Northumberland and Durham county councils are targeting
millions of pounds savings through ashared servicebuilt on
Oracle's E-Business Suite.
The two North East councils will share a procurement and
financial management software package.
Northumberland has been using the software since 2004 and will
host the application for Durham.
Councillor Bill Brooks, leader of Northumberland County Council,
said, "We have experienced the results for ourselves and are more
than happy to work with Durham County Council so they too can get
similar benefits for the council and its residents."
Durham County Council expects to save around £900,000 a year on
its back office support operation once the project is fully
implemented and save some of the capital costs relating to
implementing the software system from scratch.