Announcements
FY09-10 Department Tree Changes
Summary of changes from the FY09 tree to the FY10 tree
FY09-10 Encumbrance/Pre-encumbrance Issue
See an explanation of the issue's resolution
InfoEd Gateway to Retire
As of December 1, 2009, the InfoEd Gateway page will no longer be available.
iBuyNU Preferred Vendors
Purchasing Resource Services (PRS) has finalized contracts with 23 preferred vendors, with more on the way.
FY09 Encumbrances/Pre-encumbrances
List of chart strings with remaining encumbrances
Updated Home Page Archive
The home page news archive now includes items from December 2007 - April 2009
InfoEd Proposal Tracking Upgrade and Downtime
Proposal Tracking will have a new look and feel on Oct. 19.
Fiscal Year End: Expenses Clean-up, round 2
Please be sure to submit all “pending” Expense Reports from July 1-31 by September 18, 2009. Please also note the 9/28 final deadline for any remaining pending FY09 Expense Reports.
Fiscal Year End: Expenses Clean-up
Please be sure to submit all “pending” Expense Reports and all appropriate documentation from before July 1st by August 21, 2009.
2008 Home Page Archive
All home page news items from December 2007 through December 2008
Non-Catalog Invoice Processing Reminders
Notes from Financial Operations
Monthly Close Changes
We have made some slight revisions to the procedures that will be used to close each accounting period.
Over the weekend of January 30, 2009 we will be making enhancements to the InfoEd Reports in Cognos.
• These changes will affect users that have copied InfoEd reports to My Folders.
• These users will need to delete the old versions and copy the NEW versions of the InfoEd reports to My Folders.
• Please do this before accessing the reports for the first time on/after Monday, February 2.
For step-by-step instructions, see our full announcement.
Purchasing Resource Services has released its list of initial vendors in iBuyNU.
See the iBuyNU Vendor list
Key Dates for CUFS/Café Conversion
Our colleagues in Financial Management Systems have distributed a detailed list of closing and conversion dates. We continue to make excellent progress toward our December launch and are pleased to be able to share this information with you.
See Key Dates
See Data to be Converted
Do you feel some opening night jitters about the new system? Never fear, Project Café will be opening the training rooms during select hours after go-live to assist you with your new procedures.
There's no registration required. Stop by with tasks and assignments to get some assistance from a Café staff member.
Because training will still be going on, the labs will be available on a set schedule consisting of half-days (full days for the first week) from Dec. 8 until Jan. 15.
Visit the Open Lab Schedule
New Go-live Date: December 2008
As announced by the Enterprise Systems Executive Committee (ESEC), Project Café will not launch the new financial system in September. Instead, the transition will take place in early December. In the meantime, the University will continue to use CUFS.
See our full announcement.
If you are enrolled in training, please see our Training Cancellation announcement.
Consider Training Demonstrations
In order to accommodate the large number of people who will require training, we have created two types of training sessions: hands-on and demonstration (demo).
See our full announcement.
Proposal Development Status Update
The Enterprise Systems Executive Committee (ESEC), after considering input from Project Café and our business owners in the Office for Sponsored Research, has decided to modify the scope and delay the timing of the InfoEd Proposal Development rollout.
See our full announcement.
Project Café Leadership Transition
Project Café Director Jeff Mundt will be stepping down at the end of September to pursue external opportunities. Jason Schober will assume the role of Project Director. See our full announcement.
InfoEd Proposal Tracking and SPIN are Live
Northwestern University and Project Café announce the launch of the first two modules of InfoEd, Northwestern's new software system for managing sponsored research. Proposal Tracking and SPIN are now available for use. For details about access as well as benefits to central, departments, faculty, and staff, see our full announcement.
Recalibration of Administrative Systems Projects
Per a memorandum from the Enterprise Systems Executive Committee, Project Café will be taking on additional responsibilities related to financial reporting beginning in mid-June. For more details see our full announcement.
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