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NMC conducts Y2K training
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Posted on Oct 01 1999
The Northern Marianas College is currently conducting an intensive workshop-training on how to effectively use the Windows-based Non-Profit Series (NPS) accounting software.
Attending the workshop are students and staff members of NMC’s budget and finance offices.
The training is being conducted by Elizabeth Moore, a certified public account, and Ztech software consultant from Austin, Texas.
The Windows-based NPS accounting software, built from the ground up, is completely different from the DOS-based Micro Information Product (MIP).
However, both systems are Y2K compliant except that the MIP, being a DOS-based software, has limited features and flexibility.
“Our plan is to restructure the basic accounting data. We’ll try to bring over as much data as we can,” Moore said.
Moore said there are several advantages and features offered by the new NPS software.
The main advantage of the NPS is that it is very user-friendly and has unlimited allotments and reporting capabilities, she explained.
The Windows-based NPS accounting software and hardware are being maintained by NMC’s in-house computer technicians and operators.
Moore said after the training session, those at the workshop would be able to handle the new system, which she hopes to be implemented next week.
The data that will be encoded, she said, will cover figures for the new fiscal year.
