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Vision

Provide University management and research leaders with an accessible, easy to use, Web-based reporting method that facilitates efficient analysis of management data to enhance data-driven decisions.

M-Reports, the Web Reporting system, delivers the management reports you need in a customizable user interface. This system will offer:

• Alerts, metrics, and personalized reports based on your user profile, user preferences, and role-based security.
• Guided analysis on specific reporting topics with links that drill-down to associated detail.
• Report data sourced from multiple databases (e.g., M-Pathways Production and ODS, UM Data Warehouse, unit systems).
• Content developed and published by MAIS and University units.
• An intuitive interface that requires no training.

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Content

Internal Controls – Employment Reports
(December 2007 – January 2008)

Approximately 80% of University expenditures are salary and benefit related. The Internal Controls - Employment reports in M-Reports provide "at a glance" and guided analysis of operational, strategic, financial, and compliance data for your unit(s). This information can help you:

• Identify employment trends and exceptions
• Compare actuals to expectations
• Minimize risks
• Enable data-driven decisions (i.e., business intelligence)

These reports display the high-level and detail data you need to analyze and certify that employment controls are appropriate for your unit(s).

Individuals who support and/or are responsible for the University’s annual financial certification process use these reports.  They can also use them throughout the year to view and analyze management data for their school/college/department group or individual department.

 

Sponsored Research Financial Reporting
(April 2008 - limited release; late summer 2008 - campus

M-Reports sponsored research reporting results from a joint charge by the Provost, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer and the Vice President for Research: Provide faculty with ready access to timely information about the budget/fiscal status of their research projects.

M-Reports offers project/grant financial reporting that allows sponsored research faculty and administrators to:

• View summary sponsored project/grant data by Principal Investigator or by Project Administrator.
• Drill to various levels of detail for budget, expenditures, financial estimates, and commitments.

View a demo of the Sponsored Research Financial reports.

This information can help you:

• Identify a high-level balances for your project/grant(s)
• Compare actuals to expectations
• Minimize risks in over-/under-spending your project/grant
• Enable data-driven decisions (i.e., business intelligence)

Future Content and Features
M-Reports content will continue to grow as University units identify business areas that would benefit from guided analysis. The M-Reports team wants to partner with units to include:

• Additional management data and reports
• Key performance indicator analysis (e.g., space utilization, academic course demand, human resource metrics, etc.).
• What-if analysis

Business Intelligence Organization Contact

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Director, John Gohsman (jgohsman@umich.edu) or Assistant Director, Holly Nielsen (hnielsen@umich.edu).