FSU Vision Statement

ERP System and IT Strategies

Complete system and integration requirements.
Adopt the ERP system as the foundation for FSU's systems, provided that the ERP system proves to be a sound system foundation.
Adopt self service and workflow for requisitions, employee time and attendance, travel reporting and updates to the human resource system.
Eliminate reports for management information by replacing them with direct accessibility to information using advanced planning systems, business intelligence and queries. Reports will still be used for satisfying compliance requirements.
FSU will become self-sufficient in using and maintaining the ERP system.
Adopt the ERP system's configuration tool set for implementing and maintaining the ERP system.
Users are responsible for implementing and maintaining the ERP system using the configuration tool set.
IT is responsible for web portal modifications, form modifications, developing interfaces using Application Program interfaces, and the use of any other tools that are not in the configuration tool set.
IT is responsible for the supporting the ERP system's technical architecture and upgrades to the IT infrastructure required to support the ERP system.

Adopt process flows to improve both transaction processes and management processes.
Adopt the ERP system's numbering schema as FSU's numbering schema, provided that the ERP system's numbering schema satisfies FSU's requirements.
Decision to either imbed classification categories in numbers or to remove classification categories from numbers to be decided during conference room pilot implementation.
Standards across the consortium members and other Florida universities to be defined by the Board of Education.

FSU to learn the skillsets for maintaining the ERP system by staffing the implementation teams with the people that have to learn the skillsets.
FSU to learn the skillsets for using the ERP system by staffing a user training team that is responsible for learning the skillsets and transferring the skillsets to users.
Vision team to address and resolve any reorganizations and changes in responsibilities before communicating the vision.