This portfolio is responsible for managing and maintaining digital systems that meet the administrative needs of faculty and staff, including human capital management systems, financial systems, departmental systems, digital workflow systems, enterprise service management, and administrative reporting and data analytics.
The Business Systems portfolio streamlines administrative processes to gain efficiency, control costs, improve employee experience, and support the university’s strategic objectives.
A Portfolio Priority is not the only work happening in this Portfolio, but it is the highest priority. If we do not make progress on this priority, the Portfolio will not be successful. The Business Systems Portfolio currently has two priorities:
Complete a comprehensive assessment of our ERP ecosystem. Results will include a roadmap for modernizing our ERP ecosystem, forecasts of resources and costs, and readiness.
Establish a foundation for data & information strategy. Results will include an agreed upon data management strategy, a data governance framework and working practice, a data literacy campaign, and a roadmap for technical architecture and capabilities.
Jason Winchell
The Administrative Modernization Program is focused on improving how Ohio University operates by simplifying processes, reducing friction through automation, and improving access to reliable institutional data. This work is enabled by a unified, cloud-based enterprise platform that supports more consistent, efficient, and sustainable HR and finance operations across the University.
Data governance establishes a shared framework for managing, protecting, and leveraging data as a strategic resource and promoting a culture of data driven decision making.
In collaboration with human resources, IT supported several employee experience enhancements, including the total compensation estimator, electronic 1095-C tax forms, automatic withholding of school district taxes, and a new community service leave policy.
The ERP Assessment was conducted to evaluate and select a new digital ecosystem to support core university functions in finance and human resources and modernize how Ohio University works to support the student and employee experience.
The university selected Cayuse as the new Electronic Research Administration platform, to replace the aging custom application (LEO). This new system improved efficiency, compliance, and researchers’ user experience.