Welcome to May everybody! While much of campus is focused on exams, OE teams are in solution-mode. Here is the latest from those efforts: The research project life cycle effort and the research sub-team for roles and responsibilities prioritized potential … Read more

Hi everyone, We are nearing the end of the month. Here’s what we worked on this week in Operational Excellence: The research project lifecycle effort and the research sub-team for roles and responsibilities joined forces this week. Their work streams … Read more

Hi everyone, Even though it’s a short week, it’s been a busy one for the Operational Excellence team. Here are a few updates: Provost Bob Blouin visited with faculty and staff from School of Government to share an overview of … Read more

Hi everyone, Here are a few highlights from the Operational Excellence work this week: The Operational Excellence Steering Committee met on Wednesday, and we welcomed additional leaders: Thank you to Christi Hurt, Lukasz Mazur, Mike Barker, Tanya Moore and Terry Magnuson for joining that … Read more

Hi everyone, The Operational Excellence team had a great week — and I’m excited to share these updates: Our team showcased early wins to the Strategic Framework committee at the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday. Both leadership and champions from the early impact work … Read more

Here is a quick look at what Carolina Excellence focused on last week: The human resources, finance and research administration sub teams for roles and responsibilities went on hiatus this week while the core team met and discussed the main … Read more

Hi everyone, As we approach the home stretch to commencement, I continue to hear great reports about the transformative work underway by the Carolina Excellence design teams. As part of the roles and responsibilities design team, sub-teams in Human Resources, Finance … Read more

The Carolina Excellence team is going full steam ahead. Our new design teams are delving into the work to develop solutions. As part of the roles and responsibilities design team, sub-teams in Human Resources, Finance and Research Administration are each examining the … Read more

The Carolina Excellence team continues to build positive momentum and expand our work in transforming the University’s administrative operations. This week we kicked off two new initiatives: improving the research project lifecycle process and clarifying roles and responsibilities across Human Resources, Finance … Read more

It’s been a busy week for the Carolina Excellence team as we work to share new processes more broadly across campus. In the procurement process pilot, purchasing managers in the School of Dentistry and Athletics, have identified several vendors that … Read more