Administrative Excellence plans begin to take shape

Administrative Excellence work teams have been rolling up their sleeves to refine and develop action plans to incorporate effective resource stewardship across the campus.

The project is a key campus initiative to review and improve a variety of functional areas and business practices.

The project is currently in the first wave of Phase II. In Phase I, five opportunities for budget savings were identified, including consolidating email and calendar systems, streamlining of computer bundling purchasing, data center aggregation, improving space utilization, and coordinating the purchase of commodities such as office, scientific and maintenance supplies.

In this current phase, seven work teams are meeting regularly to understand the data and develop the recommended solutions.  The teams are targeted to turn in their business cases in May or June.

The work teams file weekly updates on their progress. The updates can be tracked on the project website.