Administrative Process Redesign (APR)  provides our campus with a framework for efficiency, improving how we do business and changing how we interact with one another. It was initiated in response to tighter administrative budgets, pending staff retirements and on-going technological changes.
 
APR is also playing a supportive role in Administrative Excellence, having assisted the Huron Consulting Group in gathering data for analysis and recommendations in Phase I of the initiative and now in Phase II, coaching teams working on a variety of projects which are a result of Phase I recommendations.  For more information and updates, visit www.adminexcellence.wisc.edu

APR is about teamwork, building a better university and creating a better future. We'll accomplish these goals by inclusively and transparently engaging our campus community. We welcome your comments and questions.

New Tools Aid Researchers 

Easy-to-Use Cost Transfer Tool 

A cost transfer tool for campus units needing to do salary and/or non-salary cost transfers was introduced to campus last May.  Results show that the average processing time for cost transfers is now 86% faster. More

PI Financials Tool Aids Researchers

A new web-based tool designed to assist faculty and other campus researchers in managing the financial aspects of their grants is easy to use and allows researchers to do financial planning and make decisions about future spending.
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New Electronic Tool Assists in Cost Sharing Decision Making

An APR team has developed an electronic tool/form as a resource to support the new cost sharing policy and to help with the cost sharing approval process by facilitating discussions between principal investigators (PIs) and department/dean's offices.  The tool assists PIs with evaluation and decision making from the very beginning of the cost sharing process.  More

APR Featured at Showcase on March 27th