Carmen Lacy
October 18, 2015
ACC 303
Professor Barrett

MODULE 4-HOMEWORK 2

Case 12-24 A. With an Ellucian ERP system you gain a community where students get the services they demand, faculty facilitate teaching and learning in the classroom or online, and departmental staff have the information and support to be more effective.
Specifically built for higher education, our ERP systems enable you to: * Automate admissions. Eliminate manual processes and save significant staff time by enabling prospective students to apply online through a self-service portal * Provide one-stop student access. Allow students to enroll, register, and pay for courses through the portal * Simplify records management. With a single system for all your data needs—and a single digital record for each student—any department on campus can find the student information they need * Engage faculty. Give faculty the means to enter and update grades, and have personalized access to timely, accurate, and institution-wide information * Manage resources. Manage personnel, funds and processes more transparently * Strengthen decision-making. Track the metrics you need to guide day-to-day operations, meet reporting requirements, and engage your organization http://www.ellucian.com/higher-education-erp/ B. If SU implemented this ERP, it could be a great success for the university, Admission Rates would triple, staff will grow which would cut down any heavy duties of the current staff, more grants to funds new programs, and more money leads to an updated campus or more dorms. The admission process would be the highly affected business process that would need a strong guideline and multiple staff for intake.

C. Linda should include: the cost of maintenance to keep the students and parents satisfied, the budget for professors and the new budget that should be request, the current Student Ratio compare to the last two school terms, and the cost of payroll of any overtime from the Administrative Staff the have to complete new student info to keep files updated.

D. Yes, Linda may want to talk to other Deans and get their opinion on how to upgrade their ERP and how to effectively update the University status. An IT Consultant needs to advise Linda what network is needed to fulfill the university needs as well as an Accounting Consultant needs to advise Linda on how things would change once the ERP is implemented and how to keep the maintenance cost of the new system fair.

E. ERP Implementation should take no more than 90 days.