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Insight Costpoint Mini-General Session
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Preview the main screens of the new UI for Costpoint. Include a demo of a complete business process to get an idea of the new screen flows.
What will the effort be - both positives and challenges when upgrading to Costpoint 7?
What is the technology strategy going forward for the Costpoint family of products?
What are the details of the program? What's required of us, what are the benefits, and how do I get involved?
What does extensiblity mean for Costpoint and how will I be able to use extensibility in Costpoint 7 to solve my business problems?
What are the key points we should begin talking up to ensure adoption of CP7 by decision-makers? Specifically, what are the cost/benefit impacts/justifications?
Advanced Impromptu Report Writing - Developing an unbilled aging report
Will the single threaded processes be improved with Costpoint 7?
Costpoint 7 is the initial release of the Orion product family, what will subsequent releases look like in terms of functionality and timing?
What should AP do when the existing PO lines on a blanket order do not include the charge code needed for the invoice in hand?

A. AP can “go around the system” by entering additional voucher lines that reverse the bad coding and input the good coding. These lines probably won’t show up in the PO status inquiry since they are not associated with a PO line. This is the easiest option, but the PO status inquiry is distorted. Is there another downside?
B. Someone (I don’t know who), can submit a POCR to add a new line and additional funds to the blanket. This is the 2nd easiest option. The downside I see is the difficulty in getting “someone” to accept responsibility for doing this immediately since an invoice is waiting.
C. AP can request that the Blanket dollars be re-allocated among the existing blanket lines and the new lines requested. This is the option that is difficult to do properly so I attempted to create a form to make it easier. When reallocating existing dollars, you have to know what has already been vouchered for each of the existing blanket lines and how much “cushion” to leave for future invoices. I can’t find a report that makes it easy to see what has been vouchered by PO line.
D. Purchasing should create a new blanket order for the new charge code, but ONLY if the new charge code is likely to be used more than 3 times in the next 12 months, OR if total purchases over the next 12 months will exceed $2,000. If neither of these conditions exist, then option A. is still the easiest option.

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Deep dive of new project and corporate budgeting solution