Houston Metro SAP Implementation and UpgradePTG has become a trusted SAP partner to Houston Metro. We worked closely on their initial implementation and throughout subsequent upgrades in support of their SAP deployment. PTG provided upgrade support for Materials Management and FICO for the SAP ECC upgrade and were instrumental in the initial deployment of the HR modules. Integral to our engagement with Houston Metro, PTG’s consultants have provided on-going SAP support and knowledge transfer.
City of Houston SAP ImplementationPTG partnered with SAP on the ERP implementation for the City of Houston. This award-winning program was recognized as the first large-scale municipal SAP implementation to finish on time and on budget. PTG provided functional and technical expertise in the implementation of SAP Financials, Procurement, HR and Payroll and our responsibilities included leading the overall integration and conversion processes for all modules. PTG’s team was instrumental in the designing, blueprinting, complete module configurations, application and system documentation for Asset Accounting, Personnel Administration Organizational Management, Personnel Development and Recruiting.
The Lone Star College System(LSC) is the fastest-growing community college system in Texas. PTG supported Oracle on the implementation of the largest footprint of PeopleSoft higher education software in the United States. The project involved the deployment of 48 modules of Oracle/PeopleSoft over 18 months. PTG supported all design and implementation activities for the HRMS, FMS, and Campus Solutions modules. PTG was additionally retained to provide ongoing support for the existing production environment and assist LSC with the build-out of an in-house support organization.
UTMB Health, a university teaching hospital located in Galveston, Texas, struggled with providing timely, accurate operational reporting. As part of their overall IT strategy, they made the decision to implement the PeopleSoft application suite and EPM data warehouse. PTG led the implementation of the EPM product suite, which included defining the original reporting requirements through a series of Fit/Gap workshops, setting up the common infrastructure and configuration and testing of the data marts, development of all user reports and executive dashboards. This engagement was nominated by UTMB’s management team for presentation at the national PeopleSoft Higher Education User Group.
City of Los Angeles PeopleSoft Upgrade PTG provided expertise in the PeopleSoft Upgrade for the City of Los Angeles. The team provided knowledge of PeopleTools (Application Designer, Upgrade Assistant, Data Mover, Change Assistant, Application Engine, PeopleCode, etc), upgrading interfaces and conversions. PTG also provided expertise within financial modules, particularly Supply Chain Management (PO, AP, Inventory), Financial (GL), eProcurement and Strategic Sourcing and database administration. Work was performed on a time and materials basis and finished on budget.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which provides commuter train service throughout the San Francisco and Oakland metropolitan areas, implemented Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management including Human Resources and Payroll to efficiently manage the transit district’s staffing operations. BART has improved accountability of employee absences and reported time – ultimately helping to improve workforce management and provide a positive, reliable travel experience for customers. In addition, BART has reduced payroll errors and adjustments by 90% and streamlined the number of payrolls each month from 54 to 26. Further, BART was able to train 3,200 employees to use the system, ultimately resulting in an overall increase in employee productivity. BART hopes to achieve a return on investment of $51 million.
PTG provided support for the PeopleSoft Time and Labor module during the implementation. Our team worked with other team members to define system requirements, prepare for and participate in Fit/Gap sessions, develop functional/technical specifications & configuration guides, oversee the design, development & documentation of modifications, conduct system testing and provide implementation support. PTG also provided support for Change Management within the PS HR Project.
Shell Oil SAP Global ImplementationPTG provided expertise in project management, scheduling and logistics to support the SAP Global project at Shell. PTG’s Consultants, more particularly, provided logistics for all training locations, provided go-live support and managed technical issues with training environment. Additionally PTG analyzed the project workstreams in order to support deployment and the training team lead. This facilitated interface with Project and Business Leads around scheduling and logistics of the full implementation.
Through our partnership with SAIC, PTG provided resources to Marathon’s SAP Security Administration. Our team created and maintained SAP Security roles and PD profiles, adhered to the defined policies and procedures and maintained Sox compliance as well as support process improvement and audit efforts and were first-responders to Remedy Service Requests. Our team also provided expertise with SAP EBP (Enterprise Buyer Professional), SAP MM (Materials Management), SAP OLM (Offshore Logistics Management), and SAP 4.6C. Additionally PTG offered expertise in the design, development, unit testing and integration testing support of reports and enhancements using General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable & Receivable.
Motorola/ACS SAP ImplementationMotorola outsourced their Human Resource Department to ACS and by doing so needed to perform an SAP implementation. PTG provided functional and technical expertise in the implementation of SAP Financials, Procurement, HR and Payroll. Our responsibilities included; leading the overall integration and conversion processes for all modules. Our team was instrumental in the designing and blueprinting, complete module configurations, application and system documentation for Personnel Administration Organizational Management, Personnel Development and Recruiting and Training Development. PTG developed and delivered user-focused documentation including procedures and conceptual material on time and within budget.
PTG also led the SAP Security implementation with all modules including HR. PTG provided functional and technical expertise in the implementation of HR and Payroll.
Houston Community College System PeopleSoft UpgradePTG has provided continued support to Houston Community College System for over 7 years and has assisted in a variety of projects throughout the system. PTG provided Subject Matter Experts (SME) to the HCCS Project Management Team for their PeopleSoft upgrade and deployment of PeopleSoft HRMS applications which included Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits, PeopleSoft Financials and Student Administration.
Houston Community College System eCard and ePerformance ProjectsPTG was requested to provide expertise for an implementation of an eCard to reimburse students refund payments through bank debit cards (Chase bank) in lieu of the regular check payments by mail. Student Financial Refunds are sent to the Finance Accounts Payable module for payment processing and the EFT transactions are sent to the bank. PTG provided the technical expertise and resources for the customization that was performed in both the Student Financials Refund Process and the Receiving Financials Accounts Payable Process to allow debit card payments as well as the former option of paying by check. Processes/objects involved in the PeopleSoft environment were SF_AP_Refund app-engine, Student Vendor data and Voucher, Application Messaging between Student and Finance, Voucher build, Pay-Cycle manager and EFT sqrs in Finance AP. In addition, PTG provided PeopleSoft Technical Consultants for the implementation of the PeopleSoft ePerformance module.
PTG supported a global consulting firm’s efforts to implement the full suite of PeopleSoft Financial and HRMS for the City of Corpus Christi. PTG was involved in the technical side of the implementation and additional database administrative support. PTG was subsequently engaged to implement the Benefits/Administration and Asset Management modules. After completion of the initial implementation efforts, PTG was retained to assist the City in HRMS upgrade and ongoing application management and support.