Case Study: Vlaamse Overheid achieves 20% reduction in duplicate data entry and cuts financial reporting from months to weeks with Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Business Intelligence

Vlaamse Overheid Cuts Duplicate Data Entry by 20%, Completes Financial Reports in Weeks Instead of Months

Vlaamse Overheid, the regional government of Flanders in Belgium, needed faster, more accurate financial reporting to meet national and European requirements. Its finance domain faced fragmented accounting across 13 policy areas, redundant manual processes and duplicate data entry that slowed reporting and reduced transparency.

Using Oracle E‑Business Suite Release 12.1.3 and Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, Vlaamse Overheid introduced digital invoicing, self‑service and a centralized ERP for master data, creating single vendor identities and a unified reporting team. The changes cut duplicate manual entry by 20%, consolidated and reduced the number of reports, and shortened reporting cycles in some cases from 10 months to about six weeks, while simplifying maintenance and upgrades by minimizing customizations.

Vlaamse Overheid

Gonda Cock

Director-General and Program Manager Finance Shared Services and Human Resources