1. 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
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
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