New WebAdvisor options make employees’ lives easier
WebAdvisor saw some new additions and changes this fall, making a few aspects of business here at Lee just a little bit easier.
Web procurement and benefits enrollment online are two changes that went live September and October 2012 after being under development since spring.
Kathy Jackson, business analyst for IT Systems, explained that these two system improvements make life all-around easier for those who have to deal with them.
Web procurement refers to the new way for staff and faculty to enter accounts payable invoices and purchase orders (sometimes known as vouchers).
These used to be filled out and approved in Colleague, which meant having to go through page after page to get where you needed to go. Now those approving vouchers and those entering them can go in to a single page on WebAdvisor and approve them.
“It’s a win/win for both the people who enter the vouchers and the people who have to approve them. Much more time efficient,” Jackson said.
Benefits enrollment online is also designed to make things easier for faculty and staff. Before, when an employee at Lee wanted to enroll in health insurance options they had to fill out a big pink form and someone had to manually enter all of that information to send to the insurance company.
Now all an employee has to do is go on to WebAdvisor, choose the options for coverage they want, and submit it.
These changes are designed to make the regular tasks of employees at Lee easier, and just a couple of the many projects IT has going in order to improve the technological environment at Lee University.