MARS Project Overview
For more information on the MARS Project, see the Strategic Plan under "MARS Planning Documents" and the "What is MARS" PowerPoint presentation. For a list of MARS resources in your agency, click on "Agency Contacts".
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Background |
As one of many outcomes of EMPOWER Kentucky, the MARS project has been preceded by multiple planning, reengineering, and procurement activities. The MARS Project has been underway since June 1996 and is a vital component of the Administrative Services initiative. Along with the Business Improvement Project and the Change Leadership Initiatives, MARS aims to streamline and reduce the cost of Commonwealth administrative processes, increase support for administrative workers and managers, and improve service to internal and external stakeholders. |
MARS Project Goals & Benefits |
MARS was launched to support redesigned processes and reengineering goals. MARS was approved, in large measure, based on the benefits it would provide. As such, when MARS is implemented on July 1, 1999, a clear set of improvements will result. The benefits include: |
improved ease of use
automation of cumbersome manual processes
replacement of many paper based input processes with electronic workflow
establishment of electronic report distribution
improved accuracy, accessibility and timeliness of management reporting and decision support
implementation of self service functionality for employees by establishing web-based applications (requisitions and travel vouchers) and vendors (bids and vendor registration)
streamlined financial and materials management processes for all branches of government
reduced maintenance effort and costs
increased flexibility in delegating data entry, authority, source document custody, and system administration functions
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MARS Project Relationship With Other Initiatives |
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The MARS Project is one of three major inter-related projects:
The Business Improvement Projects (BIPs), designed to realize targeted savings in the next biennium through the implementation of re-engineered procurement and financial management processes with low dependence on technology.
The MARS Project, which will implement a new Financial and Materials Management System built around AMS’s ADVANTAGE™ Financial and AMS’s Procurement Desktop™, and BTI’s BRASS applications. This project will implement or enable those redesigned processes that are technology dependent.
Change Leadership Initiatives, which will 1) assist agencies in the design of new administrative organization and workforce structures and 2) assist Commonwealth senior managers and project teams in easing the transition to a new MARS environment.
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Organizations Affected by MARS |
It is the intent of the MARS implementation to provide full financial and material management and related administrative functionality for all organizations in the Commonwealth. |
Executive Branch Cabinets
Revenue
Justice
Education, Arts, and Humanities
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Transportation
Economic Development Public
Protection and Regulation
Finance and Administration
Tourism Development
Labor
Workforce Development
Personnel
Families and Children
Health Services
General Government
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Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Other Elected Officials
Higher Education
Employee Retirement
Large Counties |
MARS Implementation Timeline
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