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A new package of refreshed resources is available to approvers, who play a key role in the university's financial ecosystem.

FMS uses the Client Satisfaction Survey to gather feedback from faculty and staff that fuels action plans for continuous improvements. This article covers the latest on those projects.

This issue includes: PLM report updates, managing your aging and force cleared transactions, deadline to take Financial Stewardship course, and more.

FMS is continuously working to improve the Fingate user experience. Planned and completed changes range from search improvements, navigation updates and content revisions. Learn more about recent and upcoming changes on this news page.

This newsletter focuses on balancing risk and benefit considerations in determining the appropriate purchasing method.

In 2022, Stanford Financial Management Services will launch a new course focused on financial stewardship expectations. This course will replace the Financial Confidentiality course, which serves as a pre-requisite to gaining access to many financial systems and tools.

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.

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...

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