Upgrading PeopleSoft
Why upgrade? Each PeopleSoft release offers a bewildering array of improvements and additions across the board. Increasingly, Oracle is adding features to newer versions of PeopleSoft that are compatible with older versions, so “modular” upgrades are sometime feasible.
Why work with New Resources Consulting’s PeopleSoft Practice? For over 15 years, our consultants have been in the trenches, working with companies not only to upgrade and save on support costs, but eliminating customizations, optimizing processes and operations, and lowering overall cost of ownership. In short, we turn the promise of PeopleSoft into real operating efficiencies.
Sample PeopleSoft Upgrade Projects
Energy Company
Publicly traded, regulated utility provider that also provides logistics and transport services throughout the Midwest. The utility had been running PeopleSoft 8.8 since 2006, with EasyBuy, and had introduced over 500 customizations to improve PeopleSoft functionality. Increasing regulatory demands and a desire to better integrate with 3rd party systems, with the pending end-of-life for 8.8, drove the company to upgrade PeopleSoft to 9.1. In addition, they wanted to replace EasyPay with a more flexible solution and reduce as many customizations as possible. The project was completed on-time and under-budget.
- PeopleSoft Financial Management : General Ledger, Project Costing, Payables, Expenses, Treasury and Supply Chain Management: Inventory, Order Management, Purchasing, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Inventory Policy Planning running on Oracle 11g, Windows
- Upgraded from 8.8 to 9.1 on-time and under-budget
Hospital System
Regional hospital system that was running PeopleSoft 8.8, and had deployed 16 separate instances across its hospitals and clinics. PeopleSoft was running on DB2. In order to reduce support costs, client wanted to migrate PeopleSoft to a Wintel platform and upgrade to 9.1, consolidate from 16 to 1 instance and thereby reduce customizations as well as unify business processes across the entire organization.
- PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.1: HR, Payroll, Time and Labor running on DB2 / mainframe
- Consolidated 16 separate instances into 1 to simplify administration and reduce burden on internal IT staff
- Standardized processes across the system, eliminated unused customizations
- Optimized performance by archiving old transactions