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Stay on the ERP Treadmill!

7/1/2007

Regardless of which software model university administrators choose, it’s important to stay focused. During a typical year, an ERP software supplier or hosting service introduces dozens of new features and functions.

“You’ve got to be strategic about it,” says UCF’s Merck. “Sure, you can be a kid on Christmas and try to grab everything under the tree. But we prioritize our deployments based on which software modules deliver the most value to our university.” For instance, the university is currently focusing on new eProcurement, vendor self-registration, and expense modules to replace manual forms for travel reimbursements, notes Vilsack. And most of all, UCF strives to ensure its ERP system will scale to match the university’s own growth. “For the foreseeable future, UCF will continue to grow,” says Merck. “We’re right in central Florida in a high-growth area. As our transactions—and complexity of transactions—increase, it will remain important for us to sharpen our business intelligence practices and our tools.” In the world of ERP, it seems, there’s no stepping off the upgrade treadmill.

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Joseph C. Panettieri is editorial director of Nine Lives Media, and has covered the business of IT since 1992.

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Joseph C. Panettieri, "Stay on the ERP Treadmill!," Campus Technology, 7/1/2007, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=48806

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