AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- K-12 school
systems across the U.S. are adopting Oracle Cloud to simplify
business processes, maximize resources, and better manage and
support students and staff.
With fluctuating budgets and federal and state-wide guidelines,
institutions are seeking ways to do more with less without
jeopardizing the quality of their educational offerings. By
streamlining finance, HR, and data management processes in the
cloud, K-12 school systems are improving efficiencies and reducing
costs.
"As schools return to in-person learning or hybrid environments,
administrators face difficult questions around staffing,
scheduling, and most importantly, how to promote the safety,
well-being, and academic achievement of students," said
Keith Rajecki, vice president,
Industry Strategy Group - Public Sector, Education, Research,
Oracle. "Oracle helps address some of these important issues by
equipping administrators with the data, insights, and planning
capabilities necessary to help schools adapt in real-time."
Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite and Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure (OCI) solutions implemented include Oracle
Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), Oracle Fusion Cloud
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise
Performance Management (EPM), Oracle Analytics Cloud, and Oracle
Fusion Analytics Warehouse.
K-12 institutions embracing Oracle Cloud:
Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Allegheny Intermediate
Unit (AIU) is a regional education agency that provides specialized
services to 42 suburban school districts as well as non-public,
charter, and vocational-technical schools in Homestead, Pennsylvania. AIU adopted Oracle
Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) and Oracle Fusion Cloud
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to modernize its back-office
processes. Since implementation, employees have been thrilled with
the ease of use and newfound ability to perform multiple tasks
within a single system – from payroll to benefits and beyond –
improving time and efficiency.
Bucks County Intermediate Unit
Bucks County
Intermediate Unit is a regional education services agency located
in Bucks County, PA, that provides
support to more than 96,000 students from birth through adult in
public and private schools across the county. Bucks IU
implemented Oracle Cloud HCM and has since seen improvements in
recruiting, operational efficiencies, and employee engagement. With
the help of this offering, Bucks IU is able to hire, onboard,
manage, and engage workers in accordance with legal and
organizational practices with ease. Bucks IU's HR team can automate
previously manual processes – from employee relations and reporting
to simple HR inquiries – freeing up their team to focus on more
strategic projects. The Bucks IU is in the process of
decommissioning disparate systems and will have its data,
workflows, and processes in one place with Oracle Cloud HCM.
"Since we began using Oracle, we've had the ability to leverage
workflows and automate processes that we did not have the
capability to do with our old systems," said Karen Sandone, Director of Human Resources at
the Bucks IU. "The reporting, the data we now have access to — all
of that is a huge improvement from what we had before."
Cherry Creek School District
Cherry Creek School
District serves more than 55,000 students in eight municipalities
in Arapahoe County, Colorado. To
improve operations, Cherry Creek School District implemented Oracle
Cloud ERP and Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Resources, part of Oracle
Cloud HCM, with a goal to go live on Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll,
also a part of Oracle Cloud HCM, in late 2021. Now, its core
financials are centralized and easily accessible, improving
transparency around budgeting and funding. Processes that were
previously manual are now automated, improving workflow
efficiency.
"We examined the processes that were taking too much time, were
inefficient, or were just bad for our employees. Then we looked at
our pain points and considered how we could make things better,"
says Jason Koenig, CIO at Cherry
Creek School District. "Oracle checked the boxes. It was also clear
that the Oracle team 'got it.' They were open to discussion and
they were willing to push us to think differently based on what
they brought from their private sector experience."
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit
Montgomery County
Intermediate Unit (MCIU) offers innovative, responsive, and
cost-effective programs to 22 school districts, more than 170
non-public schools, four career and technical schools, and three
charter schools in Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania. With recent changes to federal safety
guidelines and funding, MCIU needed a way to analyze changes in
their schools over time, while reducing costs and increasing the
impact of funds. After evaluating several solutions, MCIU selected
Oracle Analytics Cloud and Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse. With
the offerings, MCIU can source, break out, and analyze data in
dashboards to improve mapping of resources, budget analysis, and
hiring processes.
Wichita Public
Schools
Wichita Public
Schools is the largest school district in Kansas, encompassing 95 schools in
Sedgwick County. To modernize and
simplify its finance and operations, and in turn, free up time to
focus on serving their student population, Wichita Public Schools implemented Oracle
Cloud ERP and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
(EPM).
"We believe Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud EPM offer the
efficiency, cost savings and security needed for our schools to
succeed today, and 10 years from now," said Rob Dickson, CIO, Wichita Public Schools.
In addition to these schools, Aurora Public Schools and the
Hawaii Department of Education have also adopted Oracle solutions
to support their success.
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