People Soft

Premier with a dedicated team of experienced consultants is one of the fastest growing PeopleSoft specialists in North America. The diverse and extensive experience of all our consultants means we have expertise in the complete PeopleSoft project life cycle. We are committed to building the best consulting team and this commitment is shown by the success of our team within some of the Industry leaders in the Fortune 500.

Our expertise and flexibility allows us to develop individual solutions that offer practical, efficient and cost effective best practices. We have proven ability to deliver effective Project Management, Implementations, Upgrades and Phase Two deliveries and we measure our success in terms of long standing relationships with our clients. Our consulting expertise and continuing relationship with The PeopleSoft Package means we have actively contributed to the ongoing development, enhancement and localization of the product. We are one of the few companies who have been regularly involved in the development of the core PeopleSoft product for clients around the United States. Our employment and organizational systems form an integral part of our structure. We operate an open book policy, which provides regular access and information about all aspects of the business including work pipeline and financial reporting. We work hard to ensure that all the consultants are kept regularly informed of company news regardless of their location.

Our consultants are involved in the functional design and are responsible for the set-up of initial, design and build of enhancements to store legacy data and the modification of delivered BACS SQR and Application Engine routines. Additionally we deliver report specifications, provided functional design for the revised routines as specified, in addition to designed and tested post release enhancements. Our technical responsibilities included the creation of SQR reports and like wising the use of other technologies and third party tools. We were also involved in the system test prior to general release and we have deliver Core Engine and Rules training to clients on behalf of PeopleSoft Education Services. Premier consultants have extensive experience and we have invested heavily in training to guarantee that all consultants have completed both the Core and Non-Core issues.

Premier has established an offshore Solution Center devoted to research, off-site development, upgrades and support. Conducting project work off-site in Premier's Solution Center can be a cost effective option for many clients as it minimizes additional consulting expenses including travel and lodging. The Center enables our consultants to master new technologies and provides a safe environment for development and testing.  We can model and test the PeopleSoft application without impacting on production environments.  Extensive testing has optimized the performance of our system and we have tackled many connectivity issues, which means maximizing client system efficiency in minimal time. Services performed by the Center include PeopleSoft 8 compare report generation, modification upgrades and other database upgrades. While the majority of upgrade services are focused on actual PeopleSoft database objects, support for interface and reporting upgrades can be managed separately. Premier understands the importance of flexibility and perform PeopleSoft Application services on site, off site, or in a combination that best suits individual circumstances. We can tailor a fixed price or T&M solution to work within your budget.  Premier can provide project plans fully resourced by experienced specialists, or develop a plan where internal resources are available to work on the project. Our consultants can prepare an in-depth comparison and thorough demonstration. As part of your project, our specialists can lead a disparate project team through the design and build a customized system of the original scope or a new implementation.

Premier can involve at the early stage of your implementation develop new functionality and provide direct support to the production support teams.  As part of our technical development our consultants can create a solution to be able to update Positive Input on a large scale instead of on an individual basis. A Component Interface can be created to interact with an Excel Spreadsheet, which updates PeopleSoft Positive Input to individual records.  Additionally we can create new pages that can be updated on a large scale. Element configuration, updates, or additions can only be completed on individual basis. We can gives users access to a user-defined list to which they can update to the defined criteria. Premier consultants can work as technical experts on small implementation team to design and deliver numerous complex-reporting solutions and to produce detailed technical specifications and documentation. We can automate delivered subsequent by removing such routine administration in Personnel, so your staff can now concentrate on strategic issues and as a result are able to add greater value to the business, helping to ensure the long-term future of the organization. Most other organizations tend to have the attitude that their way is the right way and work rigidly to this philosophy.  Premier always works with the customer in mind and what needs to be achieved with the environment they are in.

Premier performs acceptance testing by our technical consultants in conjunction with the your users.  Our consultants also developed a number of strategy documents, control spreadsheets, and translation templates that will significantly reduce subsequent translation efforts. Premier utilizes new integration technologies to meet concise scope requirements and guaranteed deliverables. Leveraging new functionality meant to substantiate reduction in data conversion cycles that lead ultimately to a reduction in the cost and effort of future upgrades. We deliver performance enhancements and correction amendments to components and assist in the data conversion project

Premier is committed to providing a total solution that maintains support for clients as well as the application.   We offer outsourced maintenance and support of PeopleSoft systems through immediate on-site, telephone, email or dial-in access support from experienced PeopleSoft support staff.  Our support teams can perform vital maintenance tasks including applying patches, fixes, tax updates, tools upgrades or applications upgrades to first and second line off-site support without impacting day-to-day operational requirements.

Premier can provide immediate response via our experienced PeopleSoft consultants for maintenance issues such as: Support for customizations, Mission critical interruptions, Business process advice, Reporting queries, Functional advice, Technical advice, Patches/Bug fixes and Training. We also offer a range of flexible application services including: Implementation, quality assurance and rollout support, Processing and desktop support, System configuration advice, Oracle DBA support, including performance tuning and archive/data retrieval and control, Knowledge transfer and coaching for quality assurance and Emergency or relief services for short term absence or shortage coverage. Premier consultants can be an important element of a mixed team of consultants, contractors, and internal staff implementing PeopleSoft applications. They bring a high level of expertise and a very valuable level of commitment to a project with challenging deadlines. Issues that are addressed immediately can be resolved more efficiently. When immediate access to trained and experienced Premier consultants is available, the risk of downtime is minimized and problem backlog is reduced.

One of the issues faced by consultants is gaining familiarity with new systems.  In order to provide valuable advice to clients, consultants must understand the implications of making any modifications.  We offer continuity and consistency of support to reduce the time and costs involved in familiarizing consultants with systems. Our single point of contact allows the customer to know who to talk to when they have any issues. This saves time and inconvenience involved in communicating with multiple parties. Our consultants regularly attend training courses to update their skills.  Our consultants are always up-to-date with the latest developments in the technology and they are regularly challenged to find solutions to new problems as a matter of day-to-day business. Premier provides a tailored and personalized service for each customer. Customers frequently expect faster responses than are currently available. Premier can guarantee that a consultant will be available to respond within normal business hours, or out of business hours depending on the level of support required. 

Premier's PeopleSoft expertise and/or development history include in the following modules:  Application Connect and Application Integration, Enterprise Portal, Enterprise Warehouse, Process Integrator, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial and Supply Chain Management (FSCM), Human Resources Management Solutions (HRMS), Student Administration (SA), Service Automation, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Customer Relationship Management.