Case Study
Business and technology readiness programme for a UK university before embarking on Oracle ERP and HCM implementation
Sector : Higher Education
Overview
Fusion Practices Team engaged with a public university in the UK to assist them on business and technology readiness prior to embarking on ERP and HCM implementation journey. The university had embarked on a ERP/HR transformation initiatives and to achieve their desired outcomes from ERP/HR this initiatives, it was essential for stakeholders to comprehend the involved aspects of the transformation journey.
Workshop sessions were conducted on-site with key stakeholders from the finance, HR, technology, and application support teams in attendance. The workshops were covered a wide range of topics related to cloud implementation, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS options, ways of working in the cloud, finance, grants, HR, payroll, and key design decisions that needed to be made.
Scope and Key Objectives
To ensure that all the stakeholders achieve
Familiarity with Oracle Cloud
Understand Terminology used within the Oracle Cloud system
Key Design Decisions
Managing SI Engagement
Proactive Approach to Reporting
Identifying Risks Proactively
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Fusion Practices Approach
Engaged with stakeholders across relevant departments
Elaborated on key design decisions needed in cloud implementation
Provided examples of a good design
Impact
Introduction to Cloud Applications
Knowledge and Understanding of Cloud delivery models and terminology, visualisation of reporting tools available in the cloud and awareness of preparatory work, project environments required, and skill sets required
Chart of Accounts and Best Practices
Understanding financial reporting structure design, balancing segments, business units key flexfield, chart of accounts design best practices and reducing manual journals and effort-saving opportunities
Risk, Implementation and Upgrades
Risk related to project management, product, solution design, data, and how to mitigate these. Risks in data migration and plans to mitigate and also Data security needs
Data Migration
Tasks involved in data migration and data migration reconciliation. Options to structure the organisation in the target cloud application. Align ERP integrations to CuL’s enterprise strategy and integration touchpoints with Worktribe
Human Resources
Understanding of business processes managed in ERP and HCM cloud, key design decisions for employment and employee structure, business process approval design best practices
Grants Management in Cloud
Understanding benefits of Grants Management over Project Management in ERP, changes to current Worktribe processes, high-level testing strategy for cloud ERP
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