Date of Award

Fall 12-1-2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS)

First Advisor

Mark Moran

Second Advisor

Xinwen Fu

Third Advisor

Stephen Krebsbach

Abstract

US BioEnergy is a fairly new corporation in the business of providing various services in the ethanol industry. The corporation currently consists of an executive office in Brookings, SD; operations center in Wichita, KS; corporate office in Inver Grove Heights, MN; ethanol manufacturing facilities in Woodbury, MI; Albert City, IA; Central City, NE; and Ord, NE. The scope of the project is to provide US BioEnergy with a secure Citrix solution that will centralize and standardize the Great Plains accounting system throughout the organization and allow for sufficient usability, scalability, and manageability for the entire company. Citrix is a fast, secure and cost effective solution for many organizations. Citrix helps users who need mobile and remote access on demand, and those that have extensive regulatory requirements governing access to data. A great deal of research was performed to make sure the Citrix platform was the right solution for US BioEnergy. After careful planning and various discussions, the Citrix solution was built and configured for the company to use. The company now has a centralized Great Plains accounting system, which allows secure access for all users within the corporation any time they wish. By having all of the Great Plains users connect to a centralized database, this allows the accounting department to consolidate financials very easily for each location. All the financial data is now housed in a central location on a Microsoft SQL server platform. The company is also one step closer to SOX compliance, because security and change management controls can now be easily controlled and reviewed on a regular basis. The Citrix solution also provides US BioEnergy the opportunity to centralize more business applications without adding much cost at all. This project will prove to be very beneficial for the company both now and as the company continues to grow.

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