Replacing the ERP and reporting systems includes, but is not limited to:
Northern Kentucky University currently uses the on-premises SAP ECC Business Suite with HANA databases for Human Capital Management (HCM), Financials (FI), Student Lifecycle Management (SLCM), our student information system, Sigma to support Student Financial Aid, and reporting and analytics using SAP's Business Warehouse (BW), Business Intelligence (BI), BOBJ and SQL databases.
SAP ECC is scheduled to become end-of-life in December 2030, with a reduction in support starting in January 2028. Many interfaced systems must also be considered, which will take time to plan for migrations.
Large scale projects such as ERP migrations take at least 2-3 years to fully complete, and NKU is committed to migrating all systems before the current system is no longer supported.
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There are three guiding principles that measure the success of this project:
Software/Process fitThe new ERP should serve all important, necessary needs to serve business, support, and academic processes for the University. The software should have flexibility/configuration to account for specialization necessary for operational support with minimal overhead (i.e. low-code/no-code is preferred over full application development to achieve the same outcome)
Technical/Architectural fit
The system and service that the ERP and reporting software runs upon must have the capability to interface/integrate well with existing and future University technology and infrastructure, preferring but not excluding minimal use of integration platforms.
Philosophical fit
The ERP system and implementation partners used to implement must be deeply familiar with the specialized and complex nature of higher education operations and how to efficiently and effectively meet the needs of the University’s functions with technology and partnership that both compliments and guides the implementation to successful and cost-effective completion. Pricing should reflect exactly what the proposed solutions/services provide without added/hidden cost or bolt-on product requirements not already accounted for in the proposal pricing, or not resident in the proposed products or services natively.
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