Education & Research: Digital
Institutions must develop enterprise strategies and adopt technologies, automation and analytics to strengthen their competitive advantage and sustainability.
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Prepare for Cloud Transformation
Prepare for Cloud Transformation
Moving your human resources, finance and student systems to the cloud and modernizing IT frameworks can enhance productivity, agility and focus. But preparing for change is complex and unique for each institution.
To prepare for change, plan ahead. Asking the right questions and creating a strategic road map and business case upfront forges a clear path — one that leads to greater returns, better user experiences and a solid foundation for growth.
Our team can help you evaluate processes, systems and structures; explore your data and reporting needs; and set a plan to accelerate your journey.
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Transform Service Delivery With Cloud ERP
Transform Service Delivery With Cloud ERP
To sustain your competitive advantage, you need to continuously evolve your business, and have administrative systems that can evolve with you. Huron works closely with leaders to provide end-to-end implementation support to optimize and transform business processes and service delivery models. From cloud readiness and planning through post go-live optimization and managed services, our education experts work side by side with you to deliver business processes and technologies that maximize return on your investment through improved efficiency and effectiveness.
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Achieve Service Excellence with Huron Research Suite
Achieve Service Excellence with Huron Research Suite
As the complexity of the research enterprise grows, institutions are accelerating the adoption of technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Huron Research Suite is a comprehensive solution to help you manage the business of research. Our proprietary technology automates research administration processes and mitigates compliance risk across grants administration, agreements, human subjects, animals, conflicts of interest, employee compensation compliance, institutional animal care and use committees (IACUC), institutional review boards (IRB), IRB exchanges and safety committees.
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Deliver Tailored Student Experiences
Deliver Tailored Student Experiences
Improving the student experience requires a holistic approach, including the effective implementation and adoption of a unified, cloud-based student technology system. Huron’s comprehensive planning, implementation and post-production support services help institutions create a more seamless, personalized student experience.
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Make Better Data-Driven Decisions
Advance Your Analytics With the Right Data For Better Decision Making
The modern higher education institution is complex, with terabytes of data across multiple systems that can provide perspective on performance, inform strategy, and guide day-to-day management. An effective and comprehensive analytics strategy will translate data into actionable insights and establish the data management and governance practices for continued analytics maturation. Huron helps institutions establish analytics as a competency, improving data-driven decision making to align resources to priorities and mission.
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Enable Strategic Spend Management
Enable Strategic Spend Management
Technology-enabled strategic spend management functions generate savings, enhance customer service and reduce risk. Huron understands that procurement and spend management technology implementations require a focus on business process transformation and change management to maximize your return on investment. Our experts have significant experience across a broad range of technology solutions and functional areas, including eProcurement, accounts payable (AP) automation, contract life cycle management, supplier management, strategic sourcing, spend analytics, and travel and expense management.
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Deploy Effective Change Management
Deploy Effective Change Management
With the disruption taking place in education, change is necessary for long-term viability. To effectively respond, institutions must transform their organization’s perception of change management from an episodic solution to an ongoing strategy. With the help of Huron’s experts, leaders can adopt a proactive approach to organizational design to thrive on change and enhance institutional culture and support stakeholders along the way. Our technology implementations intentionally address the people side of transformation, ensuring enterprisewide adoption and long-term sustainability.
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Develop an Integrated IT Strategy
Develop an Integrated IT Strategy
The most effective institutional strategies are built on a strong information technology (IT) foundation. Huron collaborates with leaders to enhance the effectiveness of their IT organization’s strategic plans, governance models, organizational structure, service delivery models, financial management practices, and project management discipline. The right IT strategy enables institutions to better align resources and investments to advance their strategic goals.
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Use technology to unlock insights, drive meaningful interactions and strengthen your digital experiences.