LaTrobe University is deploying cloud-based SAP software to support a digital transformation and five-year strategic plan to boost the university’s national and international ranking. The university is rolling out SAP Student Lifecycle Management to provide a complete view of the student experience – from enquiry, application and registration, through to graduation and alumni services. La Trobe is also the first SAP Simple Finance user globally, and will go live this month with SuccessFactors Employee Central, which records workforce data. This follows last year’s rollout of SuccessFactors Performance Management, which supports 3,400 staff. The SAP suite also lays the foundation for the university’s mobility strategy, which is providing students with access – anytime and anywhere – to information such as timetables, meetings, email, financial commitment and test scores. Over the last three years under its infrastructure modernisation program, the university has shut down 150 legacy systems, said Ged Doyle, CIO at LaTrobe. “This has been a complex but necessary journey, and it will be a continuous and iterative one,” Doyle says. “We are delivering on a digital strategy that has allowed us to eliminate in-house legacy systems and countless hours of support effort. More importantly, La Trobe is simplifying work for our staff so they can focus on supporting students and alumni, while at the same time creating a technology environment to support the ever increasing digital needs of our students.” The new modules are also integrated with the university’s existing SAP Human Capital Management and other ERP applications, providing staff with a single source of truth. This integration also removes the need to recreate data in disparate systems or dump validated data into spreadsheets for reporting, the university said. The university can also monitor the progression of processes through automated workflows and save time by eliminating the need to reconcile data manually. Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe