In the past few weeks there seems to be increased interest in the Real Estate Management applications, which I guess makes me wonder, “What took so long?” For the last 20 years, the PeopleSoft applications have offered us an opportunity to eliminate point solutions and replace them with integrated PeopleSoft modules. I believe the saying
Read More...Now that we have discussed an overview of Strategic Sourcing, bid factors and scoring, let’s focus on creating the sourcing event. There are three types of events in PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing: A sell event: the sale of goods that you own (equivalent to a forward auction). A buy event: the purchase of goods or services
Read More...From Marketwire: For the second year in a row, KLAS has named Oracle’s PeopleSoft Financials best Financials/ERP software in its “2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” report(i). The annual report, now in its 15th year, ranks the best-performing healthcare IT vendors in nearly 100 market segments based on ratings from nearly 20,000 interviews
Read More...We discussed in my previous blog about bid factors weighting and scoring. Today, we will review total cost modeling which allows bids to be analyzed based upon price, best score and lowest total score. In simple language, total cost modeling allows the flexibility to make the best decision for award. PeopleBooks has some good information
Read More...It’s not always about price, right? In many cases there are other factors that influence which suppliers to whom you award business. This is especially true for sourcing via Strategic Sourcing which, in most cases, is used for atypically-sourced items that your organization does not have contracts or a purchasing catalog established for. For these
Read More...Several weeks ago, I briefly touched on the topic of EC6.10 and 6.20. In case you can’t recall, both are pronouncements issued by the Joint Commission (JCAHO) that define the standards for dealing with preventive maintenance of medical equipment. If you work in healthcare, it is quite likely you have a preliminary understanding of some
Read More...What is PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing? What’s it for? In the simplest of terms, it is the process of improving value in your supply chain by determining the best suppliers to award goods or services contracts. It is not about getting the lowest possible cost or beating up suppliers, but rather taking into account all of
Read More...Oracle’s PeopleSoft ALM, ESA, FMS, SCM, and SRM Release 9.2 Release Value Proposition In July of 2012, Oracle published their Release Value Proposition (RVP) for PeopleSoft FSCM release 9.2. You can download it here (as usual, you’ll need your My Oracle Support ID to access the document). Like we said about HCM 9.2, we anticipate the general
Read More...Last week, we joined some elite company when we became one of only 36 partners in the U.S. to receive the PeopleSoft Financial Management 9.1 Specialization. We’re excited and honored to be in such rarified air, and it’s a testament to our passion and focus on PeopleSoft that we have been recognized in this capacity.
Read More...We wrote about PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management 9.1 Feature Pack 2 a couple weeks ago, focusing on the asset and maintenance management aspects of the feature pack release. Unveiled in January of this year, Feature Pack 2 (FP2) is turning out to be quite a powerful addition to FSCM 9.1. Over at the
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