Benefits of enterprise system are acknowledged by the University community

The implementation period and first year of using a new system are challenges that seem almost insurmountable at times. Often technical and functional project members ask themselves “When will the fruits of our efforts be seen?” The UNTS community has patiently waited for EIS, the new enterprise system that replaced the administrative mainframe, to come of age. While there are still technical challenges from time to time, for the most part EIS has proven to be a success. Recent praise from a functional user was summed up by saying, “Our office loves EIS.” Specific praise was given for purchasing tasks running smoother, easier tracking of payroll and leave balances, more detailed student records, and tighter security for students and employees by non-disclosure of Social Security numbers or dates of birth. The desire of all persons directly working with the project is that the system be of value to the community as a whole. Hearing this goal is being met makes all the hard work worth the sweat and tears!

Human Resources continues EIS accomplishments

Nelda Evarts, Interim Director for Human Resources (HR), recently reported some of the key HR accomplishments for this fiscal year that pertain to EIS. The Staff Performance Review notices sent out weekly to supervisors are now generated from EIS data. In the Spring of 2005, performance review tracking in EIS was initiated. Cypress distribution of reporting for departmental ID holders and delegates has progressed to the point it permits monthly reporting of payroll actual data. Other reports relating to Human Resource functions are projected to go into production in the near future. Additionally, a group of key management reporting capabilities requested by Finance, Business, and Internal Audit departments has been implemented.

Office of Enrollment Management counts EIS successes

Joneel Harris, EIS Co-Project Director and Associate Vice-President for Enrollment Management, comments “It is good news that we are managing the single summer term with multiple sessions.”  Many other successes are indirectly associated with EIS in the student administration areas, such as the implementation of external and internal SFAS call centers, the Course Applicability System (CAS), and Hershey's OCR transcript processing system that will soon be in production.

EIS Training going strong

In the current fiscal year, the training effort for EIS has continued significantly at the Denton and HSC campuses.  A total of 101 training events have been held with a total of 488 employees attending training.  The most prevalent topics have been Human Resource Timekeeper and eProcurement classes.  Additional instructor-led topics included PSQuery/Crystal Reports, Introduction to RDS, FirstLogic, and topics relating to Contributor Relations.  Various classes have also been held to assist application development staff with their programming assignments.  A new WebCT Vista course for faculty was launched that covers the topics of managing class rosters and grade reporting.  Questions or comments relating to EIS training should be sent to the EISTRN GroupWise account.