Edinburgh Uni finds extra £8M for vendors after troubled ERP go-live
Vendors working on an Edinburgh University ERP project have been awarded around £8 million in additional fees following a troubled implementation which led to delays in paying staff and suppliers.
The institution has confirmed implementation partner Inoapps and software company Oracle will see the price of their contract rise from £25.4 million to £33.5 million , owing to changes in requirements and additional work orders by the customer. The contract value hadsaid the university had “undertaken a number of contract modifications with Inoapps” to “allow for changes in requirements and additional work to be delivered under the existing contract.
“These modifications were necessary and largely a result of additional requirements and internal requirements changes,” it said.In November last year,that staff at the university, together with its suppliers, had been paid late as a result of the new HR and finance system delivered by Oracle and Inoapps.
Local media reported wage packets had been delayed by two to three weeks while some suppliers had stopped providing services because invoices had not been settled.over the new finance software, which left staff with no pay for weeks, suppliers’ bills unpaid, and students at risk of homelessness., principal Professor Peter Mathieson committed to undertaking an external review to highlight what lessons it could learn and help to inform further improvements.
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