This week marks a major milestone for the Wisconsin Center District — our Acumatica integration is officially live! This launch represents months of commitment, collaboration and cross-departmental grit, especially from our finance team and every staff member who supported testing, data work, training, approvals and process updates.

Here’s the quick, energizing version of why this is such a big deal:

For decades, WCD relied on an extremely outdated finance system, with records going back to the 1990s. The software is no longer supported, could not keep up with today’s pace, and requires countless manual steps, spreadsheets and workarounds. Acumatica changes that.

The WCD is now using a cloud-based, modern ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) built for organizations of our size and complexity. It gives us:

• Real-time financial visibility for leaders and departments.
• Faster, more accurate budgeting and forecasting.
• Streamlined purchasing and approvals (fewer emails, fewer spreadsheets).
• Cleaner, quicker event-level P&Ls across all venues.
• A direct integration with Momentus to eliminate duplicate work.
• A scalable platform that will support future integrations and growth.

What This Means for You:

Even if you’re not in finance, you will feel the impact — and in a good way:
 

• Ordering + tracking items becomes easier and centralized.
• Approvals move faster.
• Event financials become clearer sooner.
• Departments get real-time data to make smarter decisions.
• Finance gets more bandwidth to plan for the future needs of our organization.

This system does not replace people — it empowers our teams to work more efficiently, think forward and support WCD’s rapid growth with the level of professionalism and accuracy our venues demand.