Project Team Outlines Key Differences Between Workday and Banner
As announced in September, SLU has selected Workday to replace Banner as our new administrative system. The move to Workday will provide more modern tools while enabling improvements to SLU’s business processes.
SLU’s goal in making this change is to strengthen the University by implementing innovative, best-in-class technologies and processes that better support and align with its excellence in teaching, research and patient care.
Below are examples of how Human Resources expects how Workday will help streamline HR processes and reduce redundancy. Additional improvements will be communicated in the coming months as the project team continues with the project. Improvements to finance business processes are expected to be identified in early fall.
Performance Reviews
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Current State |
Future State |
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Self- evaluation completed on paper documents |
Self- evaluation stored within Workday |
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Employee job performance evaluated on nine core values |
Streamlined and simplified to three core values |
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Peer-to-peer feedback only available via SLU Sparks |
Feedback to colleagues can be provided any time |
Recruitment Process
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Current State |
Future State |
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Lengthy SLU job application process |
Quicker and easier application process with the ability to autofill from uploaded resume |
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One job posting website for both internal and external positions |
Internal job application site to enhance career development |
HR Business Processes
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Current State |
Future State |
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Position changes handled by EPAF forms |
Simplified business process within Workday – EPAF forms are eliminated |
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Mix of paper and online benefit election forms |
All benefit elections completed online |
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To generate reports requires combining data from multiple sources |
All data for reporting purposes will be housed within Workday |
For more information about the Workday project, visit Workday@SLU or email the Workday Project Manager, Jackie Manikam.