Public Sector – Innovations 2011 features

Public Sector Financials

• Streamline financial transactions with IBAN and SEPA handling of a customer's public sector specific bank details
• Attach files and notes to an FM Master Data entity using generic object services
• Facilitate compliance with and document tracking of changes or reversals of budgets

Procurement for Public Sector

• Streamline implementation with the elimination of third-party control for editing with Microsoft Word
• Generate sophisticated document outputs in Microsoft Word 2007 DOCX format
• Simplify user experience with simultaneous view of multiple items with streamlined Element Full Text and Fill-ins tab
• Enhance user experience with ability to control when variable questions are displayed

Academic Curriculum Management

• Provide a single source for student internships and co-op opportunities
• Store and track detailed information about external placements linked to internal academic work
• Designate external institutions as business partners and link them to internship offers

Public Sector Core HR and Payroll

• Facilitate currency financing across several budgeting periods
• Integrate encumbrances in funds management, controlling, and grants management in real time
• Coordinate and monitor mixed funding when a person is already covered in another category (full-time equivalent or budget)

Social Services Management for Public Sector

• Focus on monetary benefits as defined by social service programs, including maternity leave, illness benefits, and cash assistance
• Leverage key social service case management functionalities to manage and document all processes of a benefit delivery case