The election is over and we have 98 new members forming Wiltshire Council. Political groups are forming and at next week's Council meeting a new Leader of the council will be confirmed. He or she will then confirm their Cabinet appointments. So by Tuesday we will know which Portfolio holders we will be working with in Resources, together with the members of Scrutiny with whom we will be working to develop new policy and review existing service performance.
The Members induction process is in full swing and we held a market-place event on Wednesday evening to show case all of the services that we provide. It was an impressive sight, with a huge amount of effort having been applied to the design and production of the various stalls. Many thanks to all who worked so hard to achieve this and for staying so late in the evening.
Development of SAP continues apace. HR, payroll and finance are running well with minor bugs to be improved. Procurement using Procure to Pay (P2P) including Accounts Payable (AP) is more mixed. It's working well in some teams and less well in others. We recognise this and are taking the following actions to improve the situation:
- one-to-one sessions for staff who need extra support
- workshops and drop in sessions for staff and managers on employee and manager self service (ESS/MSS)
- a Corporate Procurement Unit (CPU) advice line
- updating and improving user guides which can be found on The Wire
- additional vendors are being added when identified
To arrange for this type of support please call either the CPU help desk (Sarah Fullen - 01225 713219 or James Benjamin 01225 718229).
The BMP Programme Board are monitoring weekly the actions that need to be put in place to improve the P2P process to ensure its success and ability to support the whole business.
Speak again next week.
Carlton
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