Cornerstone is a multi-year strategic initiative to modernize, unify, and simplify our finance, human resources and payroll, procurement, student information, and expense management systems and processes. This newsletter provides updates on the projects within the Cornerstone portfolio.
CORNERSTONE OPEN FORUM
Main initiatives reviewed at Cornerstone Open Forum — More than 350 members of the Rutgers community joined the latest Cornerstone Forum on September 26. The event recapped the status, accomplishments, and next steps for the Cornerstone initiatives: Human Resources/Payroll Transformation (HR/P); Chart of Accounts (Phase 2); Scarlet Journey; Student Experience Improvement Initiative (SEII); and SAP Concur Travel and Expense Management. Read the full story here.
HUMAN RESOURCES/PAYROLL TRANSFORMATION
Testing, Future-State Business Review Process Highlighted in HR/P Efforts — The HR/P project has shifted into high gear in the last several weeks. The project team, working closely with hundreds of partners from across the university, launched the third round of systems integration testing (SIT) on October 1 and began future-state BPRs on October 8. To learn more about recent work, read the full story.
SCARLET JOURNEY
Integrations Dominate; ‘Witching Hour’ Spike in Applications Anticipated — October has been a busy month for the Scarlet Journey project team. For starters, the project team continues to load student information into Salesforce daily. The team also is progressing with the integration into Salesforce of Five9, the university’s new call center service provider for the One Stop student services centers, in advance of a targeted mid-November “go-live.” For more information on these efforts and other Scarlet Journey activities, check out the full story.
TRAVEL AND EXPENSE
Planes, Trains & Automobiles: Rutgers Users Hit the Road Using the New Concur System — Members of the Rutgers community logged more than 20,800 expense reports and purchased 23,500 air, train, and car rental trips in fiscal year 2024. So, it’s important for the new Concur Travel and Expense Management system to work and work well. We interviewed some employees who have put the new system to the test, either as travelers or approvers. To find out more, take a trip through the complete stories.
CHART OF ACCOUNTS (COA) PHASE 2
Data Request Kicks Off Effort to Transition Fund Types — The COA2 project team took the first step in October to transition the accounting for fund type (FT) 150 projects (operating funds designated for use at the chancellor, dean, or department chair level) to the General Ledger (GL). The team emailed business managers across the university with a request for information that will be used to close each FT150 project on the old system and transition them to Oracle. Read the full story to find out how the process will unfold.