and approximately 4,000 part-time people within 60 state agencies, boards and commissions. The Lawson system will replace the state's heavily-customized business system.
The state will use the applications to update its statewide accounting system, improve the budgeting process for its legislative and executive branches, and accelerate its month- and year-end financial closing process from weeks to days, according to a release from Lawson. The consolidated ERP system is expected to help the state automate purchasing processes, support electronic payments to vendors and suppliers, and streamline benefits administration and payroll activities.
Lawson and CIBER Inc. are collaborating with the state of New Hampshire to implement the system in three phases. The first phase, which began in May, will roll out the new financial system and part of the budget system statewide. Implementation of the procurement and human resources software as well as the balance of the budgeting system will follow in phases two and three, respectively.
