With its Friday, August 20th Kick-Off Luncheon, Project HRx has officially started! The luncheon was attended by the HRx Project Team and 100 UNC Health Care managers and department heads who will be most impacted by the transition from our old GEAC system to the new more efficient and more effective Lawson 9.0.1 Human Resources system.
The Kick-Off began with an introduction from the HRx Project Manager, Anna Story, who introduced Project HRx’s UNC executive sponsors- Chris Ellington, UNC Health Care’s CFO, and Bill Rotella, VP of Human Resources. Mr. Ellington stressed that this project will position UNC Health Care to better accommodate its plans for the future. He also stressed that while this project will create a more efficient Human Capital Management System for us, it will not result in any job losses in the HR areas. He believes that as the work changes, resulting from our new HRx system, new opportunities will open for those impacted by these exciting changes.Mr. Rotella discussed how HRx will bring us simplification, ease and self-service- could we ask for anything more?
Norm Klase, the Director of HR Services, gave an overview of our Critical Success Factors which included
- Streamlining processes,
- Creating a more intuitive and easy to learn/use system,
- Lowering costs,
- Making mass edits/corrections easier,
- Permitting real-time records updates,
- Increasing manager and employee accountability and empowerment, and
- Increasing employee satisfaction (most important!)
Following Mr. Klase was an introduction of our implementation partner from the CIBER Executive Sponsors, Jim Sagel and Paul Robson. They are just as excited about working with us as we are to work with them! Michelle Tharp, the CIBER Project Director went into greater detail about what the Implementation Process entails. The main thing is that we have completed the Project Plan and are currently underway with the Design phase!
The kick-off wrapped with a Q&A session and then to provide sustenance and energy to continue with our journey we enjoyed a delicious lunch of soup, salad, fruit and some very tasty cookies!
Below are pictures from the events. Enjoy!
- HRx Team
In July 2010, UNC Health Care began an 18-month implementation project for its new Lawson Human Capital Management System. Since it is our prescription for the future it has been named HRx and we will be using this blog as a vehicle for sharing our journey with you.
The reason that UNC Health Care is undertaking this project is to help us move from the current legacy system (GEAC) that was designed primarily for governmental organizations and not for the healthcare organization that we are. Over the years to address the shortcomings, we have created numerous work-arounds to make the system meet our unique healthcare needs. We have also had to follow overly complex processes to accomplish relatively simple tasks such as hiring a new employee or changing a name! In order to address and resolve these and numerous other issues and position UNC Health Care so that it can easily accommodate it future expansion plan, we have undertake the HRx project.
To help us with the massive implementation process, UNC Health Care has hired consultants from CIBER Inc. to help us. CIBER is a leading global information technology consulting, services and outsourcing company that has been helping governmental, commercial and nonprofit organizations maximize their technological potentials for over 35 years. The consultants will be here for the 18 months of the project and combined they have over 35 years of experience in implementing Lawson HR Management software.
CIBER will be working with us in all stages of implementing Lawson’s 9.0.1 Human Resources Suite of products that will address- Human Resources, Personnel, Payroll, Benefits, Absence Management and Employee/Manager Self Service across UNC Health Care’s system. HRx will impact all of UNC Health Care including UNC Hospital, Physicians & Associates, Chatham Hospital, Triangle Physician Network, Home Health and our future entities like the proposed Hillsborough Hospital.
We are very much excited about HRx and hope that you will visit this blog weekly to find out what we are doing. HRx will be impacting all of UNC Health Care and we want to make sure you join us on this journey!
- HRx Team
