Projects Summaries
Madison Accounts Payable Purchase Order (Madison APPO)
Madison APPO will eliminate many legacy accounting control system programs and processes which are outdated and difficult to maintain, in favor of programs and processes supported by Common Systems Software acquired by the UW System and maintained by Oracle.
Madison APPO will modify External Requisition, Encumbrance, Purchase Order and Accounts Payable processes at UW-Madison in order to
- create UW-Madison Purchase Orders and encumbrances in the UW System Shared Financial System (SFS)
- pay UW-Madison invoices against Purchase Orders via checkwriting processes in the Shared Financial System
- link payment, encumbrance and PO information for UW-Madison into WISDM, and
- Collect data elements required to implement the Grants portion of SFS.
Automated Travel System (ATS)
The ATS project is the implementation of the PeopleSoft/Oracle Expense management Module which will streamline, standardize, and automate travel planning and expense report processing.
Effort System (replaces PAR)
The Effort System will raise awareness of effort and commitment issues and their importance (the official UW reporting process to funding agencies), improve business processes in all phases of the Effort Life Cycle, and launch a new information system for certifying effort (to replace the PAR system).
Effort System full description
Grants Project
Implementation of the PeopleSoft Grants modules within the existing Shared Financial System (SFS)
The Grants Project is an implementation of a new PeopleSoft Grants Management System that will allow a much closer integration with current and planned PeopleSoft components, including Effort Certification.
Grants Project full description
Legacy Accounting to SFS Transition (LAST)
LAST is a collection of projects focused on transitioning accounting functions and business processes into SFS (Shared Financial System). Changes to Accounting and Grants business processes are entwined and must occur at the same time. LAST projects will align accounting processes with the planned Grants Project.