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ERP System
The newly implemented system provides:
1. Centralised integrated systems
2. Improved functionality
3. Improved access to data
4. Updated functional policies
5. Online payments
6. Improved reporting
7. Improved processes and quality data
8. The intuitive self service capabilities of the ERP Banner system
Weaknesses
Technology
Costs may affect the provision for current and future technology to adequately maintain educational programmes and support services.
Finance
1. The prolonged process means that the uploading of the budget into the Banner system can be delayed, therefore actual spending via the Banner procurement process is not matched in a timely manner to the budgeted amounts.
2. The Open Campus would benefit from a central procurement office to negotiate for more reasonable costs for goods and services.
3. There is a need for more staff to be trained in procurement and the attendant logistics.
4. Outside the Finance Office, there is some lack of general knowledge regarding University’s financial codes, and as a result, sometimes items receive incorrect codes.