Staff forced to make their own purchases after suppliers walk away due to payment failures
The University of Edinburgh has launched a review into its disastrous go-live of an Oracle finance system as it admitted suppliers have walked away over stalled payments.also shows university staff were forced to fetch their own supplies and charge them to expenses owing to a lack of stock and services., leaving some in financial distress, because of the troubled introduction of a new finance and HR system based on Oracle Fusion technology.
"We have listened to how this is affecting our staff, students, suppliers and partners and we are sincerely sorry for the unacceptable position this has put people in," he said.staff were being forced to buy their own stationery and pay for their own taxis... "We continue to do all we can to ensure these problems will not recur in the future. We have committed to undertaking an external review to highlight what lessons we can learn and help to inform further improvements."
The principal also promised to address late payments to staff and students. He said the university had taken extra measures to ensure stipends to students were made in November, December and beyond"correctly and on time." He also said the university was making a one-off payment of £300 to anyone affected by a late stipend payment in September or October 2022.
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