CIBER PRIDE

CIBER, Inc. today announced completion of the first stage of the SAP MySAP enterprise resource planning business suite implementation project for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. In fact, stage one, the CIBERians are happy to report, was completed thirty days ahead of schedule.

The project is commonly known as PRIDE and is an example that rare but disturbingly more prevalent beast known as an acronym containing an acronym: PRIDE stands for “PTC Readiness for an Integrated Decision-making Enterprise,” where “PTC” refers to the commission.

In any event, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Readiness for an Integrated Decision-making Enterprise represents a thorough transformation of PTC’s disparate information technology systems into a single integrated system.

Project planning was a collaborative effort between CIBER and PTC professionals on functionality needs. In November, CIBER conducted system training for more than 700 PTC employees across the entire length of the turnpike. Transition to the new system began November 27th and was completed on December 1st.

The remaining stages of the project will involve enabling functionality for work orders, purchasing, inventory, human capital management, and financial processes, including treasury.

Also during 2007, CIBER, SAP, and the PTC plan to implement SAP and Microsoft’s new “Duet” functionality. Such a project would represent one of the first public sector Duet implementations in North America.

PTC employs approximately 2,400 people and earns $580 million annually in toll revenue. PTC operates a transportation route, which accommodates more than 500,000 vehicles per day, and includes 531 miles of turnpike, 59 fare collection facilities, 21 maintenance facilities, five twin tunnels, ten state police barracks, 21 service plazas, and two traveler information centers.

CIBER, Inc. is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with private- and government-sector clients. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., the company now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 22 European offices and five offices in Asia. Operating in 18 countries, CIBER employs some 8,250 and boasts annual revenue of approximately $1 billion.