What’s New in Lawson Enterprise Financial Management Suite 9.0 Burke Stucker Financials Product Strategist Thursday, March 9 th 2006

Enterprise Financials Management 9.0 Better reporting over the data you have Deriving business benefits from compliance Driving business efficiency through good practice Realising the value of IT investments Cost Containment

Lawson Planning and Budgeting Ease of use with Lawson Back Office –GL Companies Accounting Units Chart of Accounts Attributes (user defined fields) –Accounting Unit and Lists –Account and Lists –Flex Budgeting (FB) bi-directional –Currency –HR –Position/Job Codes –Pay Codes –Employer-paid Benefits/Deductions –Employees

Lawson Planning and Budgeting Multiple Budgets Variance Analysis Actuals in User Interface Budget Approval Workflows

General Ledger Journal operator –Recurring journals – originator or submitter Annual budget amount report –Summarized totals Transaction inquiry –Filter by posting date range Allocations totals –Break by journal and company

Project Accounting Asset Management Interface Budget Edits At Posting Level Account Category Attributes GL Budget Interface Activity Group and Activity Templates Capitalization Enhancement

Billing and Revenue Management Customer Setup Template Activity Aging Report Percent Complete at Account Category Expanded Contract Field Size

Cash Ledger… Cash Code Lists –Similar to accounting units –Dynamic build Positive Pay –Parallel file passed to bank with check run –Prevent fraud Stale Dating –Checks not cashed within certain time period are reported –Support compliance with local legislation

Cash Ledger Statement Reconciliation –Flexible criteria –Online matching –Permanent database file Interfaces –Online maintenance –One-to-many distributions

Asset Management Posting and In Service Date Overrides Project Accounting Interface Purchase Date Option – AM220 Depreciation Recalculation Report

Lease Management Down Payments Security Deposits Vendor (Lessor) Change Straight Line Schedule Payment Changes Renewal and Extension

Accounts Payable Vendor payment tracking –By period –Prior & current financial years Vendor PO inactivation –Prevent creation of new POs –Allow exiting POs to complete cycle Diversity code certification –Report on valid dates of certification –Completion of Optional Form 312

Lawson Expense Management Approval Routing Expense Proxy Per Diem Wizard Hotel Wizard Expense Policy

Accounts Receivable Deduction Management Self Balancing Report AR by Activity

Grant Management… Salary Cap Enhancements Effort Reporting Enhancements Labor Cost Transfer Enhancements Encumber F&A Costs on Commitments

Strategic Ledger Allocations –One-to-many allocation within user analysis segment –Copy, delete, report allocation journal

Enterprise Financials Management 9.0 Better reporting over the data you have Deriving business benefits from compliance Driving business efficiency through good practise Realising the value of IT investments Cost Containment

Questions?