Why
Faced with diminishing state support, the University of California community has coalesced around administrative and operational effectiveness as a key tenet of long-term viability. Working Smarter brings together systemwide, regional and campus-level efforts under one umbrella with a strong commitment from the top: the University is committed to elevating its administrative operations to the same level of excellence as its academic and research enterprise. Within five years, the University will redirect $500 million from administrative costs to the academic and research missions; streamline operations to address state funding cuts and the need for commonality among the campuses; implement operational efficiencies that enhance the quality of services to students, faculty and staff; and build a sustainable financial model to carry the University forward.
Your ideas
Get involved! The Working Smarter Initiative wants your suggestions for additional ways that the university can work smarter and reduce costs. Please send your ideas - big or small - to workingsmarter@ucop.edu
Featured Project
UCPath
Deploy a single payroll system and a single human resources system across all ten campuses and five medical centers that meets the core needs of each location while capturing the efficiencies, improved data and cost-savings associated with unified systems.
Updates
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05 / 03 / 12
UC Riverside to host systemwide shared service center
UC Riverside has been selected as the location for shared service center that will process all routine transactions related to payroll, benefits, leave management and workforce administration for UC’s ten campuses and five medical centers. The UCPath Center is expected to be operational by July 2013, initially serving five locations: UCLA, UCLA Medical Center, UC [...]
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01 / 21 / 12
Shared Services Center FAQ
The UCPath Initiative recently issued answers to frequently asked questions about the Shared Services Center. You can read that FAQ here.
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01 / 04 / 12
STA Travel has partnered with Connexxus
STA Travel is very excited about the new and unique partnership with the Connexxus Travel Program and the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP). As the Study Abroad Travel Agency of record for Connexxus, STA Travel will use its 30 years of experience as the industry leader in student, faculty and educational travel to help university [...]