Equipment coordinator group meeting notes 5-20-14.
Oracle Fixed Assets Update
Oracle Fixed Assets (OFA) will go live July 1st. After this time OFA will start pulling
GL transactions for FY15 into the mass addition screen. The process will be that
departments will continue to create requisitions and PO's in HCOM and pay the related
invoices. After the invoice has been paid those capital equipment transactions will be
sent to mass addition screen in OFA. Next step is to prepare the Mass Addition and then
Post Mass Additions will happen. Once the post pass addition happens it becomes an asset
in the asset workbench - this is where the asset will receive a tag number and the asset
information lives.
As it currently stands Gail Pisapio' s group in FAS Finance will be completing the
mass addition process for the non-science departments starting July 2015.
Sarah Elwell of the Division of Science and her group will be completing the mass addition
process for the following departments and units:
[Departments Astronomy Chemistry & Chemical Biology Earth & Planetary
Sciences Human Evolutionary Biology Mathematics Molecular & Cellular Biology
Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Physics Statistics Stem Cell & Regenerative
Biology]
[Units Arnold Arboretum Center for Astrophysics Center for Brain
Science Center for Nanoscale Systems The Center for Ultracold Atoms FAS Center for
Systems Biology Harvard College Observatory Harvard Forest Harvard Museum of Natural
History Harvard Stem Cell Institute Harvard University Center for the Environment
Harvard University Herbaria Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical
Physics Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering Institute for Theory and
Computation Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology Microbial Sciences Initiative
Museum of Comparative Zoology Origins of Life Initiative Program for Evolutionary
Dynamics]
v Sarah mentioned that tag numbers for new "stand alone" equipment would not be
given out at the time of purchase but when the piece of equipment hits the floor in the
department. The exception to this is fabrications. A fabrication form must be filled
out and this tag number should be assigned to all requisitions relating to this piece of
equipment. This form is located
http://osp.fad.harvard.edu/sites/osp.fad.harvard.edu/files/attachments/52/f…
v The A/P adjustment process will remain at the departmental level
v Sarah's group will be conducting annual inventories.
All FAS departments and units will have inquiry access for their respective orgs. This
will allow departments to run reports relating to their capital equipment. The
permissions are given at ORG Level and inquiry access will happen once data conversion is
complete this will most likely be in August 2014.
There will be more information to follow in the coming weeks as the university proceeds
with the data conversion process. Thank you all for your patience. I also want to thank
you for your hard work in getting the assets assigned and for completing your
inventories.
Equipster Update
As of June 1st, all users will have their access shut off for the month of June and until
the system becomes read only. This is for conversion purposes. Sarah's group will
be assigning transactions in Equipster for the Science Division and Kara Colannino will be
assigning assets for the non-science departments. If you need a report run or need help
with anything equipment related, please contact Kara at
kcolann@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:kcolann@fas.harvard.edu> or Sarah Elwell at
sarah_elwell(a)harvard.edu
A/P Adjustment
Please note the last time to make any equipment adjustments for FY14 will be July 7th,
2014. After this time no equipment journals can be processed for FY14.
Insurance FAQ's
The insurance FAQ's have been updated by Mark Frazier from RMAS and have been
attached in this email. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding these,
please contact Kara Colannino.
If I have left anything out or you need to more information, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Thank you,
Kara
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Kara Colannino
Research Finances and System Specialist
Research Administration Services
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
1414 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Work Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9:15 to 4:45
Phone: 617 495 1488 Fax: 617 496 7400
http://fas.harvard.edu/research
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