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Missouri lawmakers press Office of Administration on 'Movers' ERP rollout after performance, cost concerns
Summary
Members of the Missouri House Budget Committee pressed Office of Administration officials about persistent performance problems, ongoing costs and staffing tied to the state's Movers enterprise resource planning project, while agency officials defended progress and outlined next steps including a potential hybrid finance rollout in July 2025.
State budget and technology leaders defended an uneven rollout of the state's new enterprise resource planning system, known as Movers, while House Budget Committee members pressed for projected costs, timelines and evidence the system will meet state needs.
Committee members said Movers's performance problems have disrupted reports and operations and asked how much the state has spent so far and whether the administration should consider alternate approaches. Dan Hogg, state budget director, told the committee: "At this point, I would say that, in the first-year implementation, Movers is not performing as well as we'd hoped." He and other Office of Administration officials said they are working with the vendor — including elevating issues with Oracle's development teams — and that some system functions already outperform the old platform.
The issue matters because Movers is replacing a decades-old suite of systems that support state payroll, finance and human-resources transactions.…
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