"Besides being user-friendly and relatively straightforward to use, ESP has features and functionality that make it a premier application.

Its ability to track numerous Scenarios, manipulate data for complex "what if" analyses and import refreshed base data and automatically update Scenarios is unparalleled."

"Projections and "what if" scenarios are easily created, ranging from small impact changes to widely varying sets of assumptions.

And, then Scenarios can be compared! Such impact analysis is critical input to policy decisions, and the ease and speed provided by ESP contributes substantially to the process."

"Ability to view/sort/enter data using various [Budget Elements] such as by department, by account, by program, etc."

"Ability to model salary and benefit costs using various elements such as by employee type, group, benefit plan, Steps and COLA, number of days!

"Ability to quickly download to Excel for further analysis, etc.”

"The customer service provided by Andrew-Scott. Even if you have the best product on the market, it doesn't matter if the customer service isn't good."

"The best things I like about ESP; Accuracy, Intuitivness, Speed and their Customer support.

What used to take me days to do in budget scenarios and forecasting using spreadsheets, now only takes me a few minutes; just a few clicks and I have a nice, accurate spreadsheet to provide to negotiation teams or the budget committee. I love it!"

"The ability to manipulate data quickly via assumptions and mass change tools. This is so important for all of those media/public requests for info, labor negotiations, and projecting possible budget reductions/adds. After manipulating the data, the CrossTab feature puts it all together for you."

"ESP is a fabulous data source which gives quick and easy entry into (and extraction from) the financial, budgeting and human resource data systems.

If you can translate your query into the elements of the [Budget Element String], you can quickly access any combination of the elements from a single line item to a district wide aggregation. "

"The reconcile feature is a huge enhancement that saves days of manual entry. This is the single most important feature during the [reconciliation] process in the fall."