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This third issue of the newsletter focuses on governance, roles and responsibilities with examples of the concepts applied to PCard and donor gift stewardship.

Topics Include: New Expenditure Details report view, new ad hoc user forum, managing your aging and force cleared transactions and more

The Client Satisfaction Survey is an ongoing conversation with the Stanford community to learn about their experiences with the financial tools, systems and services that FMS provides and uses that feedback to inform strategic initiatives and continuous improvements.

Financial Management Services (FMS) continually monitors the financial ecosystem for opportunities to reduce risk and support excellence in financial stewardship. As part of this effort, FMS conducted an assessment in May 2020 of Purchasing Card (PCard), Travel Card (TCard) and Advance transactions...

Authority Manager is the Stanford-developed tool used to grant employees access to the university's many administrative systems. As the number of business applications used at Stanford increases, keeping track of who has authority to access data and perform administrative tasks becomes more complex...

This second issue of the newsletter focuses on best practices in purchasing goods and services and processing donor gifts.

Fingate's user-centered redesign improved the website's functionality and received positive feedback

Stanford upgraded its version of Oracle Business Intelligence on April 19. The upgrade has little to no impact on the current user experience but provides the technology base to release future improvements. If you experience problems or see unexpected results, we recommend you clear your cache and...

SmartMart, a purchasing method within iProcurement, will launch a new user interface (UI) in mid-April 2021. The new UI will result in a better shopping experience with enhanced SmartMart pages, expanded search results, and streamlined shopping cart and checkout process. Below are the highlighted...

Topics Include: ER Cleanup, Labor Schedule Enhancement and OBI Upgrade