Presented at RECONNECT 20 

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is allowing PeopleSoft customers to improve operational efficiency and realize labor savings. RPA has applicability across HCM, FSCM, CRM, and CS applications. A few use cases where RPA has proven particularly beneficial are: 

- Accounts Payable Processing 

- Expenses and PCard Reconciliation 

- Catalog Pricing and Item Master Maintenance  

- Asset Management Maintenance 

- Employee On-boarding 

- Supplier Information Management 

During this session, we will explore how RPA helps modernize PeopleSoft by increasing efficiency, and productivity. There will be a live RPA demonstration, open discussion on how RPA solves business challenges, and best practices to build the business case for RPA in your environment. 

Join Astute Business Solutions to learn about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and the organizational benefits of the implementation of RPA into your PeopleSoft environment. 

Get all your burning questions about RPA answered during this live demo and Q&A session. 

Presented by 

Joe Finlinson, Astute Business Solutions 

Presented at RECONNECT 20

Upgrading from HR 9.1/PT 8.55.14 to HCM 9.2.32/ PT 8.57.09, the new available PeopleTools Technology assisted in the reduction of customizations by 75%. Journey through how this reduction in customizations was realized and how this approach will make future upgrades easier.

Journey through how we approached the upgrade and our focus on customization reduction.

PeopleTools Technology that was utilized to achieve our goal of reducing customizations which assisted in selling the upgrade to the stakeholders.

Presented by

Brian Patella, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Presented at RECONNECT 20 

In this session, we will look at the various features of OMC which support administration of the PeopleSoft environment. 

Presented by 

Doug Strickland, Oracle America, Inc 

Presented at RECONNECT 20

Beat the Clock! Oracle has announced the end of support for the Micro Focus Net and Server Express COBOL compilers.  TIME IS RUNNING OUT!  Come to this session to hear what's been announced, the timelines you need to know, and how to get started for a smooth transition to Visual COBOL.

Presented at RECONNECT 20

In April 2020, during the initial weeks of mandatory shelter-in-place restrictions, the City & County of San Francisco upgraded PeopleTools (from 8.54 to 8.57), HCM (from Image 13 to 32), and ELM (from Image 13 to 19) systems. Come find out how this successful projects was executed during a pandemic with all resources working remotely, including San Francisco staff and their implementation partners.

Share thought process in moving forward with upgrade during initial weeks of shelter-in-place.

Discuss challenges of doing upgrade remotely.

Identify positive outcomes and benefits for future upgrades.

Presented by

Jack Wood, City & County of San Francisco, CA

Doris Wong Smart ERP Solutions

Dennis McCormick City & County of San Francisco, CA

Presented at RECONNECT 20

Developing pages with Fluid, PeopleSoft's latest user interface, may seem intimidating. In this session you will learn key differences between Classic and Fluid in order to become productive and effective in Fluid. In this session you will learn the fastest way to convert a Classic page to Fluid as well as how to effectively handle layout issues.

Learn to convert classic components to Fluid

Learn Fluid layout techniques.

Experience advanced Fluid opportunities

Presented by

Jim Marion, JSMPROS INC

Presented at RECONNECT 20

Manage and Evolve your PeopleSoft Application Portfolio.

This presentation will highlight best practices for PeopleSoft Application Support, Hosting on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, On-Going Training and Testing-as-a-Service. Your presenters will discuss how we successfully utilize a world-class issue management platform, robust metrics tracking, monthly data analytics, and communication strategies. Attendees will understand why SpearMC chose Jira Service Desk for PeopleSoft Application Support and how to build a balanced internal support organization.

Our case study details steps that a large Healthcare System took towards stability and optimization with PeopleSoft Managed Services and Application Support using Jira Service Desk. This large HCM and FSCM customer was able to significantly lower on-going support costs, streamline business processes, improve end-user satisfaction and upgrade their PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM platform.

Learn to realize the benefits of PeopleSoft Managed Services. SpearMC is a managed services specialist within the PeopleSoft ecosystem. We combine consultative services with 24x7 ongoing management and support, using a rigorous support model.

Hear from our customer: “Working through support tickets used to be a major bottleneck in getting our roadmap executed. Since partnering with SpearMC, we have a track record of meeting business needs and discovering PeopleSoft's Art-of-the-Possible"

Understand our approach to build a service platform that is geared for organizations lacking expertise to support their PeopleSoft platform or looking to refocus IT resources on innovation vs. testing, hosting, maintenance and support.

Presented by

Cameron McClurg, SpearMC

Gary Dranikoski SpearMC

Presented at RECONNECT 20

Improve your image - both your PUM Image Application Process and your image with customers after a speedy and successful upgrade. Learn how the University of Minnesota's PeopleSoft Administrators and Application Development teams manage Images. See and hear how their techniques have refined their image application process.

Presented at RECONNECT 20

Learn about all the latest features of ELK and how to use them to best advantage with PeopleSoft.  We’ll cover updates to Search, the varied uses for Kibana for both administrators and application users, and how Logstash is used in Health Center.  We will also take a peek into the future for Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana enhancements as well as potential improvements in the Search Framework.

Presented at RECONNECT 20

With continuous delivery and selective adoption, staying current is critical to customer success. But how can we stay current when we have so many customizations? In this session, learn strategies to reduce your customization footprint and increase organizational value while retaining business-specific differentiators.

Learn configuration alternatives

Experience creative alternatives to customizations

Understand potential configuration limitations

Presented by

Jim Marion, JSMPROS INC