An alternative recommendation is to have one funding account for the contract and a second funding account for everything else associated with the project. Once the RMS-SPS interface is deployed, SPS will not be used at construction field offices. All Districts were expected to be deployed and using RMS Windows by 30 June 2000. The key reason is that we want to achieve the benefits of having a standardized system supporting the construction phase of our business. This will allow more standardized management and more efficiency and effectiveness.
Potential benefits are significant for our customers and our project delivery teams.
Other initiatives such as regional business centers also depend upon more standardized processes and standardized systems to support those processes. See the RMS Website for listing of currently available reports in RMS Windows. Many reports have been added to recent versions of RMS, and more are scheduled in subsequent releases. Consolidated district-wide reports are being prepared now and will be released this month. The users can make custom reports with report writer programs such as Arpeggio, Crystal, etc.