How Smaller Colleges and Universities Are Achieving ROI with Oracle Solutions (S299805) September 23, 2008

1. Case Study 2. Q & A 3. Discussion The Agenda

Ted Simpson Director of Administrative Systems, MICA Small Institution Representative, HEUG [email_address]

HEUG?

MICA is a private art college in Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1826. The college has approximately 1800 students, 300 faculty members, and a staff of 400. MICA?

MICA is a private art college in Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1826. The college has approximately 1800 students, 300 faculty members, and a staff of 400.

www.mica.edu

“ When and how will we see a return as large as our investment?” The Question

Return on Investment?

1. Demonstrate ROI 2. Academia 2.0 3. Get current The Challenges

1. Get some “I” to define “R” 2. Start a movement 3. Get to bootstrapping The Solutions

Scalable applications and technology The Model

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 9.0 Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0 (Academic Advisement, Campus Community, Financial Aid, Student Financials, Admissions & Recruiting, Student Records) Oracle PeopleSoft Contributor Relations 9.0 Oracle PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 (Learning Management, Base Benefits, Payroll for North America, Human Resources) Oracle PeopleSoft Financials 9.0 (Q4 2008) (General Ledger, Payables, +) The First Dull Slide

Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.49 (some Fusion-y goodness) BEA Weblogic Infrastructure and database Lefthand Networks IP SAN VMWare virtual servers for appservers and webservers Physical servers for databases Alteon – load balancing and SSL MS SQL Server 2005 Staff 3.5 FTE IT Staff (1 technical, 1 functional, 1 hybrid, .5 developer) ~10 FTE Functional SME (~1 per module: Academic Advisement, Financial Aid, Student Financials, Admissions, Student Records, HR/Benefits, Payroll, etc.) The Second Dull Slide

The People

The Magic

Status 0 biweekly paystubs printed and mailed ~900 biweekly paystubs printed and mailed A LOT more than $0 $0 Tuition Collected Online ~3000 Self Service Users 0 Self Service Users Now Last Year

Result

Demonstrate ROI (repeat) ERP Success is Silent Look for External Measures of Success Evangelize!

Now What? Ted Simpson [email_address] www.heug.org

Thank you! Discuss.