home » Our customers have their say »Bree | BBC implementation at a rapid pace Bree implemented BBC at a rapid pace “Thanks to the resolute and professional approach of the Cipal team, we are running at cruising speed today.”. These are the words of Rik van de Konijnenburg, acting financial manager Bree. “At the beginning of 2013, the new policy team got off to a good start with the preparations for a multi-year plan,” says Rik van de Konijnenburg. The archaeologist by training has been mainly active in leisure, housing and policy advice in recent years, but since mid-2014 he has been acting financial manager of the 'Pearl of the Kempen'. “ It soon became clear that the BBC was not just a new financial package, but a completely different way of thinking, ” he continues. “While accounting and policy used to be two separate worlds, they belong inseparably together within the BBC. And that actually makes a lot more sense. ” The challenge No more time to waste In order to manage this entire revolution, the board needed a new IT application. Only that decision was not made by a combination of circumstances. “After the big holiday, there was a slight panic,” admits the financial manager. " Delaying longer was not an option, because in the spring of 2014 the Flemish regulator expected our objectives, action plans and budget estimates in the spirit of the BBC ." As a partner of the intermunicipal company, the board knocked on the door of Cipal at the beginning of October. “We had already worked with Cipal for the financial applications of the OCMW, but the city worked with its own package. However, we had already heard a lot of positive about the expertise of the intermunicipal company in the field of BBC. ” From that moment on, everything gained momentum. “ The implementation team immediately made time for us, ” says Rik van de Konijnenburg. "They planned to install the BBC application and get us started with it." The solution In the war room “We set up a real 'war room', where fifteen employees cut themselves off from the outside world for a week,” the financial manager recalls. “Together with Cipal, we began to implement policy objectives and items, actions and estimates. It became evening, night and weekend work, but about a week later everything was in the system. We didn't have the time for a traditional training program, so training and input took place in parallel . ” In januari streek Cipal een tweede keer neer in Bree, voor het inscannen van de facturen en de koppeling ervan met de bestellingen. “En dan was met de eerste kwartaalrapportering het moment van de waarheid aangebroken”, vertelt Rik van de Konijnenburg. “Daaruit bleek dat we in onze haast wel wat dingen over het hoofd hadden gezien of verkeerd ingeschat. We moesten een aantal rechtzettingen doorvoeren, maar globaal genomen was de feedback van de toezichthouder erg opbouwend.” De voordelen Van detail naar helikopterview “Pas nu ons meerjarenplan vaste vorm krijgt binnen de softwaretoepassing, begin ik de grote troeven van BBC in te zien voor ons beleid op langere termijn”, aldus Rik van de Konijnenburg. “De Cipal-tool is een krachtige boordtabel die ons in één oogopslag inzicht verschaft in de stand van zaken van elke dienst of departement.” De financieel beheerder is benieuwd naar de reactie van de raadsleden op het budget voor 2015. “Ze verwachten hun vertrouwde bundel met lange kostenlijsten, maar dit keer liggen er voor het eerst ramingen per departement op hen te wachten. Kortom, van detail naar helikopterview.” Cipal borduurde voor zijn BBC-toepassing niet verder op het oude boekhoudpakket, maar maakte tabula rasa, met de BBC-methodologie als uitgangspunt. Rik van de Konijnenburg: “Het is normaal dat zo’n gloednieuwe toepassing nog kinderziektes bevat. Maar dankzij de kordate en professionele aanpak van het Cipal-team draaien we vandaag op kruissnelheid.” Meer informatie nodig? Contacteer Ronny.Gabriels@cipal.be - 014 576 519 ©1979-2017 Cipal - Alle rechten voorbehouden | Bell-Telephonelaan 2D | 2440 Geel | T +32 (0)14 57 62 11 print pagina