This was especially evident during the recent fiscal closing process. Implementation of the DB2 conversion occurred at the beginning of August. After a few days, this implementation has stabilized. This is the last major financial system to be converted from VSAM to DB2. Pro Card and Office Depot have been implemented and are currently in pilot mode.
Usage continues to be monitored - no changes of late.
This project to provide online vendor catalogs and a web front end to PAC continues to await final approval and funding. We have had several meeting with Commerce One and have also contacted Walker to determine if there are any new developments. Reporting requirements are being reviewed. Work is currently progressing on the data dictionary. No date has been set as yet for production implementation.