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Michigan Liquor Control Commission outlines $10M IT replacement, defends inventory controls
Summary
The Michigan Liquor Control Commission told a House oversight subcommittee it is replacing a 50‑year‑old inventory system with a $10 million SIPs Plus platform and has implemented interim inventory controls after a recent Auditor General performance audit found flaws in its legacy system.
Kristen Belzer, chair of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, told the House Oversight Subcommittee on Public Health and Food Security on Oct. 26, 2025, that the agency is replacing its decades‑old liquor sales and inventory system with a new platform known as SIPs Plus and is targeting a fall 2025 go‑live.
The upgrade responds in part to a performance audit of the MLCC’s IT systems and follows the commission’s corrective action plan. “SIPs Plus ... is in the works right now. It's over a $10,000,000 project. It is scheduled to go live later this year,” Belzer said during the presentation. The commission also described interim controls it restored after pandemic‑era disruptions, including resumed quarterly physical inventories and using an ADA (authorized distribution agent) “zero inventory” reconciliation when staff could not access warehouses.
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