La Trobe University: A Model for Success Amid the Rapidly Shifting Dynamics of Higher Education Organization La Trobe University Location Melbourne, Australia Industry Higher education and research Products and Services Undergraduate and postgraduate education, research Employees 3,000 Web Site www.latrobe.edu.au Objectives Compete effectively for students and funding in a challenging, increasingly complex higher education environment Push the boundaries of the educational experience for students Lift the administrative overhead burden from the teaching staff and researchers so they can concentrate on their core activities and most essential tasks Why SAP Supplier of the business applications the university already uses Close alignment of SAP’s cloud strategy with the university’s plans Resolution Became the first organization in the world to go live with SAP® S/4HANA and the SAP Simple Finance solution deployed using the SAP HANA® Enterprise Cloud service Adopted solutions from SuccessFactors, an SAP company, for human capital management Took advantage of SAP Service and Support offerings to help with implementations Benefits Enhanced the user experience Simplified processes with no latency Increased data reliability 20% Efficiency increase Up to 7x Faster business processes 4 People now running payroll, down from 12–15 100% Cloud-based environment within 1 year “As the first to adopt SAP Simple Finance, we will benefit from instant insight to drive value through planning, analysis, prediction, and simulation. We have a term for it: Brilliant Basics.” Peter Nikoletatos, Executive Director and CIO, La Trobe University 38734 (15/09) This content is approved by the customer and may not be altered under any circumstances.