number34 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) We used to use SIMS & FMS but new bursar didn't like FMS(who does....) and persuaded powers that be that Corero(Civica??) was the way forward. Just a year later bursar left and nothing seems to work properly, especially linking SIMS Personnel data to that in Corero (is it even possible??) and also synchronizing with our payroll. From my point of view it is a nightmare as we get new staff who need timetables etc but who are missing from SIMS as finance and HR cannot seem to cope with having to enter data twice. Have been advised that the best solution is to revert to FMS, especially as it is much better now. What should we do? Moving from SIMS is not an option and we are a single, 11-18 Academy. Edited February 25, 2015 by number34
elsiegee40 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 My governor school is using SIMS and PS Financials; it was a close call between that and Correro. FMS may have improved, but it doesn't do what's needed in a Multi Academy Trust apparently. 1
6Foot2 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Single Academy here: We use SIMS FMS, however we use Serco Facility as our MIS. It does not look like we will move away from FMS any time soon. I don't use FMS and so I can't comment on its performance. However our Finance staff seem happy with it. 1
FN-GM Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 We are a multi academy trust. We use Sage 200 for finance and Sage 50 for Payrol and SIMS for well SIMS. Seems to work fine. The other schools in the trust used FMS before and they all prefer Sage.
Sylv3r Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 We are a single academy and use SIMS and Sage 200.
vikpaw Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 @DaveP - is there any data that you need to pull into FMS from Serco and can this be automated? Perhaps salary related info..? I need to know how to pull Fees info in .
6Foot2 Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 @DaveP - is there any data that you need to pull into FMS from Serco and can this be automated? Perhaps salary related info..? I need to know how to pull Fees info in . @vikpaw: I don't know the answer to this but I can ask. I will get back to you later. 1
bossman Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 PS Financials here as it integrates well with FMS
Dkeen94 Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 SIMS & FMS here, finance seem very happy and it does what they need to do! We are an academy!
vikpaw Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 PS Financials here as it integrates well with FMS You use two finance packages?
6Foot2 Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 @vikpaw: I have just been down to our Finance Department. They say that there are no links between FMS and Serco for us. Sorry about that. 1
hardtailstar Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 We used to use SIMS & FMS but new bursar didn't like FMS(who does....) and persuaded powers that be that Corero(Civica??) was the way forward. Just a year later bursar left and nothing seems to work properly, especially linking SIMS Personnel data to that in Corero (is it even possible??) and also synchronizing with our payroll. From my point of view it is a nightmare as we get new staff who need timetables etc but who are missing from SIMS as finance and HR cannot seem to cope with having to enter data twice. Have been advised that the best solution is to revert to FMS, especially as it is much better now. What should we do? Moving from SIMS is not an option and we are a single, 11-18 Academy. We use Corero and it seems fine and syncing with SIMS, having said that, A man came and set it all up for us from the company.
vikpaw Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 We use Corero and it seems fine and syncing with SIMS, having said that, A man came and set it all up for us from the company. syncing? - tell me more... pls.
Heebeejeebee Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 syncing? - tell me more... pls. Yes - do tell. We moved from FMS to Corero because of the multi schools issue but AFAIK it's not able to pull / push anything to SIMS. To make matters more complicated one of our schools uses Facility and another SIMS but we're ditching CMIS in favour of SIMS. I hear that FMS can now do multi academy trusts. In my opinion Corero looks outdated and it a bit of a nightmare to find anything in but Finace seem to be managing ok with it now (after a long period of adjustment). HBJB
bossman Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 @vikpaw Double book keeping hehe! Hope this finds you well my friend
winng Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 SIMS .net, SunSystems for Finance and CintraHQ for Payroll - Federation of schools
FragglePete Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 SIMS and PS Financials here - been like that for about three years now, but we are seriously considering the move back to FMS. PSF support has been somewhat lacking and the Bursar is loosing faith and confidence in it. Pete 1
nathan Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 SIMS and PS Financials in our trust of schools. PSF support did take a dive, but i think they have started to employ more support staff to cope with the demand.
fredbayker Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 PS financials support is poor. One of the schools I visit is part way through moving over to PS from FMS. so far, the service has been appalling, I don't know what 'package' has been purchased but they have refused to install on more than two client machines, the licensing server hasn't been configured so it doesn't currently work. I have been asked to install on further client machines and having looked through the instructions, I'm not sure what the install package does as you have to copy INI files to appdata, install fonts! Copy over entire directories from existing installations. Never seen a software package like it!
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