h. Upgrade of Lawson accounting system ( 970,200)

The Lawson software system is used to perform core financial services and functions for the Fund.

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The business process review will follow a hybrid approach, whereby a process analysis will be completed using Lawson software mapping tools.

(c) Complete new projects, including legacy system stabilization, the Lawson accounting system upgrade, the correspondence system and the disability monitoring system.

In 2003, the Lawson Software company announced that a mandatory upgrade was necessary for all customers and that organizations which did not convert systems to the new version would not be supported under the standard maintenance agreement.

In response to the need to replace the mainframe driven pension application (PENSYS) which has been in use for approximately 15 years, the Fund requests funding to study and determine the scope of the effort and the resources necessary to replace the system with the Lawson enterprise resource planning system.