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Workday and Brown University

Located in historic Providence, Rhode Island, and founded in 1764, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. Brown is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution comprising undergraduate and graduate programs, plus the Alpert Medical School and the School of Engineering.


Brown's vibrant, diverse community consists of 6,000 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, 400 medical school students, and nearly 700 faculty members. Brown students come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries.

Our ability to re-allocate resources that would've been required [for a traditional ERP solution] in IT, Payroll, and HR to other areas is a huge benefit to Brown.

Elizabeth "Beppie" Huidekoper

Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration

OVERVIEW
Challenges
  • No unified view of university resources.
  • Time-consuming, manual processes.
  • No employee or manager self-service.
  • No assistance with complex compliance requirements.
Results
  • A more complete view of the university’s assets for improved decision-making.
  • Automated, streamlined support for regulatory requirements.
  • Access to information from anywhere, anytime, including mobile devices.
  • Elimination of manual data entry enables those staff to operate at a higher level and instead perform data-quality audits.
  • A more strategic role for an HR organization that is free from mundane, manual tasks.