Government

CGI Advantage™ - Client community

Dedicated to transforming government

One of the unique things I had with the whole CGI group…it sounds corny, but it's the family approach to getting these things done, everybody is on the same page.

Doug Cotnoir, Director of ERP Operations,
State of Maine

When clients join CGI Advantage community, they don’t just adopt a solution, they become part of an environment dedicated to the transformation of government. Our clients network with government finance, budget and procurement managers; HR/payroll professionals; system administrators; and IT specialists across the United States. When we partner with a client, we give them a voice. Every community member has an opportunity to network with other clients and collaborate with CGI leadership on the future of CGI Advantage in government. Here is how.

  • Online support - eAccess, CGI’s online support site for the CGI Advantage community 
    • Webcasts - regular interactive sessions for the CGI Advantage community 
    • Discussion Gateway - user-to-user discussion board and a simple, flexible and effective way to collaborate on best practices and common issues
  • User group steering committee - client-led steering committee, which advises CGI on user activities and product strategy
  • Software change control board - client and CGI combined group that analyzes and prioritizes changes to future releases of the baseline CGI Advantage solution
  • Focus groups - forums where clients discuss creative enhancements to specific areas of functionality
  • Beta program - client partnerships that validate new features and releases
  • Public Sector ERP Insights - the latest CGI Advantage ERP news, thought leadership, community updates, client successes and experiences
  • In their own words - Listen to your peers talk about the value of their CGI partnership and how built-for-government, CGI Advantage ERP software is helping them transform state and local government. In addition:
    • David “Judd" Houser, Financial Systems Supervisor (Technical) for the State of Utah, speaks about working as a team with the CGI staff, the ease of accessing data within CGI Advantage and about transitioning the State’s technical team from mainframe to web-based technologies. “They were very much vested in our success."
    • Philip Daigneau, Team Lead CAPS Financial for Orange County, CA, talks about the County’s need to keep up with change to support new technical requirements as well as to support the new generation of County employees. He discusses CGI’s “team" partnership with the County for the last 20 years, and the key to managing change: communication. “Maybe this should be called the GRP system."
    • Mike Mason, Finance Administrator for the City of Tucson, AZ, recommends training, training and more training to anyone about to undertake an ERP implementation. They chose CGI Advantage because it was built specifically for government accounting nuances. Listen to Mike describe the benefits Tucson has received from their implementation, and how easy it is for new users to get started with the system. “CGI understands the government process."

For more information, contact CGI at cgiadvantage@cgi.com or 1-800 321-0267.

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