ERP/Finance System

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Dear Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh,

Please could you provide the following information regarding your ERP / Finance system:
1.What ERP (Enterprise Resource Management) or Finance system is currently used at the University?
2.When does your contract expire?
3.Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?
4.Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?
5.How many users / licenses of the system do you have at the University?
6.Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible.

Yours faithfully,
Jenny Harris

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Good afternoon Jenny,

 

I refer to your request for information, please see the answers to your
questions below:

 

1.What ERP (Enterprise Resource Management) or Finance system is currently
used at the University? - Unit 4's Dream Software

2.When does your contract expire? Maintenance Renewed annually.

3.Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when? Reviewed
annually, will likely be upgraded to latest version 3.6 within 2017/18.

4.Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If
so, when? No current plans to do so.

5.How many users / licenses of the system do you have at the University?
Licensed for 70 users currently 56 licenses used.

6.Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? It is
managed through the Finance Department, [email address], 0131 474
0000

 

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